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February 29 is a (or "leap year day")—an intercalary date added periodically to create in the and Gregorian calendars. It is the 60th day of a leap year in both Julian and Gregorian calendars, and 306 days remain until the end of the leap year. It is the last day of in leap years only. It is also the last day of meteorological winter in the Northern Hemisphere and the last day of meteorological summer in the Southern Hemisphere in leap years.

In the Gregorian calendar, the standard used in most of the world, February 29 is added in each year that is an integer multiple of four, unless it is evenly divisible by 100 but not by 400. For example, 1900 was not a leap year, but 2000 was. The Julian calendar—since 1923 a liturgical calendar—has a February 29 every fourth year without exception. Consequently, February 29 in the Julian calendar, since 1900, falls 13 days later than February 29 in the Gregorian, until the year 2100.

The convention of using February 29 was not widely accepted before the 15th century; from Julius Caesar's edict in 45 BC until the 16th century (formally), instead.

(2025). 9780521778459, Cambridge University Press.
In one of its attempts to adopt the Gregorian calendar, Sweden tried (unsuccessfully) to phase in the change by omitting leap days in the 11 successive leap-years, 17001740.

Events
Pre-1600
  • 888 – Odo, count of Paris, is crowned king of (France) by Archbishop Walter of Sens at Compiègne.
    (2025). 9780826435149, Bloomsbury Publishing. .
  • 1504 – Christopher Columbus uses his knowledge of a lunar eclipse that night to convince Jamaican natives to provide him with supplies.
    (2025). 9781101544327, Viking Penguin.

1601–1900
  • 1644 – 's second Pacific voyage begins as he leaves Batavia in command of three ships.
    (2025). 9781543401684, Xlibris Corporation.
  • 1704 – In Queen Anne's War, French forces and Native Americans stage a raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony, killing 56 villagers and taking more than 100 captive.
    (1989). 9780393308082, W. W. Norton & Company.
  • 1712 – February 29 is followed by February 30 in Sweden, in a move to abolish the for a return to the .
  • 1720 – Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden abdicates in favour of her husband, who becomes King Frederick I on March 24.
  • 1768 – Polish nobles form the Bar Confederation.
  • 1796 – The between the United States and Great Britain comes into force, facilitating ten years of peaceful trade between the two nations.
  • 1892 – St. Petersburg, Florida is incorporated.

