February 23rd, 1836

Born on February 23rd, 1836

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 68,000 days old!

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What happened on February 23rd, 1836?

February 23rd, 1836

Texas Revolution: The Siege of the Alamo (prelude to the Battle of the Alamo) begins in San Antonio, Texas.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Revolution

What else happened on February 23rd?

February 23rd, 2017

Syrian civil war: Allied troops led by the Turkish Armed Forces captured the city of al-Bab from the Islamic State.

February 23rd, 2008

A B-2 Spirit stealth bomber crashed on the runway shortly after takeoff from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam in the most expensive crash in U.S. Air Force history.

February 23rd, 1987

SN 1987A, a supernova in the Large Magellanic Cloud, was observed from Earth.

February 23rd, 1971

Vietnam War: South Vietnamese General Đỗ Cao Trí was killed in a helicopter crash en route to taking control of the faltering Operation Lam Son 719.

February 23rd, 1945

American photographer Joe Rosenthal took the Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima during the Battle of Iwo Jima, an image that was later reproduced on the Marine Corps War Memorial.

February 23rd, 1943

35 children and 1 adult employee were killed in a fire at an orphanage in the town of Cavan, Ireland.

February 23rd, 1941

Plutonium was first chemically identified by chemist Glenn T. Seaborg and his team at the University of California, Berkeley.

February 23rd, 1886

American inventor Charles Martin Hall discovered an inexpensive method of producing aluminium (sample pictured).

February 23rd, 1847

Mexican–American War: The United States Army used artillery to repulse the much larger Mexican army at the Battle of Buena Vista near Saltillo.

February 23rd, 1778

American Revolutionary War: Prussian military officer Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben arrived at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania as a volunteer for the Continental Army.

February 23rd, 1739

The identity of English highwayman Dick Turpin was uncovered by his former schoolmate, who recognised his handwriting, leading to Turpin's trial.

February 23rd, 2020

Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old African-American citizen, is shot and murdered by three white men after visiting a house under construction while jogging at a neighborhood in Satilla Shores near Brunswick in Glynn County, Georgia.

February 23rd, 2019

Atlas Air Flight 3591, a Boeing 767 freighter, crashes into Trinity Bay near Anahuac, Texas, killing all three people on board.

February 23rd, 2017

The Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army captures Al-Bab from ISIL.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 23rd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on February 23rd?

43

Alistair Casey

Badminton player

*February 23rd, 1981, Glasgow

54

Allan Fung

American politician in Rhode Island (born 1970)

*February 23rd, 1970, Providence

64

Naruhito

Emperor of Japan since 2019

*February 23rd, 1960, Hospital of the Imperial Household

86

Karl Jaspers

German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher (1883–1969)

*February 23rd, 1883, Oldenburg †February 26th, 1969, Basel

95

W. E. B. Du Bois

American sociologist and activist (1868–1963)

*February 23rd, 1868, Great Barrington †August 27th, 1963, Accra

74

Zacharie Astruc

French sculptor, painter, poet, and art critic (1833-1907)

*February 23rd, 1833, Angers †May 24th, 1907, Paris

48

Rosalía de Castro

Galician poet and writer (1837-1885)

*February 23rd, 1837, Conxo, Santiago de Compostela †July 15th, 1885, A Matanza

75

Luigi Denza

Italian composer

*February 23rd, 1846, Castellammare di Stabia †January 26th, 1922, London

74

George Frideric Handel

German-British Baroque composer (1685–1759)

*February 23rd, 1685, Halle (Saale) †April 14th, 1759, London

52

David Kalisch

German writer (1820-1872)

*February 23rd, 1820, Wrocław †August 21st, 1872, Berlin

81

Carl Menger

Founder of the Austrian School of economics

*February 23rd, 1840, Nowy Sącz †February 26th, 1921, Vienna

79

Peter Fonda

American actor (1940–2019)

