Famous Personalities Born In February - 28

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

1261  Margaret of Scotland, queen of Norway (d. 1283) was born on February - 28.   

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  Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker (d. 1632) was born on this day in history.   

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

1612  On February - 28 birth of john Pearson, English theologian (d. 1686)   

1616  Kaspar Forster, composer was born on February - 28.   

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

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

1670  On this day in history birth of benjamin Wadsworth, American President of Harvard University (d. 1737)   

1675  On February - 28 birth of guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (d. 1726)   

1683  René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French scientist (d. 1757) was born on February - 28.   

1690  On this day in history birth of aleksei P Romanov, Russia, son of Peter the Great   

1704  On this day in history birth of louis Godin, French astronomer (d. 1760)   

1712  Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French military commander (d. 1759) was born on this day in history.   

1724  George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, British field marshal (d. 1807) was born on this day in history.   

1747  On this day in history 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  French Jozef Kinsoen, Flemish portrait painter was born on February - 28.   

1786  D Francois J Arago, French astronomer/physicist/politician was born on this day in history.   

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

1797  On February - 28 birth of mary Lyon, US, educator (Mt Holyoke) (Hall of Fame)   

1797  W Frederik K, prince of Netherlands/general/admiral (10 day campaign) was born on February - 28.   

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 February - 28 birth of matthew Duncan Ector, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1879   

1823  On this day in history birth of ernest Renan, French philosopher/historian/scholar of religion   

1824  On this day in history birth of charles Blondin, France, acrobat/aerialist   

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

1825  On this day in history birth of quincy Adams Gillmore, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1888   

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0642  On February - 28 oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle   

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

1326  Death of Duke Leopold I of Austria (b. 1290) on February - 28.   

1453  On February - 28 death of isabella, Duchess of Lorraine (b. 1400)   

1485  On this day in history death of niclas, Graf von Abensberg, German soldier (b. 1441)   

1510  On February - 28 death of juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer   

1525  Death of Cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler on February - 28.   

1572  On this day in history death of aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (b. 1505)