February 28th, 1830

Born on February 28th, 1830

Age in days, weeks and months
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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 1830

55

Emily Dickinson

American poet (1830-1886)

*December 10th, 1830, Amherst †May 15th, 1886, Amherst

74

Louise Michel

French author and anarchist (1830-1905)

*May 29th, 1830, Vroncourt-la-Côte †January 9th, 1905, Marseille

83

Frédéric Mistral

Provençal writer, poet, lexicographer and founder of Le Félibrige

*September 8th, 1830, Maillane †March 25th, 1914, Maillane

83

Addison Brown

United States federal judge, astronomer and botanist (1830-1913)

*February 21st, 1830, West Newbury †April 9th, 1913, New York City

69

Romain Bussine

French opera singer (1830–1899)

*November 4th, 1830, Paris †December 20th, 1899, Paris

72

Luigi Cremona

Italian mathematician (1830-1903)

*December 7th, 1830, Pavia †June 10th, 1903, Rome

73

Camille Pissarro

Danish-French painter (1830-1903)

*July 10th, 1830, Charlotte Amalie †November 13th, 1903, Paris

86

Franz Joseph I of Austria

Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1830-1916)

*August 18th, 1830, Schönbrunn Palace †November 21st, 1916, Schönbrunn Palace

73

Julius von Horst

Austrian general and politician, Minister of Defence 1871-1880

*April 12th, 1830, Sibiu †February 6th, 1904, Graz

66

Augusto Barazzuoli

Italian politician

*August 15th, 1830, Monticiano †December 10th, 1896, Florence

69

Guido Gezelle

Belgian poet, journalist, teacher, monastery director and priest (1830–1899)

*May 1st, 1830, Bruges †November 27th, 1899, Bruges

64

Christina Rossetti

English poet

*December 5th, 1830, London †December 29th, 1894, London

73

Harriet Lane

First Lady of the United States from 1857 to 1861

*May 9th, 1830, Mercersburg †July 3rd, 1903, Narragansett

75

Carmine Crocco

Italian brigand

*June 5th, 1830, Rionero in Vulture †June 18th, 1905, Portoferraio

85

Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Austrian writer

*September 13th, 1830, Schloss Zdislawitz †March 12th, 1916, Vienna

73

Eduard Lassen

Composer, conductor (1830-1904)

*April 13th, 1830, Copenhagen †January 15th, 1904, Weimar

51

Ignacio Suárez Llanos

Spanish painter (1830-1881)

*July 31st, 1830, Gijón †December 25th, 1881, Madrid

47

Narciso Serra

Spanish playwright

*February 24th, 1830, Madrid †September 26th, 1877, Madrid

55

Michael Hahn

American politician (1830-1886)

*November 24th, 1830, Klingenmünster †March 15th, 1886, Washington, D.C.

86

Henry Wallis

English Pre-Raphaelite painter, writer and collector (1830–1916)

*February 21st, 1830, London †December 20th, 1916, Surrey

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1830 is a normal year and no leap year.

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