*February 23rd, 1940, New York City †August 16th, 2019, Los Angeles

32

Peter Briggs

Badminton player

*February 23rd, 1992, Leicester

30

Tom Wolfenden

English badminton player

*February 23rd, 1994, Liverpool

30

James Paxton

American actor

*February 23rd, 1994, Ojai

58

Didier Queloz

Swiss astronomer

*February 23rd, 1966, Lausanne

92

Christian Habicht

German historian and epigrapher (1926–2018)

*February 23rd, 1926, Dortmund †August 6th, 2018, Princeton

51

Gustav Nachtigal

German physician, consul-general and explorer of Central and West Africa

*February 23rd, 1834, Eichstedt †April 20th, 1885, Cape Palmas

30

Dakota Fanning

American actress (born 1994)

*February 23rd, 1994, Conyers

87

Margaret Deland

American writer and poet (1857–1945)

*February 23rd, 1857, Allegheny †January 13th, 1945, Boston

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Born in 1836

86

Sara Plummer Lemmon

American botanist (1836-1923)

*September 3rd, 1836, New Gloucester †January 15th, 1923, Stockton

65

Bret Harte

American writer and poet

*August 25th, 1836, Albany †May 5th, 1902, London

70

Thomas Bailey Aldrich

American poet, novelist, editor (1836-1907)

*November 11th, 1836, Portsmouth †March 19th, 1907, Boston

80

Wilhelmine von Hillern

German actress and writer

*March 11th, 1836, Munich †December 15th, 1916, Aschau im Chiemgau

64

Wilhelm Steinitz

Austrian-American chess player

*May 17th, 1836, Prague †August 12th, 1900, New York City

73

Mily Balakirev

Russian composer, pianist, and conductor (1837-1910)

*December 21st, 1836, Nizhny Novgorod †May 16th, 1910, Saint Petersburg

71

Henry Campbell-Bannerman

British Prime Minister from 1905 to 1908

*September 7th, 1836, Glasgow †April 22nd, 1908, Downing Street

56

Michał Elwiro Andriolli

Polish artist, architect, and revolutionary

*November 14th, 1836, Vilnius †August 23rd, 1893, Nałęczów

50

Ramakrishna

Indian mystic and religious preacher (1836–1886)

*February 18th, 1836, Kamarpukur †August 16th, 1886, Kolkata

69

Adolf von Wittich

Politician (1836-1906)

*August 28th, 1836, Trzcianka †February 23rd, 1906, Würzburg

71

Ernest Blum

French writer

*August 15th, 1836, former 7th arrondissement of Paris †September 19th, 1907, 10th arrondissement of Paris

34

Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer

Spanish poet

*February 17th, 1836, Seville †December 22nd, 1870, Madrid

77

Joseph Chamberlain

British politician (1836-1914)

*July 8th, 1836, London †July 2nd, 1914, London

65

James Tissot

French painter and illustrator (1836–1902)

*October 15th, 1836, Nantes †August 8th, 1902, Chenecey-Buillon

71

Joaquina Cabrera

Guatemalan First Mother of the Nation

*August 21st, 1836, Quetzaltenango †July 3rd, 1908, Guatemala City

86

Andrés Avelino Cáceres

Peruvian politician, military (1836-1923)

*November 10th, 1836, Ayacucho †October 10th, 1923, Lima

76

Lawrence Alma-Tadema

Dutch-born British painter (1836–1912)

*January 8th, 1836, Dronryp †June 25th, 1912, Wiesbaden

54

Léo Delibes

French composer (1836–1891)

*February 21st, 1836, La Flèche †January 16th, 1891, Paris

73

Thomas Crapper

British plumber

*September 28th, 1836, Thorne †January 27th, 1910, Anerley

99

Juliette Adam

Author, salonnière

*October 4th, 1836, Verberie †August 23rd, 1936, Callian

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on February 23rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Red Army Day or Day of Soviet Army and Navy in the former Soviet Union, also held in various former Soviet republics) which are celebrated on February 23rd.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1836 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).

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