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  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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1468  Paul III, last Renaissance pope (1534-49) was born on February - 29.  

1468  On this day in history birth of pope Paul III (d. 1549)  

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

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

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

1724  On February - 29 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 February - 29.  

1736  On February - 29 birth of anna Lee, Manchester England, founder (Shaker movement in America)  

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

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  John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury (1583-1604), dies at about 74 on February - 29.  

1740  Death of Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal (b. 1667) on this day in history.  

1744  Death of John Theophilus Desaguliers, French philosopher (b. 1683) on this day in history.  

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

1844  Thaddaus Weigl, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.