February 15th, 1854

Born on February 15th, 1854

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

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... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on February 15th?

February 15th, 1763

Prussia, Saxony and the Habsburg monarchy signed the Treaty of Hubertusburg, ending the Third Silesian War.

February 15th, 2013

A meteor exploded (video featured) over Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia, producing a shock wave that injured about 1,500 people.

February 15th, 2003

In one of the largest anti-war rallies in history, millions around the world in approximately 800 cities took part in protests against the impending invasion of Iraq.

February 15th, 1999

Abdullah Öcalan, one of the founding members of the militant organization the Kurdistan Workers' Party, was arrested by Turkish security forces in Nairobi, Kenya.

February 15th, 1996

A Long March 3B rocket carrying the communications satellite Intelsat 708 crashed immediately after launch from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China, destroying a nearby town and killing an unknown number of inhabitants.

February 15th, 1995

Kevin Mitnick, the most wanted computer hacker at the time in the U.S., was arrested and charged with computer fraud and wire fraud.

February 15th, 1989

The Soviet Union officially announced that all of its troops had withdrawn from Afghanistan after a nine-year conflict.

February 15th, 1979

Don Dunstan (pictured) resigned as Premier of South Australia, ending a decade of sweeping social liberalisation.

February 15th, 1976

The current Constitution of Cuba, providing for a system of government and law based on those of the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries, was adopted by a national referendum.

February 15th, 1965

Canada adopted the Maple Leaf flag, replacing the Canadian Red Ensign.

February 15th, 1961

All 72 people on board Sabena Flight 548, including the entire U.S. figure-skating team, and one person on the ground were killed when the aircraft crashed on approach to Brussels Airport.

February 15th, 1949

Gerald Lankester Harding and Roland de Vaux began excavations at Cave 1 of the Qumran Caves in the West Bank, the location of the first seven Dead Sea Scrolls.

February 15th, 1942

Second World War: Japanese forces led by General Tomoyuki Yamashita captured Singapore with the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history.

February 15th, 1915

Sepoys of Indian Muslim background mutinied against their British officers in Singapore.

February 15th, 1900

Second Boer War: British cavalry led by John French defeated Boer forces to end a 124-day siege of Kimberley in present-day South Africa.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on February 15th

Born on February 15th, 1854

59

José Vives y Tutó

Spanish author (1854-1913)

*February 15th, 1854, Sant Andreu de Llavaneres †September 7th, 1913, Monte Porzio Catone

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91

Heinrich Drake

German sculptor and illustrator (1903-1994)

*February 15th, 1903, Lügde †July 26th, 1994, Berlin

77

Galileo Galilei

Italian polymath

*February 15th, 1564, Pisa †January 8th, 1642, Arcetri

35

Anders Skaarup Rasmussen

Badminton player

*February 15th, 1989, Odder

91

Elihu Root

American politician (1845-1937)

*February 15th, 1845, Clinton †February 7th, 1937, New York City

96

Kevin McCarthy

American actor (1914–2010)

*February 15th, 1914, Seattle †September 11th, 2010, Hyannis

20

Putra Erwiansyah

Badminton player

*February 15th, 2004, Makassar City

77

Charles Édouard Guillaume

Swiss physicist (1861-1938)

*February 15th, 1861, Fleurier †June 13th, 1938, Sèvres

86

Gale Sondergaard

American actress (1899-1985)

*February 15th, 1899, Litchfield †August 14th, 1985, Woodland Hills

93

Claire Bloom

British actress (born 1931)

*February 15th, 1931, Finchley

65

Ali Campbell

English singer and songwriter, UB40 member

*February 15th, 1959, Birmingham

49

Thomas Bareiß

German politician

*February 15th, 1975, Ebingen

47

Ernest Shackleton

Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer (1874–1922)

*February 15th, 1874, Kilkea Castle †January 5th, 1922, Grytviken

86

Alfred North Whitehead

English mathematician and philosopher (1861–1947)

*February 15th, 1861, Ramsgate †December 30th, 1947, Cambridge

55

Robert Ley

German Nazi politician; indicted by the International Military Tribunal for war crimes (1890-1945)

*February 15th, 1890, Niederbreidenbach †October 25th, 1945, Nuremberg Court Prison

26

George Russell

British racing driver (born 1998)

*February 15th, 1998, King's Lynn

86

Susan B. Anthony

American women's rights activist

*February 15th, 1820, Adams †March 13th, 1906, Rochester

73

Dimitrios Vikelas

Greek businessman and writer; president of the International Olympic Committee (1835-1908)

*February 15th, 1835, Ermoupolis †July 20th, 1908, Athens

32

Ion Andreescu

Romanian painter (1850-1882)

*February 15th, 1850, Bucharest †October 22nd, 1882, Bucharest

54

Walter Donaldson

American songwriter (1893-1947)

*February 15th, 1893, Manhattan †July 15th, 1947, Santa Monica

59

Adama Barrow

3rd President of the Gambia

*February 15th, 1965, Basse Santa Su

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Born in 1854

61

Paul Ehrlich

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

82

Adolf Erman

German Egyptologist and lexicographer (1854-1937)

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

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

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

37

Arthur Rimbaud

French poet (1854–1891)

*October 20th, 1854, Charleville (Ardennes) †November 10th, 1891, Marseille

78

Helen Nicol

Suffragist, temperance campaigner

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

54

Francis Marion Crawford

Novelist, short story writer, essayist (1854-1909)

*August 2nd, 1854, Bagni di Lucca †April 9th, 1909, Campania

76

George Whitefield Chadwick

American composer (1854-1931)

*November 13th, 1854, Lowell †April 4th, 1931, Boston

83

William C. White

American Seventh-day Adventist minister (1854–1937)

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

85

Gabriel Deville

French politician and diplomat (1854-1940)

*March 8th, 1854, Tarbes †February 28th, 1940, Viroflay

89

Henri La Fontaine

Belgian lawyer, politician and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1854-1943)

*April 22nd, 1854, City of Brussels †May 14th, 1943, City of Brussels

73

Émile Basly

French trade unionist

*March 29th, 1854, Valenciennes †February 11th, 1928, Lens

86

Louis Marie Cordonnier

French architect

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

52

Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom

Dutch chemist

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

84

Karl Kautsky

Czech-Austrian Marxist theorist (1854–1938)

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

51

Alphonse Allais

French writer and humorist

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

71

Thomas Riley Marshall

Vice president of the United States from 1913 to 1921

*March 14th, 1854, North Manchester †June 1st, 1925, Washington, D.C.

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Leap year

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

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