Famous Personalities Born In February - 28

1155  Henry the young king: Son of henry ii of england   

1261  Margaret of scotland: Queen of norway   

1409  Elisabeth ii of bohemia: Elisabeth ii of bohemia (d. 1442)   

1533  Michel de montaigne: France, essayist/philosopher   

1552  Jobst borgi: [justus byrgius], swiss/german mathematician   

1552  Joost bürgi: Swiss clockmaker   

1573  Elias hill: German architect/city builder (augsburg)   

1612  John pearson: English theologian   

1616  Kaspar forster: Composer   

1632  Jean-baptiste lully: Florence italy, composer   

1663  Thomas newcomen: English co-inventor (steam engine)   

1670  Benjamin wadsworth: American president of harvard university   

1675  Guillaume delisle: French cartographer   

1683  René antoine ferchault de réaumur: French scientist   

1690  Aleksei p romanov: Russia, son of peter the great   

1704  Louis godin: French astronomer   

1712  Louis-joseph de montcalm: French military commander   

1724  George townshend: 1st marquess townshend, british field marshal   

1747  Justin morgan: Composer   

1750  Ignacy potocki: Polish foreign minister   

1764  Robert haldane: Scottish theologist/philanthropist   

1771  French jozef kinsoen: Flemish portrait painter   

1786  D francois j arago: French astronomer/physicist/politician   

1792  Karl earnest ritter von baer: Estonian/german embryologist   

1797  Mary lyon: Us, educator (mt holyoke) (hall of fame)   

1797  W frederik k: Prince of netherlands/general/admiral (10 day campaign)   

1810  Reinier c bakhuizen van de brink: Dutch historian   

1817  James craig: Brig general (union volunteers), died in 1888   

1820  John tenniel: England, cartoonist/illustrator (alice in wonderland)   

1822  Matthew duncan ector: Brig general (confederate army), died in 1879   

1823  Ernest renan: French philosopher/historian/scholar of religion   

1824  Charles blondin: France, acrobat/aerialist   

1824  John creed moore: Brig general (confederate army), died in 1910   

1825  Quincy adams gillmore: Major general (union volunteers), died in 1888   

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0642  Oswald: English missionary/saint,   

1261  Hendrik: Duke of brabant (1248-61),   

1326  Duke leopold i of austria: Duke leopold i of austria (b. 1290)   

1453  Isabella: Duchess of lorraine (b. 1400)   

1485  Niclas: Graf von abensberg, german soldier (b. 1441)   

1510  Juan de la cosa: Spanish cartographer and explorer   

1525  Cuauhtémoc: Aztec ruler   

1572  Aegidius tschudi: Swiss historian (b. 1505)