Top Historical Events That Happened on February 29

2020  Luxembourg is recorded as becoming the inaugural country in the world to make all public transport free to use.   

2020  A conditional peace agreement is signed between the U.S. and the Taliban in Doha, Qatar, leading the U.S. to begin gradually withdrawing troops from Afghanistan on March 10.   

2024  Israel-Hamas war: Soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces open fire on a crowd of civilians in Gaza City, killing more than a hundred people, as the Palestinian casualties of the war exceed 30000.   

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1468  Paul iii: Last renaissance pope (1534-49)   

1468  Pope paul iii: Pope paul iii (d. 1549)   

1692  Edward cave: England, printer (gentlemen's magazine)   

1692  John byrom: English poet   

1696  Esprit joseph antoine blanchard: Composer   

1724  Eva marie veigel: Ballet dancer and wife of actor david garrick   

1728  Robert bage: English writer (criticism by peter faulkner)   

1736  Anna lee: Manchester england, founder (shaker movement in america)   

0468  Pope hilarius: Calendar reformer,   

1528  Patrick hamilton: Scottish protestant martyr, burned at stake   

1592  Alessandro striggio: Italian composer (b. 1540)   

1604  John whitgift: Archbishop of canterbury (1583-1604),   

1740  Pietro ottoboni: Italian cardinal (b. 1667)   

1744  John theophilus desaguliers: French philosopher (b. 1683)   

1820  Johann joachim eschenburg: German literary critic (b. 1743)   

1844  Thaddaus weigl: Composer,