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The following events took place on February 29. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 31 events. Showing 1 - 30.

• 1504

  Christopher Columbus uses his knowledge of a lunar eclipse that night to convince Native Americans to provide him with supplies.
• 1644

  Abel Tasman’s second Pacific voyage began.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1720

  Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden abdicates in favour of her husband, who becomes King Frederick I on 24 March.
• 1752

  King Alaungpaya founds Konbaung Dynasty, the last dynasty of Burmese monarchy.
• 1768

  Polish nobles formed Bar Confederation.
• 1796

  The Jay Treaty between the United States and Great Britain comes into force, facilitating ten years of peaceful trade between the two nations.
• 1864

  American Civil War: Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid fails – plans to free 15,000 Union soldiers being held near Richmond, Virginia are thwarted.
• 1892

  St. Petersburg, Florida is incorporated.
• 1912

  The Piedra Movediza (Moving Stone) of Tandil falls and breaks.
• 1916

  Tokelau is annexed by the United Kingdom.
• 1916

  Child labor: In South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill, and mine workers is raised from twelve to fourteen years old.
• 1920

  Czechoslovak National assembly adopted the Constitution.
• 1936

  Baby Snooks, played by Fanny Brice, debuts on the radio program The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air.
• 1936

  February 26 Incident in Tokyo ends.
• 1940

  For her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win an Academy Award.
• 1940

  Finland initiates Winter War peace negotiations.
• 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.
• 1944

  World War II: The Admiralty Islands are invaded in Operation Brewer led by American General Douglas MacArthur.
• 1952

  The island of Heligoland is restored to German authority.
• 1960

  An earthquake in Morocco kills over 3,000 people and nearly destroys Agadir in the southern part of the country.
• 1964

  In Sydney, Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser sets a new world record in the 100-meter freestyle swimming competition (58.9 seconds).
• 1972

  Vietnam War: Vietnamization – South Korea withdraws 11,000 of its 48,000 troops from Vietnam.
• 1980

  Gordie Howe of the then Hartford Whalers makes NHL history as he scores his 800th goal.
• 1988

  South African archbishop Desmond Tutu is arrested along with 100 clergymen during a five-day anti-apartheid demonstration in Cape Town.
• 1988

  Svend Robinson becomes the first member of the Canadian House of Commons to come out as gay.
• 1992

  First day of Bosnia and Herzegovina independence referendum.
• 1996

  Faucett Flight 251 crashes in the Andes, all 123 passengers and crew died.
• 2004

  Jean-Bertrand Aristide is removed as President of Haiti following a coup.

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