Born on February 29th, 1828
Weekday
Friday
February 29th, 1828 was a Friday.
Age
People born on February 29th, 1828 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 196 years old this year (2024).
Zodiac
♓
Pisces (The Fish)
February 20th, 1828 - March 20th, 1828
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 71,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 354 days, exactly on April 16th, 2025, people who were born on February 29th, 1828 will be 72,000 days old!
71,646 Days
10,235 Weeks
2,353 Months
... in seconds, minutes and hours
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What happened on February 29th?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 29th
Born on February 29th, 1828
63 Eudoxie Allix
French music teacher
*February 29th, 1828, Fontenay-le-Comte †August 13th, 1891, SceauxEmmeline B. Wells
General President of the Relief Society
*February 29th, 1828, Petersham †April 25th, 1921, Salt Lake CityKarl Stammer
Luxembourgish chemist (1828-1893)
*February 29th, 1828, Luxembourg †July 25th, 1893, RolandseckJosef Anton Specht
German mountaineer (1828-1894)
*February 29th, 1828, Lindenberg im Allgäu †April 14th, 1894, ViennaJohn S. Richardson
American politician, South Carolina (1828-1894)
*February 29th, 1828, Sumter †February 24th, 1894, SumterSame Day
Who's birthday is on February 29th?
Washington Bartlett
Governor of California (1824-1887)
*February 29th, 1824, Savannah †September 12th, 1887, Oakland
84 Frank Gavan Duffy
Australian judge (1852–1936)
*February 29th, 1852, Dublin †July 29th, 1936, Fitzroy
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Gioachino Rossini
Italian opera composer (1792-1868)
*February 29th, 1792, Casa Rossini †November 13th, 1868, Passy
69 Herman Hollerith
American statistician and inventor
*February 29th, 1860, Buffalo †November 17th, 1929, Washington, D.C.Hugh Falconer
Scottish scientist (1808–1865)
*February 29th, 1808, Forres †January 31st, 1865, London
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68 Ruby Wilson
American singer (1948-2016)
*February 29th, 1948, Fort Worth †August 12th, 2016, Memphis
Jožef Schwegel
Krainer diplomat and politician
*February 29th, 1836, Zgornje Gorje †September 16th, 1914, Bled
67 Reinier Craeyvanger
19th-century Dutch painter
*February 29th, 1812, Utrecht †January 10th, 1880, Amsterdam,_Pope_Paul_III_(1534-1549)_by_Scipione_Pulzone_after_Titian.jpg "Paul III")
81 Paul III
Leader of the Catholic Church from 1534 to 1549
*February 29th, 1468, Castello dell'Abbadia †November 10th, 1549, Quirinal HillSame year
Born in 1828
82 Leo Tolstoy
Russian author (1828–1910)
*August 28th, 1828, Yasnaya Polyana †November 7th, 1910, Astapovo
73 Mathilde Wesendonck
German poet and mistress of the composer Richard Wagner
*December 23rd, 1828, Elberfeld †August 31st, 1902, Altmünster
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78 Henrik Ibsen
Norwegian playwright and theatre director (1828–1906)
*March 20th, 1828, Skien †May 23rd, 1906, Christiania
82 Henry Dunant
Swiss businessman and co-founder of the Red Cross (1828-1910)
*May 8th, 1828, Geneva †October 30th, 1910, Heiden
56 Edmond François Valentin About
French writer and critic (1828-1885)
*February 14th, 1828, Dieuze †January 16th, 1885, rue de Douai
63 Hector Crémieux
French playwright and librettist
*November 10th, 1828, former 1st arrondissement of Paris †September 30th, 1892, 9th arrondissement of Paris
48 Jonas Breitenstein
Swiss parish priest and writer (1828-1877)
*August 28th, 1828, Ziefen †May 23rd, 1877, Basel.jpg "Henry Lomb")
79 Henry Lomb
German-American businessman (1828-1908)
*November 24th, 1828, Burghaun †June 13th, 1908, PittsfordCharles Nuitter
French lawyer, playwright, librettist, and archivist at the Parisian Opéra
*April 24th, 1828, 1st arrondissement of Paris †February 23rd, 1899, 8th arrondissement of ParisWilliam Saurin Lyster
Australian impresario (1828-1880)
*March 21st, 1828, Dublin †November 27th, 1880, MelbourneSimone Antonio Pacoret de Saint-Bon
Italian admiral (1828-1892)
*March 20th, 1828, Chambéry †November 26th, 1892, RomeDante Gabriel Rossetti
English poet, illustrator, painter, and translator (1828-1882)
*May 12th, 1828, London †April 9th, 1882, Birchington-on-Sea
81 George Meredith
British novelist and poet of the Victorian era
*February 12th, 1828, Portsmouth †May 18th, 1909, Dorking_by_Sydney_Hodges.jpg "John Langdon Down")
67 John Langdon Down
British physician and first person to describe Down syndrome (1828-1896)
*November 18th, 1828, Torpoint †October 7th, 1896, TeddingtonNikolay Chernyshevsky
Russian writer and nihilist philosopher (1828–1889)
*July 12th, 1828, Saratov †October 17th, 1889, SaratovRani Lakshmibai
Queen of a princely state in India
*November 19th, 1828, Varanasi †June 18th, 1858, Gwalior
61 Friedrich Friedrich
German journalist and author (1828-1890)
*May 2nd, 1828, Vahlberg †April 13th, 1890, PlauenBirthdays of famous people
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Public holidays on February 29th
Fixed holidays (As a Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 29th.
February 29 in the Orthodox church
As a Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_29_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)Rare Disease Day (in leap years; celebrated in common years on February 28)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare_Disease_DayBachelor's Day (Ireland, United Kingdom)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor's_Day_(tradition)Rare Disease Day (in leap years; usually celebrated in common years on February 28)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare_Disease_DayBachelor's Day (Ireland and United Kingdom)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor's_Day_(tradition)Date as a Roman numeral / digit
29.2.1828
Legend
| M = 1000 | D = 500 | C = 100 | X = 10 | IX = 9 | V = 5 | I = 1 |
Leap year
Yes: 1828 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).