Historical Events In February - 29

0468  On this day in history 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  Paul III, last Renaissance pope (1534-49) on this day in history.   

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

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 February - 29.   

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

1696  English ex-premier Earl Danby accused of corruption on February - 29.   

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

1704  French & Indians attack Deerfield MA, kill 50, abduct 100 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1720  Queen Ulrica Eleonora of Sweden resigns on this day in history.   

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

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

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 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  On February - 29 marquis de Sade transferred from Vincennes fortress to the Bastille   

1784  Franz KL von Klenze, German architect (Hermitage, St-Petersburg) on February - 29.   

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  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  Antonio Guzman Blanco, president Venezuela on February - 29.   

1832  Charles Darwin visits jungle near Bahia Brazil on February - 29.   

1836  On February - 29 giacomo Meyerbeers opera "Les Huguenots," premieres in Paris   

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

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

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 February - 29.   

1696  Esprit Joseph Antoine Blanchard, composer was born on this day in history.   

1724  On February - 29 birth of eva Marie Veigel, ballet dancer and wife of actor David Garrick (d.1822)   

1728  On this day in history birth of robert Bage, English writer (Criticism by Peter Faulkner)   

1736  Anna Lee, Manchester England, founder (Shaker movement in America) was born on February - 29.   

0468  On February - 29 pope Hilarius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown)   

1528  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal (b. 1667)   

1744  Death of John Theophilus Desaguliers, French philosopher (b. 1683) on February - 29.   

1820  Death of Johann Joachim Eschenburg, German literary critic (b. 1743) on this day in history.   

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