Historical Events In February - 29
Monday, 18 March 2024
0468 On this day in history pope Hilarius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown)
1288 On this day in history it becomes legal in Scotland for a woman to propose marriage to a man.
1468 Paul III, last Renaissance pope (1534-49) on this day in history.
1504 Christopher Columbus uses a lunar eclipse to frighten hostile Jamaican natives into providing his crew with food on this day in history.
1504 On this day in history columbus uses a lunar eclipse to frighten hostile Jamaican Indians
1528 On this day in history patrick Hamilton, student of Parid, Louvain, St Andrews, Marburg, Abbot of Fearn, burned at St Andrew for heresy, the first Reformation martyr in Scotland
1528 Patrick Hamilton, Scottish protestant martyr, burned at stake on this day in history.
1604 On February - 29 john Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury (1583-1604), dies at about 74
1692 On this day in history sarah Good & Tituba, an Indian servant, accused of witchcraft, Salem
1692 Edward Cave, England, printer (Gentlemen's Magazine) on February - 29.
1696 On this day in history english ex-premier Earl Danby accused of corruption
1696 Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, composer on February - 29.
1704 French & Indians attack Deerfield MA, kill 50, abduct 100 on February - 29.
1704 French & Indians attack Deerfield, Mass, kill 50, abduct 100 on this day in history.
1712 On this day in history february 29 is followed by February 30 in Sweden, in a move to abolish the Swedish calendar for a return to the Old style.
1720 Queen Ulrica Eleonora of Sweden resigns on this day in history.
1724 Eva Marie Veigel, ballet dancer and wife of actor David Garrick (d.1822) on this day in history.
1728 Robert Bage, English writer (Criticism by Peter Faulkner) on this day in history.
1736 The birth of Ann Lee, Founder of the American Society of Shakers on February - 29.
1736 The birth of Gioacchino Rossini, Italian operatic composer on February - 29.
1736 Anna Lee, Manchester England, founder (Shaker movement in America) on February - 29.
1780 On February - 29 the Omicron Delta Omega fraternity was founded by Benjamin Franklin at James Madison University.
1784 On February - 29 marquis de Sade transferred from Vincennes fortress to the Bastille
1784 On this day in history franz KL von Klenze, German architect (Hermitage, St-Petersburg)
1792 The birth of John Holland, American inventor of the submarine on February - 29.
1792 Gioacchino Rossini, Pesaro Italy, composer (Barber of Seville) on this day in history.
1796 On February - 29 jay's Treaty proclaimed, settles some differences with England
1796 On this day in history [Lambert] Adolphe J Quetelet, Belgian astronomer/meteorology
1812 On this day in history hermann Hirschboch, German composer
1816 On this day in history dutch (King) Willem II marries Russian grand-duchess Anna Paulowna
1820 Adolf Schimon, composer on this day in history.
1828 On February - 29 antonio Guzman Blanco, president Venezuela
1832 On February - 29 charles Darwin visits jungle near Bahia Brazil
1836 Giacomo Meyerbeers opera "Les Huguenots," premieres in Paris on February - 29.
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