February 28
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Art and culture
- 1749 - The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by English novelist Henry Fielding is published
- 1973 - Gravity's Rainbow, novel written by Thomas Pynchon is published
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Births
- 1533 - Michel de Montaigne, French writer (d. 1592)
- 1820 - John Tenniel, English illustrator (d. 1914)
- 1823 - Ernest Renan, French philosopher (d. 1892)
- 1865 - Arthur Symons, British poet, critic and magazine editor (The Symbolist Movement in Literature) (d. 1945)
- 1867 - William Degouve de Nuncques, Belgian Symbolist artist (d. 1935)
- 1875 - Maurice Renard, French writer (Les Mains d’Orlac) (b. 1939)
- 1903 - Vincente Minnelli, American film director (d. 1986)
- 1928 - Walter Tevis, American novelist and short story author (d. 1984)
- 1929 - Frank Gehry, Canadian-American architect
- 1942 - Brian Jones, English musician (The Rolling Stones) (d. 1969)
- 1948 - Mike Figgis, English director
- 1956 - Guy Maddin, Canadian screenwriter and director (The Saddest Music in the World)
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Deaths
- 1626 - Cyril Tourneur, English dramatist (The Revenger's Tragedy) (b. 1575)
- 1869 - Alphonse de Lamartine, French writer and poet (b. 1790)
- 1906 - Mihály Zichy, Hungarian painter and graphic artist (b. 1827)
- 1916 - Henry James, American writer (b. 1843)
- 1930 – C. K. Scott Moncrieff, Scottish author and translator (b. 1889)
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