Historical Events In February - 29

0468  Pope Hilarius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown) on February - 29.   

1288  It becomes legal in Scotland for a woman to propose marriage to a man on February - 29.   

1468  On February - 29 paul III, last Renaissance pope (1534-49)   

1504  On February - 29 christopher Columbus uses a lunar eclipse to frighten hostile Jamaican natives into providing his crew with food.   

1504  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history 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 this day in history french & Indians attack Deerfield MA, kill 50, abduct 100   

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

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

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

1736  The birth of Ann Lee, Founder of the American Society of Shakers on this day in history.   

1736  On February - 29 the birth of Gioacchino Rossini, Italian operatic composer   

1736  Anna Lee, Manchester England, founder (Shaker movement in America) on this day in history.   

1780  On this day in history the Omicron Delta Omega fraternity was founded by Benjamin Franklin at James Madison University.   

1784  On this day in history marquis de Sade transferred from Vincennes fortress to the Bastille   

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

1792  On February - 29 the birth of John Holland, American inventor of the submarine   

1792  On this day in history gioacchino Rossini, Pesaro Italy, composer (Barber of Seville)   

1796  Jay's Treaty proclaimed, settles some differences with England on February - 29.   

1796  On February - 29 [Lambert] Adolphe J Quetelet, Belgian astronomer/meteorology   

1812  On this day in history hermann Hirschboch, German composer   

1816  On this day in history dutch (King) Willem II marries Russian grand-duchess Anna Paulowna   

1820  On February - 29 adolf Schimon, composer   

1828  Antonio Guzman Blanco, president Venezuela on this day in history.   

1832  On this day in history 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 February - 29 birth of paul III, last Renaissance pope (1534-49)   

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

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

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

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

1736  Anna Lee, Manchester England, founder (Shaker movement in America) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1844  On February - 29 thaddaus Weigl, composer, dies at 67