Historical Events In February - 29
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
0468 On this day in history pope Hilarius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown)
1288 On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.
1528 On this day in history patrick Hamilton, Scottish protestant martyr, burned at stake
1604 On this day in history 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 Edward Cave, England, printer (Gentlemen's Magazine) on this day in history.
1696 English ex-premier Earl Danby accused of corruption on this day in history.
1696 On February - 29 esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, composer
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 February - 29.
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 February - 29.
1728 Robert Bage, English writer (Criticism by Peter Faulkner) on this day in history.
1736 The birth of Ann Lee, Founder of the American Society of Shakers on this day in history.
1736 The birth of Gioacchino Rossini, Italian operatic composer on February - 29.
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 On this day in history marquis de Sade transferred from Vincennes fortress to the Bastille
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 February - 29.
1792 Gioacchino Rossini, Pesaro Italy, composer (Barber of Seville) on this day in history.
1796 On this day in history jay's Treaty proclaimed, settles some differences with England
1796 [Lambert] Adolphe J Quetelet, Belgian astronomer/meteorology on February - 29.
1812 Hermann Hirschboch, German composer on February - 29.
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 this day in history.
1832 Charles Darwin visits jungle near Bahia Brazil on February - 29.
1836 On this day in history giacomo Meyerbeers opera "Les Huguenots," premieres in Paris
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