Famous Birthdays In February - 28

1155  On February - 28 birth of henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (d. 1183)  

1261  On this day in history birth of margaret of Scotland, queen of Norway (d. 1283)  

1409  On this day in history birth of elisabeth II of Bohemia (d. 1442)  

1533  On February - 28 birth of michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher  

1552  Jobst Borgi, [Justus Byrgius], Swiss/German mathematician was born on February - 28.  

1552  On February - 28 birth of joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker (d. 1632)  

1573  Elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg) was born on February - 28.  

1612  John Pearson, English theologian (d. 1686) was born on this day in history.  

1616  Kaspar Forster, composer was born on this day in history.  

1632  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Lully, Florence Italy, composer  

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1663  Thomas Newcomen, English co-inventor (steam engine) was born on February - 28.  

1670  On February - 28 birth of benjamin Wadsworth, American President of Harvard University (d. 1737)  

1675  Guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (d. 1726) was born on February - 28.  

1683  René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French scientist (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.  

1690  On February - 28 birth of aleksei P Romanov, Russia, son of Peter the Great  

1704  Louis Godin, French astronomer (d. 1760) was born on this day in history.  

1712  Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French military commander (d. 1759) was born on February - 28.  

1724  George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, British field marshal (d. 1807) was born on February - 28.  

1747  On February - 28 birth of justin Morgan, composer  

1750  On February - 28 birth of ignacy Potocki, Polish foreign minister  

1764  On February - 28 birth of robert Haldane, Scottish theologist/philanthropist  

1771  On this day in history birth of french Jozef Kinsoen, Flemish portrait painter  

1786  On February - 28 birth of d Francois J Arago, French astronomer/physicist/politician  

1792  Karl Earnest Ritter von Baer, Estonian/German embryologist was born on February - 28.  

1797  On this day in history birth of mary Lyon, US, educator (Mt Holyoke) (Hall of Fame)  

1797  On February - 28 birth of w Frederik K, prince of Netherlands/general/admiral (10 day campaign)  

1810  On February - 28 birth of reinier C Bakhuizen van de Brink, Dutch historian  

1817  On February - 28 birth of james Craig, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888  

1820  On February - 28 birth of john Tenniel, England, cartoonist/illustrator (Alice in Wonderland)  

1822  On this day in history birth of matthew Duncan Ector, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1879  

1823  On February - 28 birth of ernest Renan, French philosopher/historian/scholar of religion  

1824  Charles Blondin, France, acrobat/aerialist was born on February - 28.  

1824  On this day in history birth of john Creed Moore, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1910  

1825  Quincy Adams Gillmore, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1888 was born on February - 28.  

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0642  Oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle on this day in history.  

1261  Hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies on this day in history.  

1326  On this day in history death of duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290)  

1453  Death of Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400) on February - 28.  

1485  Death of Niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441) on February - 28.  

1510  On this day in history death of juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer  

1525  Death of Cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler on this day in history.  

1572  On February - 28 death of aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505)