Historical Events In February - 29
Saturday, 27 April 2024
0468 Pope Hilarius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown) on February - 29.
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 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 On February - 29 patrick Hamilton, Scottish protestant martyr, burned at stake
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 this day in history.
1692 On February - 29 edward Cave, England, printer (Gentlemen's Magazine)
1696 English ex-premier Earl Danby accused of corruption on February - 29.
1696 Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, composer on February - 29.
1704 French & Indians attack Deerfield MA, kill 50, abduct 100 on this day in history.
1704 On this day in history french & Indians attack Deerfield, Mass, kill 50, abduct 100
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 February - 29 the birth of Gioacchino Rossini, Italian operatic composer
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 this day in history.
1784 Marquis de Sade transferred from Vincennes fortress to the Bastille on this day in history.
1784 On February - 29 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 Gioacchino Rossini, Pesaro Italy, composer (Barber of Seville) on this day in history.
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 On this day in history hermann Hirschboch, German composer
1816 On February - 29 dutch (King) Willem II marries Russian grand-duchess Anna Paulowna
1820 On this day in history adolf Schimon, composer
1828 On February - 29 antonio Guzman Blanco, president Venezuela
1832 On February - 29 charles Darwin visits jungle near Bahia Brazil
1836 Giacomo Meyerbeers opera "Les Huguenots," premieres in Paris on February - 29.
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