Famous Personalities Born In February - 28
Saturday, 12 July 2025
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 Elisabeth II of Bohemia (d. 1442) was born on February - 28.
1533 Michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher was born on February - 28.
1552 On this day in history birth of jobst Borgi, [Justus Byrgius], Swiss/German mathematician
1552 On this day in history birth of joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker (d. 1632)
1573 On February - 28 birth of elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg)
1612 On February - 28 birth of john Pearson, English theologian (d. 1686)
1616 Kaspar Forster, composer was born on February - 28.
1632 Jean-Baptiste Lully, Florence Italy, composer was born on this day in history.
1663 On this day in history birth of thomas Newcomen, English co-inventor (steam engine)
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 On this day in history birth of rené Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French scientist (d. 1757)
1690 On this day in history birth of aleksei P Romanov, Russia, son of Peter the Great
1704 On February - 28 birth of louis Godin, French astronomer (d. 1760)
1712 On this day in history 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 Justin Morgan, composer was born on February - 28.
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 D Francois J Arago, French astronomer/physicist/politician was born on February - 28.
1792 On February - 28 birth of karl Earnest Ritter von Baer, Estonian/German embryologist
1797 On this day in history birth of mary Lyon, US, educator (Mt Holyoke) (Hall of Fame)
1797 On this day in history birth of w Frederik K, prince of Netherlands/general/admiral (10 day campaign)
1810 Reinier C Bakhuizen van de Brink, Dutch historian was born on this day in history.
1817 On February - 28 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 this day in history 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 Charles Blondin, France, acrobat/aerialist was born on this day in history.
1824 On February - 28 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