Famous Birthdays In February - 28
Wednesday, 27 January 2021
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 February - 28 birth of elisabeth II of Bohemia (d. 1442)
1533 On February - 28 birth of michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher
1552 On this day in history birth of jobst Borgi, [Justus Byrgius], Swiss/German mathematician
1552 On February - 28 birth of joost Bürgi, Swiss clockmaker (d. 1632)
1573 Elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg) was born on this day in history.
1612 John Pearson, English theologian (d. 1686) was born on February - 28.
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 February - 28 birth of thomas Newcomen, English co-inventor (steam engine)
1670 Benjamin Wadsworth, American President of Harvard University (d. 1737) was born on February - 28.
1675 On this day in history birth of guillaume Delisle, French cartographer (d. 1726)
1683 On February - 28 birth of rené Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French scientist (d. 1757)
1690 Aleksei P Romanov, Russia, son of Peter the Great was born on February - 28.
1704 Louis Godin, French astronomer (d. 1760) was born on February - 28.
1712 On February - 28 birth of louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French military commander (d. 1759)
1724 On this day in history birth of george Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, British field marshal (d. 1807)
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 February - 28.
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 W Frederik K, prince of Netherlands/general/admiral (10 day campaign) was born on February - 28.
1810 Reinier C Bakhuizen van de Brink, Dutch historian was born on February - 28.
1817 James Craig, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888 was born on this day in history.
1820 On this day in history 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 Ernest Renan, French philosopher/historian/scholar of religion was born on February - 28.
1824 Charles Blondin, France, acrobat/aerialist was born on February - 28.
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 February - 28.