Historical Events In February - 29

0468  On this day in history pope Hilarius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown)  

1288  It becomes legal in Scotland for a woman to propose marriage to a man on February - 29.  

1468  On this day in history paul III, last Renaissance pope (1534-49)  

1504  Christopher Columbus uses a lunar eclipse to frighten hostile Jamaican natives into providing his crew with food on February - 29.  

1504  Columbus uses a lunar eclipse to frighten hostile Jamaican Indians on February - 29.  

1528  Patrick Hamilton, student of Parid, Louvain, St Andrews, Marburg, Abbot of Fearn, burned at St Andrew for heresy, the first Reformation martyr in Scotland on February - 29.  

1528  Patrick Hamilton, Scottish protestant martyr, burned at stake on February - 29.  

1604  On February - 29 john Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury (1583-1604), dies at about 74  

1692  On February - 29 sarah Good & Tituba, an Indian servant, accused of witchcraft, Salem  

1692  On this day in history edward Cave, England, printer (Gentlemen's Magazine)  

1696  English ex-premier Earl Danby accused of corruption on this day in history.  

1696  Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, composer on this day in history.  

1704  On February - 29 french & Indians attack Deerfield MA, kill 50, abduct 100  

1704  On February - 29 french & Indians attack Deerfield, Mass, kill 50, abduct 100  

1712  February 29 is followed by February 30 in Sweden, in a move to abolish the Swedish calendar for a return to the Old style on this day in history.  

1720  On February - 29 queen Ulrica Eleonora of Sweden resigns  

1724  On this day in history eva Marie Veigel, ballet dancer and wife of actor David Garrick (d.1822)  

1728  Robert Bage, English writer (Criticism by Peter Faulkner) on this day in history.  

1736  On this day in history the birth of Ann Lee, Founder of the American Society of Shakers  

1736  The birth of Gioacchino Rossini, Italian operatic composer on this day in history.  

1736  Anna Lee, Manchester England, founder (Shaker movement in America) on February - 29.  

1780  The Omicron Delta Omega fraternity was founded by Benjamin Franklin at James Madison University on February - 29.  

1784  Marquis de Sade transferred from Vincennes fortress to the Bastille on this day in history.  

1784  Franz KL von Klenze, German architect (Hermitage, St-Petersburg) on February - 29.  

1792  The birth of John Holland, American inventor of the submarine on this day in history.  

1792  On February - 29 gioacchino Rossini, Pesaro Italy, composer (Barber of Seville)  

1796  Jay's Treaty proclaimed, settles some differences with England on this day in history.  

1796  On this day in history [Lambert] Adolphe J Quetelet, Belgian astronomer/meteorology  

1812  Hermann Hirschboch, German composer on this day in history.  

1816  On this day in history dutch (King) Willem II marries Russian grand-duchess Anna Paulowna  

1820  On this day in history adolf Schimon, composer  

1828  Antonio Guzman Blanco, president Venezuela on February - 29.  

1832  Charles Darwin visits jungle near Bahia Brazil on this day in history.  

1836  Giacomo Meyerbeers opera "Les Huguenots," premieres in Paris on this day in history.  

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1468  Paul III, last Renaissance pope (1534-49) was born on February - 29.  

1468  Pope Paul III (d. 1549) was born on February - 29.  

1692  On February - 29 birth of edward Cave, England, printer (Gentlemen's Magazine)  

1692  John Byrom, English poet (d. 1763) was born on February - 29.  

1696  Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, composer was born on February - 29.  

1724  Eva Marie Veigel, ballet dancer and wife of actor David Garrick (d.1822) was born on February - 29.  

1728  On this day in history birth of robert Bage, English writer (Criticism by Peter Faulkner)  

1736  Anna Lee, Manchester England, founder (Shaker movement in America) was born on this day in history.  

0468  On this day in history pope Hilarius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown)  

1528  Death of Patrick Hamilton, Scottish protestant martyr, burned at stake on this day in history.  

1592  Death of Alessandro Striggio, Italian composer (b. 1540) on February - 29.  

1604  On this day in history john Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury (1583-1604), dies at about 74  

1740  On this day in history death of pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal (b. 1667)  

1744  On February - 29 death of john Theophilus Desaguliers, French philosopher (b. 1683)  

1820  Death of Johann Joachim Eschenburg, German literary critic (b. 1743) on this day in history.  

1844  On this day in history thaddaus Weigl, composer, dies at 67