What is February 28?
{{calendar}} {{day}} In a [[common year]] this is the last day of [[February]], and the next day is [[March 1]]. In [[Leap year]]s, February 28 is followed by [[February 29]]. In some countries, people born on that date, legally reach the ages of 18 and 21 on February 28. ==Events== === Up to 1900 === * [[202 BC]] &ndash; [[Emperor Gaozu]] of [[Han]] is crowned in [[China]], marking the beginning of the [[Han Dynasty]]. * [[870]] &ndash; The fourth council of [[Constantinople]] closes. * [[1246]] &ndash; The [[Siege of Jaén]] ends in the context of the [[Spanish Reconquista]], resulting in the [[Castile|Castilian]] takeover of the city from the Taifa of Jaén. * [[1525]] &ndash; [[Aztec]] ruler [[Cuauhtemoc]] is executed by [[Hernan Cortes]]' forces. * [[1638]] &ndash; The [[Scotland|Scottish]] National [[Covenant]] is signed in [[Edinburgh]]. * [[1700]] &ndash; In [[Sweden]], this date is followed by [[March 1]] instead of [[February 29]], creating the Swedish calendar. * [[1710]] &ndash; [[Battle of Helsingborg]]: 14,000 [[Denmark|Danish]] invaders under [[Jorgen Rantzau]] are decisively defeated by an equally–sized [[Sweden|Swedish]] force under [[Magnus Stenbock]]. * [[1784]] &ndash; [[John Wesley]] charters the [[Methodism|Methodist Church]]. * [[1811]] &ndash; [[Cry of Asencio]]: Beginning of [[Uruguay]]'s War of Independence. * [[1813]] &ndash; In a [[treaty]] with [[Russia]], [[Prussia]] changes sides from that of [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] to that of the [[coalition]] against him. * [[1827]] &ndash; The [[Baltimore]] and [[Ohio]] [[Railroad]] is [[Incorporation|incorporated]], offering commercial transportation of both people and [[freight]], the first [[US]] railroad to do so. * [[1835]] &ndash; The [[Kalevala]], [[Finland]]'s national epic, compiled by [[Elias Lönnrot]], is published for the first time. * [[1838]] &ndash; [[Robert Nelson]] proclaims the independence of Lower [[Canada]] (present–day [[Quebec]]). * [[1844]] &ndash; A gun on USS ''Princeton'' explodes on a [[Potomac River]] [[cruise]], inclu