February 22nd, 1837

Born on February 22nd, 1837

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 638 days, exactly on January 22nd, 2026, people who were born on February 22nd, 1837 will be 69,000 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, 1837

68

Pedro Varela

President of Uruguay

*February 22nd, 1837, Florida †January 1st, 1906, Montevideo

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

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

39

Frédéric Chopin

Polish composer and pianist (1810-1849)

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

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

36

Heinrich Hertz

German physicist (1857–1894)

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

62

Kenneth Williams

British actor and comedian (1926–1988)

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

46

Jules Renard

French author (1864-1910)

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

77

Axel Strøbye

Danish film actor

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

47

Claudia Hiersche

German actress

*February 22nd, 1977, Frankfurt (Oder)

72

Arthur Schopenhauer

German philosopher (1788–1860)

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

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

81

Horst Köhler

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

*February 22nd, 1943, Skierbieszów

72

Marie von Miller

German painter (1861–1933)

*February 22nd, 1861, Munich †August 18th, 1933, Starnberg

65

Kyle MacLachlan

American actor

*February 22nd, 1959, Yakima

88

Olave Baden-Powell

World Chief Guide

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

96

Paul Dooley

American actor, writer, and comedian

*February 22nd, 1928, Parkersburg

21

Ridya Aulia Fatasya

Indonesian badminton player

*February 22nd, 2003, Semarang City

97

John Mills

English actor (1908-2005)

*February 22nd, 1908, Felixstowe †April 23rd, 2005, Denham

Same year
Born in 1837

58

Adam Opel

Founder of the German automobile company Adam Opel AG

*May 9th, 1837, Rüsselsheim am Main †September 8th, 1895, Rüsselsheim am Main

93

Otto Winter Hjelm

Norwegian composer

*October 8th, 1837, Christiania †May 3rd, 1931, Oslo

70

Carl Koldewey

German explorer (1837-1908)

*October 26th, 1837, Bücken †May 17th, 1908, Hamburg

82

Josef Durm

German architect and architectural historian

*February 14th, 1837, Karlsruhe †April 3rd, 1919, Karlsruhe

70

Franz Bücheler

German classical philologist (1837-1908)

*June 3rd, 1837, Rheinberg †May 3rd, 1908, Bonn

71

Grover Cleveland

President of the United States (1885–89; 1893–97)

*March 18th, 1837, Caldwell †June 24th, 1908, Princeton

85

Johannes Diderik van der Waals

Netherlandish physicist (1837-1923)

*November 23rd, 1837, Leiden †March 8th, 1923, Amsterdam

53

Ernest Hoschedé

French businessman

*December 18th, 1837, Paris †March 18th, 1891, 9th arrondissement of Paris

62

Thomas Henry Ismay

British businessman (1837-1899)

*January 7th, 1837, Maryport †November 23rd, 1899, Dawpool

75

J. P. Morgan

American financier, banker, and art collector (1837–1913)

*April 17th, 1837, Hartford †March 31st, 1913, Rome

62

Henry Becque

French dramatist (1837-1899)

*April 18th, 1837, former 3rd arrondissement of Paris †May 12th, 1899, Neuilly-sur-Seine

35

Vasil Levski

Bulgarian revolutionary (1837–1873)

*July 18th, 1837, Karlovo †February 18th, 1873, Sofia

62

Dwight Lyman Moody

American evangelist (1837–1899)

*February 5th, 1837, Northfield †December 22nd, 1899, Northfield

70

Francisco Loño y Pérez

Spanish politician and military personnel (1837-1907)

*February 5th, 1837, Santiago de Cuba †June 30th, 1907, Madrid

83

John Burroughs

American naturalist and essayist (1837-1921)

*April 3rd, 1837, Delaware County †March 29th, 1921, California

54

Georges Ernest Boulanger

French general (1837-1891)

*April 29th, 1837, Rennes †September 30th, 1891, Ixelles - Elsene

60

Empress Elisabeth of Austria

Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary (1837-1898)

*December 24th, 1837, Herzog-Max-Palais †September 10th, 1898, Geneva

78

Johannes Trojan

Writer and opinion journalist (1837-1915)

*August 14th, 1837, Gdańsk †November 21st, 1915, Rostock

72

Algernon Charles Swinburne

English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic (1837-1909)

*April 5th, 1837, London †April 10th, 1909, London

84

Fredrik Bajer

Danish politician (1837-1922)

*April 21st, 1837, Næstved †January 22nd, 1922, Copenhagen

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 1837 is a normal year and no leap year.

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