1901–present
  • 1908 – James Madison University is founded at Harrisonburg, Virginia, United States as The State Normal and Industrial School for Women by the Virginia General Assembly.
  • 1912 – The (Moving Stone) of falls and breaks.
    (2025). 9783030661618, Springer Nature.
  • 1916 – is annexed by the United Kingdom.
  • 1916 – In , the minimum for factory, mill and mine workers is .
  • 1920 – The Czechoslovak National Assembly adopts the Constitution.
  • 1936 – The February 26 Incident in Tokyo ends.
  • 1940 – For her performance as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, becomes the first to win an .
    (1989). 9781568330044, Rowman & Littlefield.
  • 1940 – Finland initiates peace negotiations.
    (1999). 9781850654216, Hurst & Company.
  • 1940 – In a ceremony held in Berkeley, California, physicist receives the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physics from Sweden's in .
    (1968). 9780525054436, E. P. Dutton.
  • 1944 – The Admiralty Islands are invaded in , led by American general Douglas MacArthur, in World War II.
  • 1960 – The 5.7  Agadir earthquake shakes coastal with a maximum perceived intensity of X ( Extreme), destroying Agadir and leaving 12,000 dead and another 12,000 injured.
    (2025). 9781438118789, Infobase Publishing.
  • 1964 – British Eagle International Airlines Flight 802/6 crashes into the mountain in the of Austria, killing all 75 people aboard.
  • 1968 – Aeroflot Flight 15 crashes , , due to a loss of control. Eighty-three of the 84 occupants onboard die. The exact cause of the accident is unknown.
  • 1972 – South Korea withdraws 11,000 of its 48,000 troops from as part of policy in the .
    (1986). 9780886872724, Pharos Books.
  • 1980 – of the makes NHL history as he scores his 800th goal.
  • 1984 – announces his retirement as Liberal Party leader and Prime Minister of Canada.
  • 1988 – South African archbishop is arrested along with 100 other clergymen during a five-day anti- demonstration in .
    (2025). 9780313328602, Greenwood Publishing Group.
  • 1988 – becomes the first member of the House of Commons of Canada to .
  • 1992 – A referendum is begun in Bosnia and Herzegovina for the determination of Bosnian independence.
  • 1996 – Faucett Perú Flight 251 crashes in ; all 123 passengers and crew are killed.
  • 1996 – The Siege of Sarajevo officially ends.
  • 2000 – Chechens attack a guard post near Ulus Kert, eventually killing 84 Russian paratroopers during the Second Chechen War.
  • 2004 – Jean-Bertrand Aristide is removed as president of following a coup.
  • 2008 – The United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence withdraws from a tour of Afghanistan after news of his deployment is leaked to foreign media.
  • 2008 – admits to fabricating her memoir, , in which she claims to have lived with a pack of wolves in the woods during .
  • 2012 – agrees to suspend uranium enrichment and nuclear and long-range missile tests in return for US food aid.
  • 2016 – In the Miqdadiyah bombing: at least 40 people are killed and 58 others wounded following a by at a Shi'ite funeral in the city of , Diyala, Iraq.
  • 2020 – During a demonstration, pro-government colectivos shoot at disputed President and Speaker of the National Assembly Juan Guaidó and his supporters in , Venezuela, leaving five injured.
  • 2020 – The and the sign the Doha Agreement for bringing peace to .
  • 2020 – is appointed as the 8th Prime Minister of Malaysia, amid the 2020 Malaysian political crisis.
  • 2020 – becomes the first country in the world to render public transport free nationwide.
  • 2024 – The took place in the : Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinians waiting for aid amidst the , killing over 100 and wounding 750.

Births
Pre-1600
  • 1468 – Pope Paul III (died 1549)
  • 1528 – Albert V, Duke of Bavaria (died 1579)
  • 1528 – Domingo Báñez, Spanish theologian (died 1604)
  • 1572 – Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon (died 1638)
  • 1576 – , Florentine priest and glassmaker (died 1614)
    (1996). 9780203028292, Routledge.

1601–1900
  • 1640 – , Particular Baptist preacher and author whose name is given to Keach's Catechism (died 1704)
  • 1692 – , English poet and educator (died 1763)
  • 1724 – Eva Marie Veigel, Austrian-English dancer (died 1822)
  • 1736 – , English-American religious leader, founder of the (died 1784)
  • 1792 – Gioachino Rossini, Italian composer (died 1868)
    (1992). 9780575051782, Victor Gollancz.
  • 1812 – James Milne Wilson, Scottish-Australian soldier and politician, eighth Premier of Tasmania (died 1880)
  • 1828 – Emmeline B. Wells, American journalist, poet and activist (died 1921)
    (1985). 9780884945659, Religious Studies Center. .
  • 1836 – , American baseball player and manager (died 1908) Dickey Pearce at baseball-reference.com, URL accessed November 18, 2009. Archived November 18, 2009.
  • 1840 – , German (died 1917)M.Blum, P.G.Hykin, M.Sanders, H.E. Völcker: Theodor Leber: A founder of ophthalmic research. Survey of Ophthalmology 1992; 37:63-68
  • 1852 – Frank Gavan Duffy, Irish-Australian lawyer and judge, fourth Chief Justice of Australia (died 1936)
  • 1852 – Prince George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg (died 1912)
  • 1860 – , American statistician and businessman, co-founder of the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company (died 1929)
  • 1884 – Richard S. Aldrich, American lawyer and politician (died 1941)
  • 1892 – , American sculptor (died 1962)
  • 1896 – , Indian civil servant and politician, fourth Prime Minister of India (died 1995)
  • 1896 – William A. Wellman, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter (died 1975)

