births
February 28, 1683
René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, French entomologist and academic (died 1757)
René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur
René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur was a French entomologist and writer who contributed to many different fields, especially the study of insects. He introduced the Réaumur temperature scale.
February 28
February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 306 days remain until the end of the year.