Famous Personalities Born In February - 28

1155  On this day in history 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 February - 28 birth of elisabeth II of Bohemia (d. 1442)   

1533  On this day in history birth of michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher   

1552  On this day in history birth of jobst Borgi, [Justus Byrgius], Swiss/German mathematician   

1552  Joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker (d. 1632) was born on February - 28.   

1573  Elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1670  Benjamin Wadsworth, American President of Harvard University (d. 1737) was born on February - 28.   

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 February - 28.   

1690  On February - 28 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  On February - 28 birth of louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French military commander (d. 1759)   

1724  On February - 28 birth of george Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, British field marshal (d. 1807)   

1747  On February - 28 birth of justin Morgan, composer   

1750  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1792  On February - 28 birth of karl Earnest Ritter von Baer, Estonian/German embryologist   

1797  Mary Lyon, US, educator (Mt Holyoke) (Hall of Fame) was born on February - 28.   

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

1810  On this day in history birth of reinier C Bakhuizen van de Brink, Dutch historian   

1817  On this day in history birth of james Craig, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888   

1820  John Tenniel, England, cartoonist/illustrator (Alice in Wonderland) was born on this day in history.   

1822  On February - 28 birth of matthew Duncan Ector, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1879   

1823  Ernest Renan, French philosopher/historian/scholar of religion was born on February - 28.   

1824  On February - 28 birth of charles Blondin, France, acrobat/aerialist   

1824  On February - 28 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 this day in history.   

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0642  On this day in history oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle   

1261  On February - 28 hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies   

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

1510  Death of Juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer on this day in history.   

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

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