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What happend on 29. February in History
In our data base we found 201 events happened on 29. February:
• 992: Oswald of Worcester, archbishop of York (b. c.925) [category: Deaths]
• 1212: Hōnen, Japanese religious reformer (b. 1133) [category: Deaths]
• 1468: Pope Paul III (d. 1549) [category: Births]
• 1504: Christopher Columbus uses his knowledge of a lunar eclipse that night to convince Native Americans to provide him with supplies. [category: Events]
• 1528: Patrick Hamilton, Scottish religious reformer (b. 1504) [category: Deaths]
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• 1568: Juan Bautista Comes, Spanish composer (d. 1643) [category: Births]
• 1592: Alessandro Striggio, Italian composer (b. 1540) [category: Deaths]
• 1600: Caspar Hennenberger, German Lutheran pastor, historian and cartographer (b. 1529) [category: Deaths]
• 1604: John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1530) [category: Deaths]
• 1644: Abel Tasman's second Pacific voyage began. [category: Events]
• 1692: John Byrom, English poet (d. 1763) [category: Births]
• 1704: Queen Anne's War: French forces and Native Americans stage a raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts, killing 56 villagers and taking more than 100 captive. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1720: Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden abdicates in favour of her husband, who becomes King Frederick I. [category: Events]
• 1724: Eva Marie Veigel, ballet dancer and wife of actor David Garrick (d. 1822) [category: Births]
• 1736: Ann Lee, American founder of Shakers (d. 1784) [category: Births]
• 1740: Pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal (b. 1667) [category: Deaths]
• 1744: John Theophilus Desaguliers, French philosopher (b. 1683) [category: Deaths]
• 1752: King Alaungpaya founds Konbaung Dynasty, the last dynasty of Burmese monarchy [category: Events]
• 1768: Polish nobles formed Bar Confederation. [category: Events]
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• 1792: Gioachino Rossini, Italian composer (d. 1868) [category: Births]
• 1792: Johann Andreas Stein, German piano builder (b. 1728) [category: Deaths]
• 1796: The Jay Treaty between the United States and Great Britain comes into force, facilitating ten years of peaceful trade between the two nations. [category: Events]
• 1812: Sir James Wilson, Premier of Tasmania (d. 1880) [category: Births]
• 1820: Johann Joachim Eschenburg, German literary critic (b. 1743) [category: Deaths]
• 1828: Emmeline B. Wells, American women's rights advocate (d. 1921) [category: Births]
• 1836: Dickey Pearce, American baseball player and manager (d. 1908) [category: Births]
• 1840: John Philip Holland, Irish inventor (d. 1914) [category: Births]
• 1848: Arthur Giry, French historian (d. 1899) [category: Births]
• 1848: Louis-François, Baron Lejeune, French general and painter (b. 1775) [category: Deaths]
• 1852: Frank Gavan Duffy, Australian judge (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1852: George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg, Russian nobleman (d. 1912) [category: Births]
• 1860: Herman Hollerith, American statistician (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1864: American Civil War: Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid fails – plans to free 15,000 Union soldiers being held near Richmond, Virginia are thwarted. [category: Events]
• 1868: Ludwig I of Bavaria (b. 1786) [category: Deaths]
• 1880: Sir James Wilson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1812) [category: Deaths]
• 1892: Augusta Savage, African-American sculptor (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1892: Ed Appleton, American baseball player (d. 1932) [category: Births]
• 1892: St. Petersburg, Florida is incorporated. [category: Events]
• 1896: Morarji Desai, Prime Minister of India (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1896: Roy Parker, baseball player (d. 1954) [category: Births]
• 1896: William A. Wellman, American film director (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1904: Jimmy Dorsey, American bandleader (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1904: Pepper Martin, baseball player (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1904: Rukmini Devi Arundale, Indian dancer (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1908: Alf Gover, English cricketer (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1908: Balthus, French-Polish painter (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1908: Dee Brown, American writer (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1908: John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow, first Governor-General of Australia (b. 1860) [category: Deaths]
• 1908: Pat Garrett, American gunslinger (b. 1850) [category: Deaths]
• 1916: Dinah Shore, American singer and actress (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1916: Child labor: In South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill, and mine workers is raised from twelve to fourteen years old. [category: Events]
• 1920: Arthur Franz, American actor (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1920: Fyodor Abramov, Russian novelist (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1920: Howard Nemerov, American poet (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1920: Ivan Ivanovich Petrov, Russian operatic bass (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1920: James Mitchell, American actor (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1920: Michèle Morgan, French actress [category: Births]
• 1920: Rolland W. Redlin, American politician (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1920: Ernie Courtney, American baseball player (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1920: Czechoslovak National assembly adopted the Constitution. [category: Events]
• 1924: Al Rosen, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1924: Carlos Humberto Romero, President of El Salvador [category: Births]
