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Born on Sunday February 28, 1841
- Hendrik Ten Cate, Hoogeveen († 1903)
- Abraham Isaac Kommers, Oostburg, Zeeland, Netherlands († 1914)
- Alexandrina de Almeida, Bananal, São Paulo, Brasil
- Allegonda Wuyts, Luiksgestel († 1864)
- Anna Elisabeth Benninghoff, Hünxe, Dinslaken, Rheinland
- Alida van ·Äôt SCHIP, Nieuwer-Amstel (Noord-Holland) († 1841)
- Alsenith Caroline Adams, Spring Hill, Haywood, Tennessee, United States († 1913)
- Emo, Néville (F) († 1841)
- Andries Vegter, Zuidwending gem. Veendam († 1856)
- Anna van Herk, Lekkerkerk
Died on Sunday February 28, 1841
- Anna Maria Jansen Theisen (89), Papenburg, Niedersachsen, Duitsland
- Adriana de Gouw (0), Nieuwkuijk
- Emo (0), Néville (F)
- Aaltje Zaal (0), (UT) Kamerik-Mijzijde
- Aaltje Lammersen (63), Lonneker
- Aaltjen Lammersen (65), Lonneker (Enschede), Overijssel, Nederland
- Andor Graaf Széchényi van Sárvár-Felsövidék (28), Bayreuth, Oberfranken, Beieren
- Adriaan van Oort (29), Tilburg, Nederland
- Aaltje ten Hool (44), Dalerveen, gem. Dalen, Drenthe, Nederland
- Antje Mercey (0), Rotterdam,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 28, 1841 at Delpher
Born on February 28
- 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)
- 1866 » Vyacheslav Ivanov, Russian poet and playwright († 1949)
- 1873 » William McMaster Murdoch, Scottish sailor († 1912)
Died on February 28
- 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)
Names that were popular for boys in 1841
- Jan
- Johannes
- Hendrik
- Cornelis
- Pieter
- Willem
- Gerrit
- Jacob
- Petrus
- Jacobus
- Dirk
- Arie
- Adrianus
- Klaas
- Joannes
- Albert
Names that were popular for girls in 1841
- Maria
- Johanna
- Anna
- Cornelia
- Adriana
- Elisabeth
- Catharina
- Grietje
- Neeltje
- Aaltje
- Hendrika
- Trijntje
- Antje
- Wilhelmina
- Elizabeth
- Geertje
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1841
- This page is only available in Dutch.De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
- The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
- January 20 » Hong Kong Island is occupied by the British.
- March 9 » The U.S. Supreme Court rules in the United States v. The Amistad case that captive Africans who had seized control of the ship carrying them had been taken into slavery illegally.
- April 4 » William Henry Harrison dies of pneumonia, becoming the first President of the United States to die in office, and setting the record for the briefest administration. Vice President John Tyler succeeds Harrison as President.
- August 16 » U.S. President John Tyler vetoes a bill which called for the re-establishment of the Second Bank of the United States. Enraged Whig Party members riot outside the White House in the most violent demonstration on White House grounds in U.S. history.
- September 24 » The Sultanate of Brunei cedes Sarawak to the United Kingdom.
- November 13 » James Braid first sees a demonstration of animal magnetism, which leads to his study of the subject he eventually calls hypnotism.
Weather February 28, 1841
The temperature on February 28, 1841 was about -2.0 °C. There was 176 mm of rainWind direction mainly south east. Weather type: helder. Special wheather fenomena: .