Historical Events In February - 29

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  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  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  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 February - 29.  

1692  Edward Cave, England, printer (Gentlemen's Magazine) on this day in history.  

1696  On this day in history english ex-premier Earl Danby accused of corruption  

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

1704  On February - 29 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  On this day in history queen Ulrica Eleonora of Sweden resigns  

1724  Eva Marie Veigel, ballet dancer and wife of actor David Garrick (d.1822) on this day in history.  

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  The birth of Gioacchino Rossini, Italian operatic composer on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history marquis de Sade transferred from Vincennes fortress to the Bastille  

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 this day in history.  

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 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  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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1468  On this day in history birth of paul III, last Renaissance pope (1534-49)  

1468  On February - 29 birth of pope Paul III (d. 1549)  

1692  On this day in history birth of edward Cave, England, printer (Gentlemen's Magazine)  

1692  John Byrom, English poet (d. 1763) was born on this day in history.  

1696  Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, composer was born on February - 29.  

1724  On this day in history birth of eva Marie Veigel, ballet dancer and wife of actor David Garrick (d.1822)  

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 February - 29.  

0468  Pope Hilarius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown) on this day in history.  

1528  On February - 29 death of patrick Hamilton, Scottish protestant martyr, burned at stake  

1592  Death of Alessandro Striggio, Italian composer (b. 1540) on February - 29.  

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 February - 29 death of john Theophilus Desaguliers, French philosopher (b. 1683)  

1820  Death of Johann Joachim Eschenburg, German literary critic (b. 1743) on February - 29.  

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