On this day: 29 February
Events, births and deaths on 29 February. Every date is checked against Wikidata.
Years ago today
1 year ago2025
Nothing recorded for that year.
10 years ago2016
- Deaths · Louise Rennison
- Deaths · Gil Hill
- Deaths · Mumtaz Qadri
100 years ago1926
Within 10 years of that
- 1920 · Births · Michèle Morgan
- 1928 · Births · Seymour Papert
- 1936 · Births · Alex Rocco
1000 years ago1026
Within 100 years of that
- 992 · Deaths · Oswald of Worcester
Events · 14
- 1704Raid on Deerfield — 1704 raid
- 1768Bar Confederation — historical confederation
- 1920Czechoslovak Constitution of 1920 — Fundamental law of Czechoslovakia from 1920 to 1948
- 1936February 26 Incident — failed 1936 coup d'état in Japan
- 194012th Academy Awards — American Motion Picture Academy film award
- 19601960 Agadir earthquake — earthquake in Morocco
- 1964British Eagle International Airlines Flight 802 — 1964 plane crash on Mt. Glungezer in Austria
- 1968Aeroflot Flight 15 — 1958 Ilyushin Il-18 crash near Bratsk
- 1992Bosnia and Herzegovina independence referendum, 1992 — Bosnian independence referendum
- 1996Faucett Flight 251 — aviation accident
- 200476th Academy Awards — award ceremony presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievement in filmmaking in 2003
- 2020Doha Agreement — 2020 Peace agreement between the US and the Taliban
- 20202020 Barquisimeto shooting — 2020 attack in Venezuela
- 2024Flour Massacre — Israeli massacre of Palestinians at northern Gaza Strip (29 Feb. 2024)
Births · 60
- 1468(Julian date)Paul III — pope of the Catholic Church from 1534 to 1549 (1468–1549)
- 1528(Julian date)Albert V, Duke of Bavaria — Duke of Bavaria
- 1736Ann Lee — English Shaker leader (1736-1784)
- 1792Gioachino Rossini — Italian opera composer (1792–1868)
- 1808Hugh Falconer — Scottish scientist (1808–1865)
- 1852(Julian date)George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg — Duke of Leuchtenberg (1852–1912)
- 1860Herman Hollerith — American statistician and inventor（1860-1929）
- 1892Augusta Savage — American sculptor (1892–1962)
- 1896
- 1896William A. Wellman — American director, actor (1896-1975)
- 1904Jimmy Dorsey — American clarinetist, alto saxophonist, bandleader, and composer, brother of Tommy Dorsey (1904–1957)
- 1908
- 1908Dee Brown — American writer and historian (1908–2002)
- 1920Michèle Morgan — French actress (1920-2016)
- 1920Fyodor Abramov — Soviet writer (1920–1983)
- 1920James Mitchell — American dancer and actor (1920–2010)
- 1924Carlos Humberto Romero — President of El Salvador (1924-2017)
- 1928Seymour Papert — MIT mathematician, computer scientist, and educator (1928–2016)
- 1928Joss Ackland — English actor (1928–2023)
- 1932Masten Gregory — racecar driver (1932-1985)
- 1936Alex Rocco — American actor (1936–2015)
- 1936Jack R. Lousma — American astronaut and politician
- 1936Nh. Dini — Indonesian writer (1936-2018)
- 1936Henri Richard — Canadian ice hockey player (1936-2020)
- 1940I. Bartholomeos — Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople since 1991
Deaths · 45
- 468(Julian date)Hilarius — pope (415-468)
- 992(Julian date)Oswald of Worcester — Archbishop of York (died 992)
- 1212(Julian date)Hōnen — Japanese Buddhist monk
- 1460(Julian date)Albert III, Duke of Bavaria — Duke of Bavaria-Munich
- 1528(Julian date)Patrick Hamilton — Scottish clergyman and martyr; (1504–1528)
- 1592Alessandro Striggio — Italian composer
- 1604John Whitgift — Archbishop of Canterbury from 1583 to 1604
- 1744John Theophilus Desaguliers — French-born British natural philosopher and clergyman
- 1792Johann Andreas Stein — German maker of keyboard instruments
- 1820Johann Joachim Eschenburg — German literary critic
- 1848Louis-François, Baron Lejeune — French general, painter, and lithographer (1775-1848)
- 1856Auguste Chapdelaine — 19th-century French Christian missionary, martyr, Catholic saint
- 1868Ludwig I of Bavaria — King of Bavaria (1786-1868)
- 1896Albrecht von Stosch — German general (1818–1896)
- 1904Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin — French astronomer (1845–1904)
- 1908Pat Garrett — American sheriff (1850–1908)
- 1908John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow — British colonial governor (1860-1908)
- 1928Adolphe Appia — Swiss architect, stage director and scenographer (1862–1928)
- 1928Ina Coolbrith — American poet, writer, and librarian (1841–1928)
- 1932Giuseppe Vitali — Italian mathematician (1875-1932)
- 1940Edward Frederic Benson — English novelist and writer (1867–1940)
- 1944Pehr Evind Svinhufvud — President of Finland (1861–1945)
- 1956Elpidio Quirino — President of the Philippines from 1948 to 1953 (1890–1956)
- 1960Melvin Purvis — FBI Agent (1903–1960)
- 1964Frank Albertson — American character actor (1909–1964)
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