1901–present
  • 1904 – , American saxophonist, composer and bandleader (died 1957)
  • 1904 – , American baseball player and manager (died 1965)
  • 1908 – , French-Swiss painter and illustrator (died 2001)
    (1999). 9780385352765, Knopf.
  • 1908 – Dee Brown, American historian and author (died 2002)
  • 1908 – , English cricketer and coach (died 2001)
    (1993). 186983321X, Tony Williams Publications. . 186983321X
  • 1908 – Louie Myfanwy Thomas, Welsh writer (died 1968)
  • 1912 – , Turkish industrialist (died 1978)
    (2025). 9789756664025, Bursa Chamber of Commerce and Industry. .
  • 1916 – James B. Donovan, American lawyer (died 1970)
    (2025). 9780934223850, Lehigh University Press.
  • 1916 – , founder of Corp. (died 1999)
  • 1920 – , Russian author and critic (died 1983)
  • 1920 – , American actor (died 2006)
    (2025). 9780786490493, McFarland. .
  • 1920 – James Mitchell, American actor and dancer (died 2010)
  • 1920 – Michèle Morgan, French-American actress and singer (died 2016)
  • 1920 – Rolland W. Redlin, American lawyer and politician (died 2011)
  • 1924 – , New Zealand judge and politician, 14th Governor-General of New Zealand (died 2001)
  • 1924 – Carlos Humberto Romero, Salvadoran politician, President of El Salvador (died 2017)
    (1980). 053103917X, International Strategic Studies Association. 053103917X
  • 1924 – , American baseball player and manager (died 2015)
    (2025). 9781561719730, SP Books.
  • 1928 – , English actor (died 2023)
  • 1928 – , British writer and illustrator ( Topsy and Tim) (died 2024)
  • 1928 – , American archaeologist, geologist and author
  • 1928 – , English Anglican suffragan bishop (died 2017)
  • 1928 – , South African mathematician and computer scientist, co-creator of the Logo programming language (died 2016)
  • 1928 – , born Annie Banks, "The Queen Of Exotic Dancers", American burlesque performer and actress (died 2021)
  • 1932 – Gene H. Golub, American mathematician and academic (died 2007).
  • 1932 – , American race car driver (died 1985)
  • 1932 – , American soprano and actress
    (1993). 9781558620810, Gale. .
  • 1932 – Jaguar, Brazilian cartoonist (died 2025)
  • 1932 – , Australian cricketer
  • 1936 – Nh. Dini, Indonesian writer (died 2018)
  • 1936 – Jack R. Lousma, American colonel, astronaut and politician
  • 1936 – , Canadian ice hockey player (died 2020)
  • 1936 – , American actor (died 2015)
  • 1940 – , Dutch talk show host
  • 1940 – Bartholomew I, current Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
  • 1944 – , American police officer and actor (died 2013)
  • 1944 – Nicholas Frayling, English priest and academic
  • 1944 – , American actress (died 2014)
  • 1944 – , American baseball player (died 2008)
  • 1944 – Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri, Italian author and illustrator
  • 1944 – , Swedish ice hockey player (died 1972).
  • 1944 – , Iranian actor
  • 1948 – , English author, critic and academic
    (2025). 9780787639952, Gale. .
  • 1948 – , Brazilian footballer
  • 1948 – Patricia A. McKillip, American author (died 2022)
  • 1948 – Sonny M'Pokomandji, Central African basketball player and politician, Minister of Equipment and Transport (2003–2005)
  • 1952 – , American author and educator
