Historical Events In February - 29
Sunday, 05 February 2023
0468 Pope Hilarius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown) on this day in history.
1288 It becomes legal in Scotland for a woman to propose marriage to a man on this day in history.
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 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 On this day in history sarah Good & Tituba, an Indian servant, accused of witchcraft, Salem
1692 On this day in history edward Cave, England, printer (Gentlemen's Magazine)
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 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 this day in history.
1720 On February - 29 queen Ulrica Eleonora of Sweden resigns
1724 On February - 29 eva Marie Veigel, ballet dancer and wife of actor David Garrick (d.1822)
1728 On February - 29 robert Bage, English writer (Criticism by Peter Faulkner)
1736 On February - 29 the birth of Ann Lee, Founder of the American Society of Shakers
1736 The birth of Gioacchino Rossini, Italian operatic composer on February - 29.
1736 Anna Lee, Manchester England, founder (Shaker movement in America) on this day in history.
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 February - 29.
1784 On this day in history franz KL von Klenze, German architect (Hermitage, St-Petersburg)
1792 The birth of John Holland, American inventor of the submarine on February - 29.
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 this day in history [Lambert] Adolphe J Quetelet, Belgian astronomer/meteorology
1812 On February - 29 hermann Hirschboch, German composer
1816 Dutch (King) Willem II marries Russian grand-duchess Anna Paulowna on February - 29.
1820 On this day in history adolf Schimon, composer
1828 On this day in history antonio Guzman Blanco, president Venezuela
1832 Charles Darwin visits jungle near Bahia Brazil on February - 29.
1836 Giacomo Meyerbeers opera "Les Huguenots," premieres in Paris on February - 29.
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