February 21st, 1805

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Born on February 21st, 1805 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on February 21st?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on February 21st
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (February 1805)

Born on February 21st, 1805

Weekday

Thursday

February 21st, 1805 was a Thursday.

Age

219

People born on February 21st, 1805 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 219 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

February 20th, 1805 - March 20th, 1805

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 80,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 945 days, exactly on November 29th, 2026, people who were born on February 21st, 1805 will be 81,000 days old!

80,055 Days

11,436 Weeks

2,630 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on February 21st?

February 21st, 1973

After accidentally straying into Israeli-occupied airspace, Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 was shot down by two fighter aircraft, killing 108 of the 113 people on board.

February 21st, 1952

A number of student protesters demanding the establishment of Bengali as an official language were killed by police in Dhaka, East Pakistan.

February 21st, 1929

In the first battle of the Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong against the Nationalist government of China, a 24,000-strong rebel force led by Zhang Zongchang was defeated at Zhifu by 7,000 NRA troops.

February 21st, 1919

Bavarian socialist Kurt Eisner, who had organized the German Revolution that overthrew the Wittelsbach monarchy and established Bavaria as a republic, was assassinated.

February 21st, 1878

The first telephone directory, consisting of a single page, was issued to fifty subscribers in New Haven, Connecticut.

February 21st, 1866

Lucy Hobbs Taylor (pictured) became the first woman to receive a doctorate from a dental college.

February 21st, 1862

American Civil War: The Confederate Army began an attempt to gain control of the Southwest with a major victory in the Battle of Valverde.

February 21st, 1828

The inaugural issue of the Cherokee Phoenix, the first newspaper in a Native American language, was published.

February 21st, 1746

Jacobite rising of 1745: The siege of Inverness ended with British forces surrendering to the Jacobite army.

February 21st, 1437

King James I of Scotland was murdered at Perth in a failed coup by his uncle and former ally Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl.

February 21st, 2022

In the Russo-Ukrainian crisis Russian President Vladimir Putin declares the Luhansk People's Republic and Donetsk People's Republic as independent from Ukraine, and moves troops into the region. The action is condemned by the United Nations.

February 21st, 2013

At least 17 people are killed and 119 injured following several bombings in the Indian city of Hyderabad.

February 21st, 1995

Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.

February 21st, 1994

Aldrich Ames is arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for selling national secrets to the Soviet Union in Arlington County, Virginia.

February 21st, 1975

Watergate scandal: Former United States Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are sentenced to prison.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 21st

Born on February 21st, 1805

Theodor Hartig

German forestry scientist, entomologist and botanist (1805–1880)

*February 21st, 1805, Dillenburg †March 26th, 1880, Brunswick

David Tod

American businessman, lawyer, diplomat and railroad executive (1805-1868)

*February 21st, 1805, Youngstown †November 13th, 1868, Youngstown

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Who's birthday is on February 21st?

Corbin Bleu

American actor, model, dancer, film producer and singer-songwriter

*February 21st, 1989, Brooklyn

Joe Alwyn

English actor

*February 21st, 1991, Royal Tunbridge Wells

Sawan Serasinghe

Sri Lanka-born Australian badminton player

*February 21st, 1994, Galle

Lalinrat Chaiwan

Badminton player

*February 21st, 2001, Lampang

Rudolf Simek

Austrian philologist and Germanist

*February 21st, 1954, Eisenstadt

Robert Mugabe

2nd president of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017

*February 21st, 1924, Kutama †September 6th, 2019, Gleneagles Hospital

Ernst Meyer

German historian of classical antiquity (1898-1975)

*February 21st, 1898, Pinneberg †November 18th, 1975, Zürich

Friedrich Karl Kaul

German screenwriter

*February 21st, 1906, Poznań †April 16th, 1981, East Berlin

Alan Rickman

British actor and director (1946–2016)

*February 21st, 1946, Hammersmith †January 14th, 2016, London

Gerhard Gundermann

German musician

*February 21st, 1955, Weimar †June 21st, 1998, Spreetal

Eduard Oscar Schmidt

German zoologist (1823–1886)

*February 21st, 1823, Torgau †January 17th, 1886, Kappelrodeck

John Henry Newman

English cleric, cardinal and saint (1801-1890)

*February 21st, 1801, London †August 11th, 1890, Edgbaston

Sally Kessler

*February 21st, 1912, Cologne †March 27th, 1985, Cologne

Kazushi Yamada

Badminton player

*February 21st, 1987, Ehime Prefecture

Jelle Maas

Badminton player

*February 21st, 1991, Oosterhout

Giveon

American R&B singer

*February 21st, 1995, Long Beach

Tey Seu Bock

Malaysian badminton coach

*February 21st, 1973, Alor Gajah

John Moody

Badminton player

*February 21st, 1983, Whangārei

Carl Czerny

Austrian composer and pianist (1791-1857)

*February 21st, 1791, Vienna †July 15th, 1857, Vienna

Jess Thorup

Danish association football player and manager

*February 21st, 1970, Copenhagen

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Born in 1805

Joseph Smith

Founder of the Latter Day Saint movement (1805–1844)

*December 23rd, 1805, Sharon †June 27th, 1844, Carthage

Hans Christian Andersen

Danish writer (1805–1875)

*April 2nd, 1805, Odense †August 4th, 1875, Copenhagen

Hugo von Mohl

German botanist (1805–1872)