  • 1952 – , Russian cross-country skier
  • 1952 – , American police officer and politician
  • 1956 – , Swedish singer, actor and comedian
  • 1956 – Jonathan Coleman, English-Australian radio and television host (died 2021)
  • 1956 – , Canadian businessman and politician, 30th Canadian Minister of Agriculture (died 2021)
  • 1956 – , American serial killer (died 2002)
  • 1960 – Khaled, Algerian singer-songwriter
    (2017). 9781442254497, Rowman & Littlefield.
  • 1960 – , American serial killer and sex offender (died 2013)
  • 1960 – , American author and motivational activist
  • 1964 – , English cyclist and coach
  • 1964 – , former Maltese footballer
  • 1964 – , Canadian ice hockey player and radio host (died 2025)
  • 1964 – , American tenor, composer and producer
  • 1968 – , American basketball player and coach
  • 1968 – , New Zealand composer and percussionist
  • 1968 – , American curler
  • 1968 – , American football player and coach
  • 1968 – , American author and illustrator
  • 1968 – , Ukrainian-American lawyer and educator
  • 1968 – , Australian actor, producer and screenwriter
  • 1972 – , Italian showgirl
  • 1972 – , English footballer and coach
    (2025). 9781845966010, Mainstream Publishing.
  • 1972 – Antonio Sabàto Jr., Italian-American model and actor
  • 1972 – Pedro Sánchez, Prime Minister of Spain
  • 1972 – Dave Williams, American singer (died 2002)
    (2025). 9781613744789, Chicago Review Press.
  • 1972 – , American singer-songwriter
  • 1972 – , Cuban-American activist and educator (died 1994)
  • 1976 – Vonteego Cummings, American basketball player
  • 1976 – Katalin Kovács, Hungarian sprint kayaker
  • 1976 – , American baseball player
  • 1976 – , American rapper and actor
  • 1980 – Çağdaş Atan, Turkish footballer and coach
  • 1980 – Simon Gagné, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1980 – Rubén Plaza, Spanish cyclist
  • 1980 – , New Zealand rugby league player
  • 1980 – , American soccer player and sportscaster
  • 1980 – , American actor ( )
  • 1984 – , English footballer
    (2025). 9781852916480, Queen Anne.
  • 1984 – , Japanese model and actress
  • 1984 – , American swimmer
  • 1984 – Nuria Martínez, Spanish basketball player
  • 1984 – , American video game composer and producer
  • 1984 – , English actress
  • 1984 – Cam Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1984 – Mark Foster, American singer, songwriter and musician
  • 1988 – , German model and television host
  • 1988 – Benedikt Höwedes, German footballer
  • 1988 – , British writer
  • 1988 – , Australian Rules footballer
  • 1988 – , Welsh sports sailor
  • 1992 – , Australian cricketer
  • 1992 – , American football player
  • 1992 – , American paralympic swimmer
  • 1992 – Jessie T. Usher, American actor
  • 1992 – Saphir Taïder, Algerian footballer
  • 1996 – Nelson Asofa-Solomona, New Zealand rugby league player
  • 1996 – , Argentine-Armenian footballer
  • 1996 – , British sprinter
  • 1996 – Claudia Williams, New Zealand tennis player
  • 2000 – Tyrese Haliburton, American basketball player
  • 2000 – , Spanish footballer
  • 2000 – Jesper Lindstrøm, Danish footballer
  • 2004 – , American swimmer
  • 2004 – Abdukodir Khusanov, Uzbek footballer

