February 28th, 1829

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Born on February 28th, 1829 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on February 28th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on February 28th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (February 1829)

Born on February 28th, 1829

Weekday

Saturday

February 28th, 1829 was a Saturday.

Age

195

People born on February 28th, 1829 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 195 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♓

Pisces (The Fish)

February 20th, 1829 - March 20th, 1829

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 71,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 717 days, exactly on April 16th, 2026, people who were born on February 28th, 1829 will be 72,000 days old!

71,283 Days

10,183 Weeks

2,342 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on February 28th?

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, 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.

February 28th, 1904

The most successful football club in Portugal, S.L. Benfica (first team pictured), was founded in Lisbon as Sport Lisboa.

February 28th, 1897

Ranavalona III, the last sovereign ruler of the Kingdom of Madagascar, was deposed by French military forces.

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

Born on February 28th, 1829

Antonio Guzmán Blanco

President of Venezuela

*February 28th, 1829, Maracay †July 28th, 1899, Paris

Hermann von Vietinghoff

German officer

*February 28th, 1829, Świdnica †January 5th, 1905, Görlitz

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Who's birthday is on February 28th?

Liem Swie King

Indonesian badminton player

*February 28th, 1956, Kudus

Shi Yuqi

Chinese badminton player

*February 28th, 1996, Nantong

Linus Pauling

American scientist

*February 28th, 1901, Portland †August 18th, 1994, Big Sur

Verena Bentele

German paralympic biathlete and politician (SPD)

*February 28th, 1982, Lindau

Craig Cooper

Badminton player

*February 28th, 1981, Wellington

Bernadette Peters

American actress and singer

*February 28th, 1948, Queens

Charles Durning

American actor (1923-2012)

*February 28th, 1923, Highland Falls †December 24th, 2012, New York City

Gilbert Gottfried

American stand-up comedian (1955–2022)

*February 28th, 1955, Brooklyn †April 12th, 2022, Manhattan

Pierre Fatou

French mathematician and astronomer

*February 28th, 1878, Lorient †August 9th, 1929, Pornichet

John Turturro

American actor (born 1957)

*February 28th, 1957, Brooklyn

Robert Sean Leonard

American actor

*February 28th, 1969, Westwood

Charles Blondin

(1824-1897) French acrobat

*February 28th, 1824, Hesdin †February 22nd, 1897, London

Hans-Joachim Martens

German film actor and stage actor

*February 28th, 1925, Berlin †March 3rd, 2018, Berlin

Ask Hasselbalch

Danish film director

*February 28th, 1979, Copenhagen

Stephanie Beacham

British actress

*February 28th, 1947, Barnet

Don Francks

Canadian actor and jazz musician (1932–2016)

*February 28th, 1932, Burnaby †April 3rd, 2016, Toronto

Tommy Tune

American actor, dancer, singer, theatre director, producer, and choreographer

*February 28th, 1939, Wichita Falls

Christie MacDonald

Canadian opera singer and stage actor

*February 28th, 1875, Pictou †July 25th, 1962, Fairfield

Steven Chu

American physicist, former United States Secretary of Energy, Nobel laureate

*February 28th, 1948, St. Louis

Quinn Shephard

American actress

*February 28th, 1995, Metuchen

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Born in 1829

Chester A. Arthur

President of the United States from 1881 to 1885

*October 5th, 1829, Fairfield †November 18th, 1886, New York City

Ferdinand von Hochstetter

German geologist

*April 30th, 1829, Esslingen am Neckar †July 18th, 1884, Vienna

Louis Constanz Berger

German manufacturer and liberal politician (1829-1891)

*August 28th, 1829, Witten †August 9th, 1891, Koblenz-Horchheim

Auguste Beernaert

Belgian prime minister and human rights activist (1829-1912)

*July 26th, 1829, Ostend †October 6th, 1912, Lucerne

Carl Schurz

Union Army general, politician (1829-1906)

*March 2nd, 1829, Liblar †May 14th, 1906, New York City

Oscar II of Sweden

King of Sweden from 1872 to 1907 and Norway from 1872 to 1905

*January 21st, 1829, Stockholm †December 8th, 1907, Stockholm

Manuel Tamayo y Baus

Spanish dramatist

*September 15th, 1829, Madrid †June 20th, 1898, Madrid

Anton Rubinstein

Russian pianist, composer and conductor

*November 16th, 1829, Ofatinți †November 8th, 1894, Petergof

Camillo Walzel

German librettist (1829-1895)

*February 11th, 1829, Magdeburg †March 17th, 1895, Vienna

Carl Frederik Tietgen

Danish businessman

*March 19th, 1829, Odense †October 19th, 1901, Copenhagen

Geronimo

Leader of the Bedonkohe Apache (1829-1909)

*June 16th, 1829, Gila River †February 17th, 1909, Fort Sill

Alfred Brehm

German naturalist (1829-1884)

*February 2nd, 1829, Renthendorf †November 11th, 1884, Renthendorf

Levi Strauss

German-Jewish-born American businessman

*February 26th, 1829, Buttenheim †September 26th, 1902, San Francisco

Juan Facundo Riaño y Montero

*November 24th, 1829, Granada †February 27th, 1901, Madrid

Asaph Hall

American astronomer (*1829 – †1907)

*October 15th, 1829, Goshen †November 22nd, 1907, Annapolis

August Kekulé

German organic chemist

*September 7th, 1829, Darmstadt †July 13th, 1896, Bonn

Robert Lowry

32nd governor of Mississippi

*March 10th, 1829, Chesterfield County †January 19th, 1910, Jackson

Thomas Hill

American painter (1829–1908)

*September 11th, 1829, West Midlands †June 30th, 1908, Madera County

Carl von Hänisch

German officer (1829-1908)

*January 4th, 1829, Racibórz †September 5th, 1908, Charlottenburg

Catherine Booth

Mother of The Salvation Army

*January 17th, 1829, Ashbourne †October 4th, 1890, Clacton-on-Sea

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 28th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on February 28th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXVIII.II.MDCCCXXIX

28.2.1829

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

IX = 9

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1829 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
February 1829

February 1829

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

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February 28th, 1829

Born on February 28th, 1829

Weekday

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Age

Zodiac

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Pisces (The Fish)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 71,000 days old!

71,283 Days

10,183 Weeks

2,342 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on February 28th?

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

The most successful football club in Portugal, S.L. Benfica (first team pictured), was founded in Lisbon as Sport Lisboa.

Ranavalona III, the last sovereign ruler of the Kingdom of Madagascar, was deposed by French military forces.

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

Born on February 28th, 1829

President of Venezuela

German officer

Same Day Who's birthday is on February 28th?

Same year Born in 1829

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 28th

February 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Kalevala Day, also known as the Finnish Culture Day (Finland)

National Science Day (India)

Peace Memorial Day (Taiwan)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

28.2.1829

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