Historical Events In February - 29

0468  On this day in history 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  On this day in history paul III, last Renaissance pope (1534-49)  

1504  On this day in history christopher Columbus uses a lunar eclipse to frighten hostile Jamaican natives into providing his crew with food.  

1504  On February - 29 columbus uses a lunar eclipse to frighten hostile Jamaican Indians  

1528  On February - 29 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 February - 29.  

1604  John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury (1583-1604), dies at about 74 on this day in history.  

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.  

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

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

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

1736  The birth of Ann Lee, Founder of the American Society of Shakers on this day in history.  

1736  On February - 29 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 this day in history.  

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

1784  On this day in history franz KL von Klenze, German architect (Hermitage, St-Petersburg)  

1792  On this day in history the birth of John Holland, American inventor of the submarine  

1792  On this day in history gioacchino Rossini, Pesaro Italy, composer (Barber of Seville)  

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

1796  On February - 29 [Lambert] Adolphe J Quetelet, Belgian astronomer/meteorology  

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

1816  On February - 29 dutch (King) Willem II marries Russian grand-duchess Anna Paulowna  

1820  On February - 29 adolf Schimon, composer  

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

1832  On this day in history charles Darwin visits jungle near Bahia Brazil  

1836  On this day in history giacomo Meyerbeers opera "Les Huguenots," premieres in Paris  

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

1468  On this day in history birth of pope Paul III (d. 1549)  

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

1692  On this day in history birth of john Byrom, English poet (d. 1763)  

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

1724  Eva Marie Veigel, ballet dancer and wife of actor David Garrick (d.1822) was born on this day in history.  

1728  On this day in history 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  On February - 29 death of patrick Hamilton, Scottish protestant martyr, burned at stake  

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  Death of John Theophilus Desaguliers, French philosopher (b. 1683) on February - 29.  

1820  On February - 29 death of johann Joachim Eschenburg, German literary critic (b. 1743)  

1844  Thaddaus Weigl, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.