*April 8th, 1805, Stuttgart †April 1st, 1872, Tübingen

William Rowan Hamilton

Irish mathematician and astronomer

*August 4th, 1805, Dublin †September 2nd, 1865, Dublin

Giuseppe Mazzini

Italian nationalist activist, politician, journalist and philosopher

*June 22nd, 1805, Genoa †March 10th, 1872, Pisa

Frederick Smith

British entomologist (1805 – 1879)

*December 30th, 1805, London †February 16th, 1879

Ferdinand de Lesseps

French diplomat and entrepreneur, developer of the Suez Canal

*November 19th, 1805, Versailles †December 7th, 1894, Guilly

Alexis de Tocqueville

French political thinker and historian, minister of Foreign Affairs (1805-1859)

*July 29th, 1805, Paris †April 16th, 1859, Cannes

Thomas Graham

Chemist (1805–1869)

*December 20th, 1805, Glasgow †September 11th, 1869, London

Sarah Fuller Flower Adams

English poet, hymnwriter

*February 22nd, 1805, Old Harlow †August 14th, 1848, Greater London

William Lloyd Garrison

American journalist and abolitionist

*December 10th, 1805, Newburyport †May 24th, 1879, New York City

Louis Auguste Blanqui

French socialist and political activist (1805-1881)

*February 7th, 1805, Puget-Théniers †January 1st, 1881, Paris

Robert Fitzroy

Royal Navy officer and scientist (1805–1865)

*July 5th, 1805, Bury St Edmunds †April 30th, 1865, London

Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet

German mathematician (*1805 – †1859)

*February 13th, 1805, Düren †May 5th, 1859, Göttingen

Marie d'Agoult

Franco-German romantic author and historian (1805-1876)

*December 31st, 1805, Frankfurt †March 5th, 1876, Paris

John Obadiah Westwood

English entomologist and archaeologist (1805-1893)

*December 22nd, 1805, Sheffield †January 2nd, 1893, Oxford

Jonas Furrer

Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1805-1861)

*March 3rd, 1805, Winterthur †July 25th, 1861, Bad Ragaz

Ferenc Toldy

Hungarian literary critic

*August 10th, 1805, Buda †December 10th, 1875, Budapest

Tomás Villalba

Uruguayan politician

*December 9th, 1805, Dolores †July 12th, 1886, Montevideo

Juan Arolas

Spanish writer

*June 20th, 1805, Barcelona †November 25th, 1849, Valencia

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 21st

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 21st.

The first day of the Birth Anniversary of Fifth Druk Gyalpo, celebrated until February 23. (Bhutan)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Bhutan

The first day of the Musikahan Festival, celebrated until February 27. (Tagum City, Philippines)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagum

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXI.II.MDCCCV

21.2.1805

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1805 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
February 1805

February 1805

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
5					1	2	3
6	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
7	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
8	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
9	25	26	27	28

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February 21st, 1805

Born on February 21st, 1805

Weekday

Thursday

Age

Zodiac

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Pisces (The Fish)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 80,000 days old!

80,055 Days

11,436 Weeks

2,630 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on February 21st?

After accidentally straying into Israeli-occupied airspace, Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 was shot down by two fighter aircraft, killing 108 of the 113 people on board.

A number of student protesters demanding the establishment of Bengali as an official language were killed by police in Dhaka, East Pakistan.

In the first battle of the Warlord Rebellion in northeastern Shandong against the Nationalist government of China, a 24,000-strong rebel force led by Zhang Zongchang was defeated at Zhifu by 7,000 NRA troops.

Bavarian socialist Kurt Eisner, who had organized the German Revolution that overthrew the Wittelsbach monarchy and established Bavaria as a republic, was assassinated.

The first telephone directory, consisting of a single page, was issued to fifty subscribers in New Haven, Connecticut.

Lucy Hobbs Taylor (pictured) became the first woman to receive a doctorate from a dental college.

American Civil War: The Confederate Army began an attempt to gain control of the Southwest with a major victory in the Battle of Valverde.

The inaugural issue of the Cherokee Phoenix, the first newspaper in a Native American language, was published.

Jacobite rising of 1745: The siege of Inverness ended with British forces surrendering to the Jacobite army.

King James I of Scotland was murdered at Perth in a failed coup by his uncle and former ally Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl.

In the Russo-Ukrainian crisis Russian President Vladimir Putin declares the Luhansk People's Republic and Donetsk People's Republic as independent from Ukraine, and moves troops into the region. The action is condemned by the United Nations.

At least 17 people are killed and 119 injured following several bombings in the Indian city of Hyderabad.

Steve Fossett lands in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada becoming the first person to make a solo flight across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon.

Aldrich Ames is arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for selling national secrets to the Soviet Union in Arlington County, Virginia.

Watergate scandal: Former United States Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are sentenced to prison.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 21st

Born on February 21st, 1805

German forestry scientist, entomologist and botanist (1805–1880)

American businessman, lawyer, diplomat and railroad executive (1805-1868)

Same Day Who's birthday is on February 21st?

Same year Born in 1805

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 21st

Armed Forces Day (South Africa)

Birthday of King Harald V (Norway)

Felix of Hadrumetum

Pepin of Landen

Peter Damian

Randoald of Grandval

February 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Father Lini Day (Vanuatu)

Language Movement Day (Bangladesh)

International Mother Language Day (UNESCO)

The first day of the Birth Anniversary of Fifth Druk Gyalpo, celebrated until February 23. (Bhutan)

The first day of the Musikahan Festival, celebrated until February 27. (Tagum City, Philippines)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

21.2.1805

Legend

Leap year

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Age in days, weeks and months
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