Unlocking the Potential: Exploring the Significance of February 28

0364  Valentinian I is recorded as becoming Roman Emperor.   

0642  Oswald, English missionary/saint, dies in battle.   

0870  8th Ecumenical council ends in Constantinople.   

1261  Hendrik, duke of Brabant (1248-61), dies.   

1510  Juan de la Cosa, Spanish cartographer and explorer.   

1525  Cuauhtémoc, Aztec ruler.   

1533  Michele de Montaigne, French philosopher is born.   

1533  Michel de Montaigne, France, essayist/philosopher   

1552  Jobst Borgi, [Justus Byrgius], Swiss/German mathematician   

1570  Anti-Portugese uprising on Ternate, Moluccas.   

1573  Elias Hill, German architect/city builder (Augsburg).   

1573  Jan "Hans" Liefrinck, Flemish engraver/publisher, dies at about 54   

1609  Paul Sartorius, composer, dies at 39   

1616  Kaspar Forster, composer.   

1618  Filips Willem, Prince of Orange, dies at 63.   

1626  Cyril Tourneur, English poet/dramatist, dies at about 51   

1632  Jean-Baptiste Lully, Florence Italy, composer   

1638  Scottish Presbyterians sign National Convenant, Greyfriars, Edinburgh   

1638  Scottish Presbyterians sign National Convent, Greyfriars, Edinburgh.   

1638  Claude G Bachet de Meziriac, French mathematician/poet, dies at 56   

1646  Roger Scott was tried in Massachusetts for sleeping in church   

1646  Roger Scott was tried in Mass for sleeping in church   

1653  3 Day Sea battle English beats Dutch.   

1653  -Mar 3] 3 Day Sea battle English beats Dutch   

1663  Thomas Newcomen, English co-inventor (steam engine)   

1665  Lodewijk van Nassau, Dutch governor (Bois-le-Duc), dies.   

1667  English colony Suriname in Dutch hands.   

1690  Aleksei P Romanov, Russia, son of Peter the Great   

1692  Salem witch hunt begins.   

1700  Today is followed by March 1 in Sweden, thus creating the Swedish calendar   

1704  Elias Neau, a Frenchman, opens a school for blacks in New York NY   

1704  Indians attack Deerfield MA, kill 40, kidnap 100.   

1704  Elias Neau, a Frenchman, opens a school for blacks in NYC   

1708  Slave revolt, Newton, Long Island NY, 11 die   

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