February 22nd, 1821

Born on February 22nd, 1821

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 74,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 791 days, exactly on June 27th, 2026, people who were born on February 22nd, 1821 will be 75,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on February 22nd?

February 22nd, 2019

A group broke into the North Korean embassy in Madrid and stole several mobile telephones and digital storage devices.

February 22nd, 2012

A train failed to apply its brakes and crashed through a buffer stop at Once railway station in Buenos Aires, resulting in 51 deaths and more than 700 injuries.

February 22nd, 2011

Bahraini uprising: Tens of thousands of people marched in protest in Manama against the deaths of seven people killed by police and army forces during previous protests.

February 22nd, 2006

Seven men staged the largest cash robbery in Britain at a Securitas depot in Tonbridge, Kent, United Kingdom.

February 22nd, 1997

Scientists at the Roslin Institute in Scotland announced the existence of Dolly, a female sheep who was the first mammal to have successfully been cloned from an adult cell.

February 22nd, 1983

The play Moose Murders opened and closed on the same night at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre, becoming the standard of "awfulness" against which all Broadway failures are judged.

February 22nd, 1980

At the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, the United States ice hockey team defeated the Soviet team in an unlikely victory that became known as the Miracle on Ice.

February 22nd, 1959

Lee Petty won the first Daytona 500 NASCAR auto race at the Daytona International Speedway (pictured) in Daytona Beach, Florida.

February 22nd, 1944

World War II: U.S. forces carried out a bombing raid on the Nazi-occupied Dutch city of Nijmegen, killing hundreds of civilians by accident.

February 22nd, 1921

The Bogd Khan was reinstalled as emperor after White Russian forces under Roman von Ungern-Sternberg (pictured) drove the Chinese out of Mongolia.

February 22nd, 1909

The sixteen United States Navy battleships of the Great White Fleet, led by Connecticut (pictured), completed a circumnavigation of the globe.

February 22nd, 1876

The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, named after philanthropist Johns Hopkins, opened.

February 22nd, 1371

Robert II became King of Scots as the first monarch of the House of Stewart.

February 22nd, 1316

The Catalan forces of Ferdinand of Majorca defeated troops loyal to Princess Matilda of Hainaut at the Battle of Picotin on the Peloponnese peninsula in modern-day Greece.

February 22nd, 1974

Samuel Byck attempted to hijack an aircraft at Baltimore/Washington International Airport with the intention of crashing it into the White House to assassinate Richard Nixon, but he was stopped by police.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 22nd

Born on February 22nd, 1821

59

Ludmilla Assing

German writer

*February 22nd, 1821, Hamburg †March 25th, 1880, Florence

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 22nd?

39

Frédéric Chopin

Polish composer and pianist (1810-1849)

*February 22nd, 1810, Żelazowa Wola †October 17th, 1849, Paris

75

Joachim Witt

German rock musician

*February 22nd, 1949, Hamburg

67

George Washington

President of the United States from 1789 to 1797

*February 22nd, 1732, Westmoreland County †December 14th, 1799, Mount Vernon

73

Jonathan Demme

American film director (1944–2017)

*February 22nd, 1944, Baldwin †April 26th, 2017, Manhattan

29

Lexa

Brazilian singer-songwriter and dancer

*February 22nd, 1995, Rio de Janeiro

59

Claudine Loquen

French painter and sculptor

*February 22nd, 1965, Sainte-Adresse

72

Arthur Schopenhauer

German philosopher (1788–1860)

*February 22nd, 1788, Gdańsk †September 21st, 1860, Frankfurt

62

Kenneth Williams

British actor and comedian (1926–1988)

*February 22nd, 1926, Islington †April 15th, 1988, London Borough of Camden

72

James Russell Lowell

American poet, critic, editor, and diplomat (1819-1891)

*February 22nd, 1819, Cambridge †August 12th, 1891, Cambridge

47

Claudia Hiersche

German actress

*February 22nd, 1977, Frankfurt (Oder)

77

Axel Strøbye

Danish film actor

*February 22nd, 1928, Frederiksberg †July 12th, 2005, Copenhagen

36

Heinrich Hertz

German physicist (1857–1894)

