Historical Events In February - 29
Friday, 25 October 2024
0468 On February - 29 pope Hilarius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown)
1288 On February - 29 it becomes legal in Scotland for a woman to propose marriage to a man.
1468 Paul III, last Renaissance pope (1534-49) on February - 29.
1504 Christopher Columbus uses a lunar eclipse to frighten hostile Jamaican natives into providing his crew with food on this day in history.
1504 Columbus uses a lunar eclipse to frighten hostile Jamaican Indians on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
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 Sarah Good & Tituba, an Indian servant, accused of witchcraft, Salem on February - 29.
1692 Edward Cave, England, printer (Gentlemen's Magazine) on February - 29.
1696 On February - 29 english ex-premier Earl Danby accused of corruption
1696 Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, composer on February - 29.
1704 On this day in history french & Indians attack Deerfield MA, kill 50, abduct 100
1704 French & Indians attack Deerfield, Mass, kill 50, abduct 100 on February - 29.
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 February - 29.
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 On this day in history the birth of Ann Lee, Founder of the American Society of Shakers
1736 On this day in history the birth of Gioacchino Rossini, Italian operatic composer
1736 On this day in history anna Lee, Manchester England, founder (Shaker movement in America)
1780 The Omicron Delta Omega fraternity was founded by Benjamin Franklin at James Madison University on February - 29.
1784 On February - 29 marquis de Sade transferred from Vincennes fortress to the Bastille
1784 Franz KL von Klenze, German architect (Hermitage, St-Petersburg) on February - 29.
1792 On this day in history the birth of John Holland, American inventor of the submarine
1792 On February - 29 gioacchino Rossini, Pesaro Italy, composer (Barber of Seville)
1796 Jay's Treaty proclaimed, settles some differences with England on February - 29.
1796 [Lambert] Adolphe J Quetelet, Belgian astronomer/meteorology on February - 29.
1812 Hermann Hirschboch, German composer on this day in history.
1816 Dutch (King) Willem II marries Russian grand-duchess Anna Paulowna on this day in history.
1820 On this day in history adolf Schimon, composer
1828 On this day in history antonio Guzman Blanco, president Venezuela
1832 Charles Darwin visits jungle near Bahia Brazil on February - 29.
1836 Giacomo Meyerbeers opera "Les Huguenots," premieres in Paris on February - 29.
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