Historical Events In February - 29

0468  On February - 29 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 this day in history.  

1504  Columbus uses a lunar eclipse to frighten hostile Jamaican Indians on February - 29.  

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  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  Sarah Good & Tituba, an Indian servant, accused of witchcraft, Salem on this day in history.  

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  On February - 29 esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, composer  

1704  On this day in history french & Indians attack Deerfield MA, kill 50, abduct 100  

1704  French & Indians attack Deerfield, Mass, kill 50, abduct 100 on February - 29.  

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 this day in history.  

1728  On this day in history 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  On February - 29 marquis de Sade transferred from Vincennes fortress to the Bastille  

1784  Franz KL von Klenze, German architect (Hermitage, St-Petersburg) on this day in history.  

1792  The birth of John Holland, American inventor of the submarine on this day in history.  

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

1796  Jay's Treaty proclaimed, settles some differences with England on February - 29.  

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

1812  Hermann Hirschboch, German composer on February - 29.  

1816  On this day in history dutch (King) Willem II marries Russian grand-duchess Anna Paulowna  

1820  Adolf Schimon, composer on this day in history.  

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

1832  On February - 29 charles Darwin visits jungle near Bahia Brazil  

1836  Giacomo Meyerbeers opera "Les Huguenots," premieres in Paris on this day in history.  

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1468  Paul III, last Renaissance pope (1534-49) was born on this day in history.  

1468  Pope Paul III (d. 1549) was born on February - 29.  

1692  Edward Cave, England, printer (Gentlemen's Magazine) was born on February - 29.  

1692  John Byrom, English poet (d. 1763) was born on February - 29.  

1696  On this day in history birth of esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, composer  

1724  Eva Marie Veigel, ballet dancer and wife of actor David Garrick (d.1822) was born on February - 29.  

1728  Robert Bage, English writer (Criticism by Peter Faulkner) was born on this day in history.  

1736  Anna Lee, Manchester England, founder (Shaker movement in America) was born on this day in history.  

0468  On this day in history pope Hilarius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown)  

1528  Death of Patrick Hamilton, Scottish protestant martyr, burned at stake on this day in history.  

1592  On February - 29 death of alessandro Striggio, Italian composer (b. 1540)  

1604  On February - 29 john Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury (1583-1604), dies at about 74  

1740  Death of Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal (b. 1667) on February - 29.  

1744  On this day in history death of john Theophilus Desaguliers, French philosopher (b. 1683)  

1820  On this day in history death of johann Joachim Eschenburg, German literary critic (b. 1743)  

1844  On this day in history thaddaus Weigl, composer, dies at 67