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 February - 29 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  On this day in history columbus uses a lunar eclipse to frighten hostile Jamaican Indians  

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  On February - 29 patrick Hamilton, Scottish protestant martyr, burned at stake  

1604  John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury (1583-1604), dies at about 74 on February - 29.  

1692  Sarah Good & Tituba, an Indian servant, accused of witchcraft, Salem on this day in history.  

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

1696  On February - 29 english ex-premier Earl Danby accused of corruption  

1696  On February - 29 esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, composer  

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

1704  French & Indians attack Deerfield, Mass, kill 50, abduct 100 on February - 29.  

1712  On February - 29 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  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 February - 29.  

1736  The birth of Ann Lee, Founder of the American Society of Shakers on February - 29.  

1736  On this day in history the birth of Gioacchino Rossini, Italian operatic composer  

1736  On February - 29 anna Lee, Manchester England, founder (Shaker movement in America)  

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

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 this day in history.  

1792  The birth of John Holland, American inventor of the submarine on February - 29.  

1792  Gioacchino Rossini, Pesaro Italy, composer (Barber of Seville) on February - 29.  

1796  On this day in history jay's Treaty proclaimed, settles some differences with England  

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

1812  On this day in history hermann Hirschboch, German composer  

1816  Dutch (King) Willem II marries Russian grand-duchess Anna Paulowna on this day in history.  

1820  Adolf Schimon, composer on this day in history.  

1828  Antonio Guzman Blanco, president Venezuela on this day in history.  

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

1836  Giacomo Meyerbeers opera "Les Huguenots," premieres in Paris on February - 29.  

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1468  Paul III, last Renaissance pope (1534-49) was born on this day in history.  

1468  On February - 29 birth of pope Paul III (d. 1549)  

1692  Edward Cave, England, printer (Gentlemen's Magazine) was born on February - 29.  

1692  On February - 29 birth of john Byrom, English poet (d. 1763)  

1696  On February - 29 birth of esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, composer  

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

1728  On February - 29 birth of robert Bage, English writer (Criticism by Peter Faulkner)  

1736  On this day in history birth of anna Lee, Manchester England, founder (Shaker movement in America)  

0468  Pope Hilarius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown) on February - 29.  

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

1592  On this day in history death of alessandro Striggio, Italian composer (b. 1540)  

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

1740  Death of Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal (b. 1667) on this day in history.  

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 February - 29 thaddaus Weigl, composer, dies at 67