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Feb 28 1155

Henry the Young King son of Henry II of England (d. 1183)

Feb 28 1261

Margaret of Scotland queen of Norway (d. 1283)

Feb 28 1533

Michel de Montaigne French essayistphilosopher

Feb 28 1552

JostJobst Brgi Swiss clockmaker and mathematician (d. 1632)

Feb 28 1573

Elias Hill German architectcity builder (Augsburg)

Feb 28 1616

Kaspar Frster German composer born in Gdask Poland (d. 1673)

Feb 28 1663

Thomas Newcomen English co-inventor (steam engine)

Feb 28 1670

Benjamin Wadsworth American President of Harvard University (d. 1737)

Feb 28 1675

Guillaume Delisle French cartographer (d. 1726)

Feb 28 1683

Ren Antoine Ferchault de Raumur French scientist (d. 1757)

Feb 28 1690

Aleksei P Romanov Russian son of Tsar Peter the Great

Feb 28 1712

Louis-Joseph de Montcalm French military commander (d. 1759)

Feb 28 1724

George Townshend 1st Marquess Townshend British field marshal (d. 1807)

Feb 28 1764

Robert Haldane Scottish theologistphilanthropist

Feb 28 1771

French Jozef Kinsoen Flemish portrait painter

Feb 28 1786

D Francois J Arago French astronomerphysicistpolitician

Feb 28 1792

Karl Earnest Ritter von Baer EstonianGerman embryologist

Feb 28 1797

Mary Lyon American educator (Mt Holyoke) (Hall of Fame)

Feb 28 1797

W Frederik K prince of Netherlandsgeneraladmiral (10 day campaign)

Feb 28 1810

Reinier C Bakhuizen van de Brink Dutch historian

Feb 28 1817

James Craig American lawyer politician and Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Washington County Pennsylvania (d. 1888)

Feb 28 1820

John Tenniel England cartoonistillustrator (Alice in Wonderland)

Feb 28 1822

Matthew Duncan Ector Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1879)

Feb 28 1823

Ernest Renan French philosopherhistorianscholar of religion

Feb 28 1824

Charles Blondin French acrobat and tight rope walker born in St. Omer (d. 1897)

Feb 28 1824

John Creed Moore Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1910)

Feb 28 1825

Quincy Adams Gillmore American civil engineer author and Major General (Union Army) born in Lorain County Ohio (d. 1888)

Feb 28 1833

Alfred von Schlieffen CountPrussian general-fieldmarshal

Feb 28 1841

Adrien Albert Marie de Mun French politician (d. 1914)

Feb 28 1850

Hermann Schell German theologistphilosopher (Gott und Geist)

Feb 28 1851

Samuel W. McCall 47th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1923)

Feb 28 1858

Jacob P Vis Dutch industrialist (founder NV Royal Salt Industries)

Feb 28 1865

Arthur Symons Welsh poetcriticco-founder (Savoy)

Feb 28 1638 Scottish Presbyterians sign National Convent Greyfriars Edinburgh

Feb 28 1646 Roger Scott tried in Massachusetts for sleeping in church

Feb 28 1700 Today is followed by March 1 in Sweden thus creating the Swedish calendar

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