• 1924: David Beattie, New Zealand Governor-General (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1928: Joss Ackland, English actor [category: Births]
• 1928: Seymour Papert, South African mathematician [category: Births]
• 1928: Tempest Storm, American burlesque performer [category: Births]
• 1928: Terry Lewis, Australian police commissioner [category: Births]
• 1928: Vance Haynes, American archaeologist [category: Births]
• 1928: Adolphe Appia, Swiss stage designer (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
• 1928: Ina Coolbrith, first poet laureate of California (b. 1841) [category: Deaths]
• 1932: Gene Golub, American mathematician (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1932: Jaguar, Brazilian cartoonist [category: Births]
• 1932: Masten Gregory, American F1 Driver (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1932: Paul Giel, American baseball player (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1932: Reri Grist, African-American coloratura soprano [category: Births]
• 1936: Alex Rocco, American actor [category: Births]
• 1936: Henri Richard, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1936: Jack Lousma, American astronaut [category: Births]
• 1936: Baby Snooks, played by Fanny Brice, debuts on the radio program The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air. [category: Events]
• 1936: February 26 Incident in Tokyo ends. [category: Events]
• 1940: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople [category: Births]
• 1940: Gopichand Hinduja, President, Hinduja Group of Companies [category: Births]
• 1940: William H. Turner, Jr. American horse trainer [category: Births]
• 1940: Edward Frederic Benson, English writer (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: Finland initiates Winter War peace negotiations [category: Events]
• 1940: For her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win an Academy Award. [category: Events]
• 1940: In a ceremony held in Berkeley, California, because of the war, physicist Ernest Lawrence receives the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics from Sweden's Consul General in San Francisco. [category: Events]
• 1944: Dennis Farina, American actor [category: Births]
• 1944: Ene Ergma, Estonian politician [category: Births]
• 1944: Nicholas Frayling, Dean of Chichester Cathedral [category: Births]
• 1944: Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri, Italian illustrator [category: Births]
• 1944: Phyllis Frelich, American actress [category: Births]
• 1944: Steve Mingori, American baseball player (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1944: Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, President of Finland (b. 1861) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: World War II: The Admiralty Islands are invaded in Operation Brewer led by American General Douglas MacArthur. [category: Events]
• 1948: Gérard Darmon, French movie actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1948: Hermione Lee, President of Wolfson College, Oxford [category: Births]
• 1948: Jirō Akagawa, Japanese novelist [category: Births]
• 1948: Ken Foree, American actor [category: Births]
• 1948: Rebel Oakes, American baseball player and manager (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: Al Autry, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1952: Bart Stupak, American congressman [category: Births]
• 1952: Raisa Smetanina, Russian cross-country skier [category: Births]
• 1952: Sharon Dahlonega Raiford Bush, American TV personality [category: Births]
• 1952: Tim Powers, American writer [category: Births]
• 1952: Quo Tai-chi, Chinese diplomat (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: The island of Heligoland is restored to German authority. [category: Events]
• 1956: Aileen Wuornos, American serial killer (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1956: Bob Speller, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1956: J. Randy Taraborrelli, American celebrity journalist [category: Births]
• 1956: Jerry Fry, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1956: Jonathan Coleman, Anglo-Australian entertainer [category: Births]
• 1956: Elpidio Quirino, President of the Philippines (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Bill Long, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1960: Khaled, Algerian raï musician [category: Births]
• 1960: Tony Robbins, American motivational speaker [category: Births]
• 1960: Melvin Purvis, American law enforcement official and Federal Bureau of Investigation agent (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: Walter Yust, American journalist and writer (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1960: An earthquake in Morocco kills over 3,000 people and nearly destroys Agadir in the southern part of the country. [category: Events]
• 1964: Lyndon Byers, Canadian hockey player and radio personality [category: Births]
• 1964: Mervyn Warren, American film & TV composer and musician (Take 6) [category: Births]
• 1964: Frank Albertson, American actor (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: In Sydney, Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser sets a new world record in the 100-meter freestyle swimming competition (58.9 seconds). [category: Events]
• 1968: Bryce Paup, American football player [category: Births]
• 1968: Chucky Brown, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1968: Eugene Volokh, American law professor [category: Births]
• 1968: Frank Woodley, Australian comedian [category: Births]
• 1968: Gonzalo Lira, Chilean-American novelist [category: Births]
• 1968: Howard Tayler, American cartoonist & author [category: Births]
• 1968: Naoko Iijima, Japanese actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Pete Fenson, American curler [category: Births]
