Historical Events In February - 29

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

1288  On February - 29 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  On February - 29 columbus uses a lunar eclipse to frighten hostile Jamaican Indians   

1528  Patrick Hamilton, student of Parid, Louvain, St Andrews, Marburg, Abbot of Fearn, burned at St Andrew for heresy, the first Reformation martyr in Scotland on February - 29.   

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 February - 29 sarah Good & Tituba, an Indian servant, accused of witchcraft, Salem   

1692  On February - 29 edward Cave, England, printer (Gentlemen's Magazine)   

1696  English ex-premier Earl Danby accused of corruption on this day in history.   

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  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 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 February - 29 robert Bage, English writer (Criticism by Peter Faulkner)   

1736  The birth of Ann Lee, Founder of the American Society of Shakers on February - 29.   

1736  The birth of Gioacchino Rossini, Italian operatic composer on this day in history.   

1736  On February - 29 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  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 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  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  On February - 29 antonio Guzman Blanco, president Venezuela   

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

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

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

1692  On this day in history birth of john Byrom, English poet (d. 1763)   

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

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

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

1528  Death of Patrick Hamilton, Scottish protestant martyr, burned at stake on February - 29.   

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

1604  John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury (1583-1604), dies at about 74 on this day in history.   

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  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