*February 22nd, 1857, Hamburg †January 1st, 1894, Bonn

80

Adolf Kußmaul

German surgeon

*February 22nd, 1822, Graben-Neudorf †May 28th, 1902, Heidelberg

46

Jules Renard

French author (1864-1910)

*February 22nd, 1864, Châlons-du-Maine †May 22nd, 1910, Bucharest

65

Kyle MacLachlan

American actor

*February 22nd, 1959, Yakima

81

Horst Köhler

German politician (CDU); president of Germany, 2004–2010

*February 22nd, 1943, Skierbieszów

21

Ridya Aulia Fatasya

Indonesian badminton player

*February 22nd, 2003, Semarang City

83

Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell

Lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, founder and Chief Scout of the Scout Movement (1857-1941)

*February 22nd, 1857, Paddington †January 8th, 1941, Nyeri

96

Paul Dooley

American actor, writer, and comedian

*February 22nd, 1928, Parkersburg

88

Olave Baden-Powell

World Chief Guide

*February 22nd, 1889, Chesterfield †June 25th, 1977, Bramley

Same year
Born in 1821

59

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Russian novelist (1821–1881)

*November 11th, 1821, Mariinsky Hospital for the Poor †January 28th, 1881, Saint Petersburg

73

Hermann von Helmholtz

German physicist and physiologist (1821-1894)

*August 31st, 1821, Potsdam †September 8th, 1894, Charlottenburg

74

Philipp Ludwig von Seidel

German mathematician

*October 24th, 1821, Zweibrücken †August 13th, 1896, Munich

46

Charles Baudelaire

French poet and critic (1821–1867)

*April 9th, 1821, Paris †August 31st, 1867, Paris

79

Theodor Löbbecke

German pharmacist and malacologist

*March 4th, 1821, Hückeswagen †January 18th, 1901, Düsseldorf

75

William Jervois

British Army general

*September 10th, 1821, Cowes †August 17th, 1897, Hampshire

72

John Abbott

3rd Prime Minister of Canada (1821-1893)

*March 12th, 1821, Saint-André-Est †October 30th, 1893, Montreal

58

Gustave Flaubert

French novelist (1821–1880)

*December 12th, 1821, Rouen †May 8th, 1880, Croisset

54

John C. Breckinridge

Vice president of the United States from 1857 to 1861

*January 16th, 1821, Lexington †May 17th, 1875, Lexington

56

Nikolay Nekrasov

Russian poet, writer, critic, editor and publisher

*November 28th, 1821, Nemyriv †January 8th, 1878, Saint Petersburg

89

Mary Baker Eddy

American founder of Christian Science (1821–1910)

*July 16th, 1821, Bow †December 3rd, 1910, Chestnut Hill

80

Rudolf Virchow

German doctor, anthropologist, public health activist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist and politician (1821-1902)

*October 13th, 1821, Świdwin †September 5th, 1902, Berlin

69

Richard Francis Burton

British explorer, geographer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer, and diplomat (1821–1890)

*March 19th, 1821, Torquay †October 20th, 1890, Trieste

94

Charles Tupper

6th Prime Minister of Canada (1821-1915)

*July 2nd, 1821, Amherst †October 30th, 1915, Bexleyheath

89

Elizabeth Blackwell

American physician, abolitionist, women's rights activist (1821-1910)

*February 3rd, 1821, Bristol †May 31st, 1910, Hastings

81

Alexander Andrae

German politician

*December 17th, 1821, Hanover †March 13th, 1903, Szczecin

87

Henriëtte Ronner-Knip

Dutch-Belgian painter (1821-1909)

*May 31st, 1821, Amsterdam †February 28th, 1909, Ixelles - Elsene

32

Alexis de Garaudé

French composer (1821-1854)

*October 27th, 1821, Choisy-le-Roi †August 6th, 1854, Paris

80

Charles d'Abbadie d'Arrast

French politician.

*December 15th, 1821, Toulouse †December 23rd, 1901, Saint-Étienne-de-Baïgorry

84

Bartolomé Mitre

President of Argentina (1821-1906)

*June 26th, 1821, Buenos Aires †January 19th, 1906, Buenos Aires

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 22nd

Fixed holidays (Birthday of Scouting and Guiding founder Robert Baden-Powell and Olave Baden-Powell, and its related observance, Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 22nd.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1821 is a normal year and no leap year.

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