Gioachino Rossini, born in Pesaro, Italy, on leap year day in 1792, got precious few chances to mark his actual birthday; because of the arcane vagaries of the Gregorian calendar, he even spent a ...

Rossini, who was born on February 29, 1792 in the Papal States in Italy, composed William Tell as well as the comic operas The Barber of Seville and Cinderella. The son of a trumpeter, Rossini ...

Google celebrated the leap year, which occurs every four years, and Gioachino Antonio Rossini's birthday with a new two-in-one doodle. The frog-adorned doodle celebrates both the leap year and ...

February 29 th is a rare day in the calendar and Google has posted a rare two-in-one doodle to commemorate not only on leap day but also on the 220 th birthday of Gioachino Rossini, the Italian ...

Born in a leap year Rossini celebrated his birthday only once every four years. His legacy was celebrated with the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro featuring several operas and a rare performance ...

That’s right, today’s Google Doodle — a creative and artistic play on Google’s corporate logo — commemorates the Leap Day and the birth anniversary of Gioachino Rossini’s birthday.

Let’s all join Google and hear it for Gioachino Rossini, an Italian composer who ... leap year baby), today would have marked his 220th birthday, or his 53rd if we are sticklers about ...