February 28th, 1806

Born on February 28th, 1806

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What happened on February 28th?

February 28th, 1966

American test pilots Charles Bassett and Elliot See die in a plane crash in in St. Louis, Missouri.

February 28th, 2021

Bus drivers in Greater Manchester began an eleven-week strike, one of the longest in British transportation history.

February 28th, 2013

Benedict XVI became the first pope in nearly 600 years to resign from the papacy.

February 28th, 2002

During a period of religious violence in Gujarat, India, mobs of Hindus attacked Muslims in Naroda Patiya and in Chamanpura, resulting in 166 deaths.

February 28th, 2001

A high-speed train crash occurred near Selby in North Yorkshire, England, killing 10 and injuring 82.

February 28th, 1997

Two heavily armed bank robbers exchanged gunfire with officers of the Los Angeles Police Department in North Hollywood, in one of the most intense gun battles in American police history.

February 28th, 1985

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army launched a mortar attack on a Royal Ulster Constabulary station in Newry, Northern Ireland, killing nine people.

February 28th, 1975

A London Underground train failed to stop at the terminal Moorgate station, crashing and causing the deaths of 43 people.

February 28th, 1974

The British election ended in a hung parliament after the Liberal Party, under Jeremy Thorpe, achieved their highest ever number of votes.

February 28th, 1972

Japanese police stormed a mountain lodge near Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, to end a ten-day siege by members of the paramilitary group United Red Army.

February 28th, 1963

Chicago alderman Benjamin F. Lewis was murdered in his office by unknown assailants two days after having been reelected.

February 28th, 1947

Nationalist soldiers fired on protesters in Taipei (crowd pictured), triggering widespread uprisings and violent suppression in the White Terror.

February 28th, 1939

In one of the most famous errors in lexicography, the erroneous word dord was discovered in Webster's New International Dictionary by an editor.

February 28th, 1928

Indian physicist C. V. Raman and his colleagues discovered what is now known as Raman scattering, for which he later became the first Asian to win the Nobel Prize in Physics.

February 28th, 1914

In the aftermath of the Balkan Wars, Greeks living in southern Albania proclaimed the short-lived Autonomous Republic of Northern Epirus.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 28th

Same year
Born in 1806

66

John Stuart Mill

British philosopher and political economist (1806–1873)

*May 20th, 1806, London Borough of Islington †May 8th, 1873, Avignon

88

Karl Ernst Georges

German teacher and classical philologist

*December 26th, 1806, Gotha †August 25th, 1895, Gotha

83

Michele Amari

Italian patriot and arabist

*July 7th, 1806, Palermo †July 16th, 1889, Florence

55

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

British poet, author

*March 6th, 1806, Coxhoe Hall †June 29th, 1861, Florence

25

Emilia Plater

Polish noblewoman

*November 13th, 1806, Vilnius †December 23rd, 1831, Vainežeris

64

Augustus De Morgan

British mathematician, philosopher and university teacher (1806–1871)

*June 27th, 1806, Madurai †March 18th, 1871, London

57

Jane Pierce

First Lady of the United States from 1853 to 1857

*March 12th, 1806, Hampton †December 2nd, 1863, Andover

51

Alexander Ivanov

Russian artist (1806-1858)

*July 16th, 1806, Saint Petersburg †July 3rd, 1858, Saint Petersburg

79

Otto Wilhelm Hermann Abich

German mineralogist and geologist (1806-1886)

*December 11th, 1806, Berlin †July 1st, 1886, Vienna

74

Manuel Sánchez Silva

Spanish politician

*July 5th, 1806, Utrera †May 10th, 1881, Utrera

57

John B. Floyd

American politician (1806-1863)

*June 1st, 1806, Blacksburg †August 26th, 1863, Abingdon

83

Karl Bötticher

German archaeologist (1806-1889)

*January 1st, 1806, Nordhausen †January 1st, 1889, Berlin

72

George Cadwalader

Union Army General (1806–1879)

*May 16th, 1806, Philadelphia †February 3rd, 1879, Philadelphia

73

James Shields

Irish-American politician and general (1806-1879)

*May 10th, 1806, Altmore †June 1st, 1879, Ottumwa

78

Friedrich Kurschat

Lithuanian linguist (1806–1884)

*April 24th, 1806, Slavsk †August 23rd, 1884, Zelenogradsk

75

Augustus Bradford

American politician (1806-1881)

*January 9th, 1806, Bel Air †March 1st, 1881, Baltimore

78

Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia

Prince of Serbia (1806–1885)

*October 11th, 1806, Topola †May 3rd, 1885, Timișoara

73

Manuel de Araújo Porto-Alegre

Brazilian poet, playwright and painter (1806-1879)

*November 29th, 1806, Rio Pardo †December 30th, 1879, Lisbon

78

Edward Davy

British doctor and scientist (1806–1885)

*June 16th, 1806, Raleigh House †January 26th, 1885, Malmsbury

58

Václav Jindřich Veit

Czech composer, copyist, pianist and lawyer (1806–1864)

*January 19th, 1806, Řepnice †February 16th, 1864, Litoměřice

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1806 is a normal year and no leap year.

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