Historical Events In February - 29
Wednesday, 18 June 2025
0468 Pope Hilarius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown) on February - 29.
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 this day in history.
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 this day in history 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 On this day in history patrick Hamilton, Scottish protestant martyr, burned at stake
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 On this day in history edward Cave, England, printer (Gentlemen's Magazine)
1696 English ex-premier Earl Danby accused of corruption on February - 29.
1696 On February - 29 esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, composer
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 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 this day in history.
1720 On February - 29 queen Ulrica Eleonora of Sweden resigns
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 this day in history.
1736 On February - 29 the birth of Gioacchino Rossini, Italian operatic composer
1736 On February - 29 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 this day in history marquis de Sade transferred from Vincennes fortress to the Bastille
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 On February - 29 gioacchino Rossini, Pesaro Italy, composer (Barber of Seville)
1796 Jay's Treaty proclaimed, settles some differences with England on this day in history.
1796 [Lambert] Adolphe J Quetelet, Belgian astronomer/meteorology on February - 29.
1812 Hermann Hirschboch, German composer on February - 29.
1816 Dutch (King) Willem II marries Russian grand-duchess Anna Paulowna on February - 29.
1820 Adolf Schimon, composer on February - 29.
1828 On February - 29 antonio Guzman Blanco, president Venezuela
1832 On this day in history charles Darwin visits jungle near Bahia Brazil
1836 Giacomo Meyerbeers opera "Les Huguenots," premieres in Paris on February - 29.
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