February 3rd, 1854

Born on February 3rd, 1854

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 62,000 days old!

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What happened on February 3rd?

February 3rd, 2023

A freight train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, releasing hazardous materials into the surrounding area.

February 3rd, 2014

Russia's first school shooting took place when a student opened fire at School No. 263 in Moscow, resulting in the deaths of a teacher and a police officer.

February 3rd, 1986

Steve Jobs purchased Pixar from Lucasfilm and launched it as an independent computer-animation studio.

February 3rd, 1972

The deadliest blizzard in history began in Iran and continued for a week leaving more than 4,000 people dead.

February 3rd, 1941

World War II: Free French and British forces began the Battle of Keren to capture the strategic town of Keren in Italian East Africa.

February 3rd, 1933

Adolf Hitler announced that the conquest of Lebensraum in Eastern Europe, and its "ruthless Germanisation", were the geopolitical objectives of Reich foreign policy.

February 3rd, 1918

At 11,675 ft (3,559 m) long, the Twin Peaks Tunnel in San Francisco opened as the longest streetcar tunnel in the world at the time.

February 3rd, 1870

Reconstruction era: The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, formally prohibiting race-based disenfranchisement in the United States.

February 3rd, 1852

The Argentine Confederation was defeated in the Platine War by an alliance consisting of Brazil, Uruguay and the Argentine provinces of Entre Ríos and Corrientes.

February 3rd, 1813

Argentine War of Independence: José de San Martín and the Mounted Grenadiers Regiment defeated Spanish royalist forces in the Battle of San Lorenzo (depicted).

February 3rd, 1781

Fourth Anglo-Dutch War: British forces captured the Dutch island of Sint Eustatius after a brief skirmish.

February 3rd, 1266

Mudéjar revolt: King James I of Aragon entered the formerly Muslim-held city of Murcia following its surrender three days earlier.

February 3rd, 1995

In mission STS-63, astronaut Eileen Collins (pictured) became the first woman to pilot the Space Shuttle.

February 3rd, 1862

Moldavia and Wallachia formally united, creating the Romanian United Principalities.

February 3rd, 1047

Emperor Henry III declared Drogo of Hauteville to be count of all Apulian and Calabrian Normans.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 3rd

Born on February 3rd, 1854

80

Bernhard Lepsius

German chemist

*February 3rd, 1854, Berlin †October 7th, 1934, Berlin

Same year
Born in 1854

82

Adolf Erman

German Egyptologist and lexicographer (1854-1937)

*October 31st, 1854, Berlin †June 26th, 1937, Berlin

61

Paul Ehrlich

Jewish-German physician and scientist

*March 14th, 1854, Strzelin †August 20th, 1915, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe

46

Oscar Wilde

Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854–1900)

*October 16th, 1854, Dublin †November 30th, 1900, Paris

58

Henri Poincaré

French mathematician, physicist and engineer (1854–1912)

*April 29th, 1854, Nancy †July 17th, 1912, Paris

86

Paul Sabatier

French chemist

*November 5th, 1854, Carcassonne †August 14th, 1941, Toulouse

67

Benedict XV

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1914 to 1922

*November 21st, 1854, Pegli †January 22nd, 1922, Apostolic Palace

83

William C. White

American Seventh-day Adventist minister (1854–1937)

*August 29th, 1854, Rochester †September 1st, 1937, St. Helena

63

Emil von Behring

German physiologist who received the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1901 for his discovery of a diphtheria antitoxin

*March 15th, 1854, Ławice †March 31st, 1917, Marburg

86

Louis Marie Cordonnier

French architect (1854–1940)

*July 7th, 1854, Haubourdin †November 20th, 1940, Peyrillac-et-Millac

84

Karl Kautsky

Czech-Austrian Marxist theorist (1854–1938)

*October 16th, 1854, Prague †October 17th, 1938, Amsterdam

78

Helen Nicol

Suffragist, temperance campaigner

*May 29th, 1854, Edinburgh †November 22nd, 1932, Dunedin

87

David Emmanuel

Romanian mathematician

*January 31st, 1854, Bucharest †February 4th, 1941, Bucharest

75

Aletta Jacobs

Dutch physician and feminist, editor (1854–1929)

*February 9th, 1854, Sappemeer †August 10th, 1929, Baarn

76

Charles Algernon Parsons

Inventor of the steam turbine (1854-1931)

*June 13th, 1854, London †February 11th, 1931, Kingston

69

Hertha Ayrton

English engineer, mathematician and inventor (1854-1923)

*April 28th, 1854, Portsea Island †August 23rd, 1923, Lancing

51

Alphonse Allais

French writer and humorist

*October 20th, 1854, Honfleur †October 28th, 1905, Paris

52

Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom

Dutch chemist

*October 24th, 1854, Alkmaar †February 2nd, 1907, Amsterdam

24

Pedro Videla

Chilean surgeon (1854-1879)

*August 14th, 1854, Andacollo †May 21st, 1879, Iquique

78

Juan Gualberto Gómez

Afro-Cuban revolutionary leader in the Cuban War of Independence (1854-1933)

*July 12th, 1854, Matanzas Province †March 5th, 1933, Havana

67

Engelbert Humperdinck

German composer (1854–1921)

*September 1st, 1854, Siegburg †September 27th, 1921, Neustrelitz

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1854 is a normal year and no leap year.

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