When was George Washington born?

I knew it. I knew there HAD to be somebody who'd pick 1961.

Of cxourse one hass to bear in mind that the English and their colonies were the last "great power" to adopt the Papal reform calendar, so that Washington himself would have celebrated his birthday somewhere around February 11 (by our calendar). How God blessed this country with a man who early determined how his walk in life was to be conducted--and how correctly he dealt with the situation in the former colonies after the war, and as its first president elected under the new Constitution.Unlike Caesar, Cromwell, Bolivar, or Napoleon, he did not take personal advantage of his success to make himself ruler. Wow! Without falling into hero worship, it must be said that this man was a great leader and example.

To be in his 40s at the start of the revolution was considered old in that era, life expectancy was not much beyond the 50s. However colonial life was better than European life and the Colonials were stronger and healtheir on average than the British occupiers.

The only thing I can think of, for people to get this wrong would be for them to not have attended an American K12 Schools System (Excluding "Common Core" Schools, of course)

Isn't this an international site? So someone from, say Turkmenistan many not know when George Washington was born.

We used to celebrate his bday Feb 22 before they lumped it into Presidents’ Day. Easy peasy.

I'm from the UK and I got it correct but even so I can't believe some people chose 1961! I'm sure everyone has at least heard of him and how he was president of the USA.

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I would have vetoed this question for a 1961 date. It doesn't matter if it got a few votes.

Somebody actually picked 1961...LOL 😂

I remember this because my dad was born on February 21st!!!

It would have been much harder if you took the days out!

Same day as mine

docluci, Though his birthday was Feb. 22, we've celebrated Presidents' Day the Monday between Feb. 12 (Lincoln) and 22 for many years, so younger people might not remember. But 1809 or 1961????

Sorry, Kermit, but out founding fathers in general were no conservatives. Kermit Stanton,

Skarlett Skorsgaard, Most Americans should know that his birthday is in February.

Please take the time to visit Mt Vernon, it is so worth the time. He was also a farmer, horticulturist, created wine, owned a beautiful home, and loved Martha very much! He was not a one dimensional person in a picture frame!

Julia Marion, It was not George Bush. It was Barack Obama's. Thank you, Christine, James's wife

Shoy Verona Sinclair, That is Mr. Obama's birthday. Thank you, Christine, James's wife

Angus Mckibbin, not my choice

Got that by deduction

Too bad we don’t have more leaders today like that of George Washington

Skarlett Skorsgaard, not me!

Kathy Jenny, I think sometimes I still call it Washington’s Birthday.

Skarlett Skorsgaard, No doubt some liberal fool who can't tell the difference between a good President and a terror-lover like Barack Obama(yes, it's HIS birthdate!).