• 1968: Suanne Braun, South African actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Wendi Peters, British actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Lena Blackburne, American baseball player and manager (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Tore Ørjasæter, Norwegian poet (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Antonio Sabàto, Jr., Italian-born actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Dave Williams, American singer (Drowning Pool) (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1972: Iván García, Cuban athlete [category: Births]
• 1972: Mike Pollitt, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Pedro Zamora, Cuban-born American activist (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1972: Saul Williams, American rapper, poet, and actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Tom Davies, American footballer (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Vietnam War: Vietnamization – South Korea withdraws 11,000 of its 48,000 troops from Vietnam. [category: Events]
• 1976: Ja Rule, American rapper and actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Katalin Kovács, Hungarian sprint canoer [category: Births]
• 1976: Terrence Long, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Zoë Baker, New Zealand swimmer [category: Births]
• 1976: Florence Dwyer, American politician (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Chris Conley, American musician (Saves the Day and Two Tongues) [category: Births]
• 1980: Clinton Toopi, New Zealand rugby league footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Michail Mouroutsos, Greek Olympic taekwondo gold medalist [category: Births]
• 1980: Patrick Côté, Canadian mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1980: Rubén Plaza, Spanish cyclist [category: Births]
• 1980: Simon Gagné, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1980: Taylor Twellman, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1980: Gil Elvgren, American artist (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Yigal Allon, Israeli politician and soldier (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Gordie Howe of the then Hartford Whalers makes NHL history as he scores his 800th goal. [category: Events]
• 1984: Adam Sinclair, Indian field hockey player [category: Births]
• 1984: Cam Ward, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1984: Cullen Jones, American swimmer [category: Births]
• 1984: Darren Ambrose, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Dennis Walger, German rugby player [category: Births]
• 1984: Mark Foster, American musician (Foster the People) [category: Births]
• 1984: Nuria Martinez, Spanish basketball player [category: Births]
• 1984: Ludwik Starski, Polish lyricist (b. 1903) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Benedikt Höwedes, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Bobby Sanguinetti, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1988: Scott Golbourne, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Sidney Harmon, American film producer (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: South African archbishop Desmond Tutu is arrested along with 100 clergymen during a five-day anti-apartheid demonstration in Cape Town. [category: Events]
• 1988: Svend Robinson becomes the first member of the Canadian House of Commons to come out as gay. [category: Events]
• 1992: Caitlin EJ Meyer, American actress [category: Births]
• 1992: Perry Kitchen, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1992: Sean Abbott, Australian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1992: Earl Scheib, American car repainter (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: La Lupe, Cuban-American singer (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Ruth Pitter, English poet (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: First day of Bosnia and Herzegovina independence referendum. [category: Events]
• 1996: Ralph Rowe, American baseball player and manager (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Shams Pahlavi, Persian princess (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Wes Farrell, American songwriter and musician (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Faucett Flight 251 crashes in the Andes, all 123 passengers and crew died. [category: Events]
• 2000: Dennis Danell, American guitarist (Social Distortion) (b. 1961) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Harold Bernard St. John, Barbadian politician, (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Jerome Lawrence, American playwright (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Kagamisato Kiyoji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 42nd Yokozuna (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Lorrie Wilmot, South African cricketer (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Toni Onley, Canadian landscape painter (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Jean-Bertrand Aristide is removed as President of Haiti following a coup. [category: Events]
• 2008: Erik Ortvad, Danish artist (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Janet Kagan, American author (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Davy Jones, English singer, songwriter and actor (The Monkees) (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Sheldon Moldoff, Golden Age and Silver Age comic book artist (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Tokyo Skytree construction completed. Now it is the tallest tower in the world, 634 meters high, and second tallest (man-made) structure on Earth, next to Burj Khalifa. [category: Events]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: February 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics): Saint John Cassian [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Oswald of Worcester (in leap year only) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Rare Disease Day (in leap years) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The fourth day of Ayyám-i-Há (Bahá'í Faith) [category: Holidays and observances]