About the day » Tuesday February 28, 1792Calender converter

• Caroline Novlyn Anderson, Alabama, United States of America († 1842)
• Anna Maria Kerckman Kerkmans, Bergen († 1859)
• Anna Cornelia Simons, Breda,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 1848)
• Cornelia Simons († 1795)
• Berend EDELENBOS, Vollenhove, Overijssel, Nederland († 1862)
• Alice Lawrason, Alexandria, Virginia, Verenigde Staten († 1817)
• Catherina (Trijntje) Tool, Zwaag, Noord Holland, Nederland († 1839)
• Cecilia Stevens, Kleine Spouwen
• Charles Louis Descamps, Wodecq, Hainaut, Belgique
• Cornelia Koekendorp, Nieuwenhoorn, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• Bastiaan Crijnsz den Hals (77), IJsselmonde
• Clara Salomon Zeljg Emden (77), Amsterdam
• Clara Salomon Emden (77), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Arnoldus Giesbers (31), Huissen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Berendtje te Dunnewik (80), Winterswijk
• ANNA VAN SPRONSEN (0), NAALDWIJK
• Benjamin Dey (47), Middlesex, Middlesex, New Jersey, United States
• Arij van Es (0), Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Anna Catharina Verschaere (39), Sleidinge
• doodgeboren kind Sluijter, Maasland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1724 » George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland († 1807)
• 1792 » Karl Ernst von Baer, German biologist, meteorologist, and geographer († 1876)
• 1812 » Berthold Auerbach, German poet and author († 1882)
• 1820 » John Tenniel, English illustrator († 1914)
• 1833 » Alfred von Schlieffen, German field marshal († 1913)
• 1840 » Henri Duveyrier, French explorer († 1892)
• 1848 » Arthur Giry, French historian and academic († 1899)
• 1851 » Samuel W. McCall, American journalist and politician, 47th Governor of Massachusetts († 1923)
• 1858 » Tore Svennberg, Swedish actor and director († 1941)
• 1865 » Wilfred Grenfell, English physician and missionary († 1940)

• 1786 » John Gwynn, English architect and engineer (b. 1713)
• 1788 » Thomas Cushing, American lawyer and politician, 1st Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (b. 1725)
• 1857 » André Dumont, Belgian geologist and academic (b. 1809)
• 1869 » Alphonse de Lamartine, French author and poet (b. 1790)
• 1879 » Hortense Allart, Italian-French author (b. 1801)
• 1891 » George Hearst, American businessman and politician (b. 1820)
• 1916 » Henry James, American novelist, short writer, and critic (b. 1843)
• 1925 » Friedrich Ebert, German politician, 1st President of Germany (b. 1871)
• 1929 » Clemens von Pirquet, Austrian physician and immunologist (b. 1874)
• 1932 » Guillaume Bigourdan, French astronomer and academic (b. 1851)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Pieter
6. Willem
7. Gerrit
8. Joannes
9. Jacob
10. Petrus
11. Jacobus
12. Dirk
13. Klaas
14. John
15. Adrianus
16. Arie

1. Maria
2. Anna
3. Johanna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Catharina
7. Grietje
8. Trijntje
9. Joanna
10. Aaltje
11. Neeltje
12. Antje
13. Adriana
14. Marie
15. Elizabeth
16. Jannetje

• Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
• February 20 » The Postal Service Act, establishing the United States Post Office Department, is signed by United States President George Washington.
• April 5 » United States President George Washington exercises his authority to veto a bill, the first time this power is used in the United States.
• May 15 » War of the First Coalition: France declares war on Kingdom of Sardinia.
• July 25 » The Brunswick Manifesto is issued to the population of Paris promising vengeance if the French royal family is harmed.
• September 21 » French Revolution: The National Convention abolishes the monarchy.
• October 13 » In Washington, D.C., the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) is laid.

The temperature on February 28, 1792 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: omtrent helder.