Deaths
Pre-1600
  • 468 –
    (2025). 9780853235453, Liverpool University Press.
  • 992 – Oswald of Worcester, Anglo-Saxon archbishop and saint (born 925)
  • 1460 – Albert III, Duke of Bavaria-Munich (born 1401)
  • 1528 – Patrick Hamilton, Scottish Protestant reformer and martyr (born 1504)
  • 1592 – Alessandro Striggio, Italian composer and diplomat (born 1536/1537)
    (2001). 9781561592630
  • 1600 – Caspar Hennenberger, German pastor, historian and cartographer (born 1529)

1601–1900
  • 1604 – , English archbishop and academic (born 1530)
  • 1712 – Johann Conrad Peyer, Swiss anatomist (born 1653)
    (1974). 9780684101217, Scribner.
  • 1744 – John Theophilus Desaguliers, French-English physicist and philosopher (born 1683)
  • 1792 – Johann Andreas Stein, German piano builder (born 1728)
  • 1820 – Johann Joachim Eschenburg, German historian and critic (born 1743)
  • 1848 – Louis-François Lejeune, French general, painter and lithographer (born 1775)
  • 1856 – Auguste Chapdelaine, French Christian (born 1814)
    (2025). 9780674283633, Harvard University Press.
  • 1868 – Ludwig I of Bavaria (born 1786)
    (1986). 9783428001811, Duncker & Humblot..
  • 1880 – James Milne Wilson, Scottish-Australian soldier and politician, 8th Premier of Tasmania (born 1812)

1901–present
  • 1904 – Patrick O'Sullivan, Irish-Australian politician (born 1818)
  • 1904 – Henri Joseph Anastase Perrotin, French astronomer (born 1845)
    (1974). 9780684101217, Scribner.
  • 1908 – , American sheriff (born 1850)
  • 1908 – John Hope, 1st Marquess of Linlithgow, Scottish-Australian politician, 1st Governor-General of Australia (born 1860)
  • 1916 – , English-Australian journalist and politician (born 1863)
  • 1920 – , American baseball player (born 1875)
  • 1924 – , Australian educator (born 1845)
  • 1928 – , Swiss architect and theorist (born 1862)
    (1993). 9781558620810, Gale. .
  • 1928 – , American poet and librarian (born 1841)
  • 1932 – Arthur Mills Lea, Australian entomologist (born 1868)
  • 1932 – , Italian mathematician (born 1875)
    (1981). 9780684169620, Scribner.
  • 1940 – E. F. Benson, English archaeologist and author (born 1867)
  • 1944 – Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Finnish lawyer, judge and politician, 3rd President of Finland (born 1861)
  • 1948 – Robert Barrington-Ward, English lawyer and journalist (born 1891)
  • 1952 – Sarah Ann Jenyns, Australian entrepreneur (born 1865)
  • 1956 – , Filipino lawyer and politician, 6th President of the Philippines (born 1890)
  • 1960 – , American police officer and agent (born 1903)
  • 1960 – , American journalist and author (born 1894)
  • 1964 – , American actor and singer (born 1909)
  • 1968 – Tore Ørjasæter, Norwegian poet and educator (born 1886)
  • 1972 – Tom Davies, American football player and coach (born 1896)
  • 1976 – Florence P. Dwyer, American politician (born 1902)
  • 1980 – , Israeli general and politician, Prime Minister of Israel (born 1918)
  • 1980 – , American painter and illustrator (born 1914)
  • 1984 – , Polish screenwriter and songwriter (born 1903)
  • 1992 – , English poet and author (born 1897)
  • 1996 – , Czech-American director, producer and screenwriter (born 1926)
  • 1996 – , American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1939)
  • 1996 – , American baseball player, coach and manager (born 1924)
  • 2000 – , American guitarist (born 1961)
  • 2004 – Kagamisato Kiyoji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 42nd (born 1923)
  • 2004 – , American playwright and author (born 1915)
  • 2004 – Harold Bernard St. John, Barbadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Barbados (born 1931)
  • 2004 – , South African cricketer (born 1943)
  • 2008 – , American author (born 1946)
  • 2008 – , Danish painter and illustrator (born 1917)
  • 2008 – , Japanese scholar and philosopher (born 1922)
  • 2012 – Davy Jones, English singer, guitarist and actor (born 1945)
  • 2012 – , American illustrator (born 1920)
  • 2012 – P. K. Narayana Panicker, Indian social leader (born 1930)
  • 2016 – Wenn V. Deramas, Filipino director and screenwriter (born 1966)
  • 2016 – , American police officer, actor and politician (born 1931)
  • 2016 – , Swedish singer (born 1969)
  • 2016 – , Pakistani assassin, executed (born 1985)
  • 2016 – , English author (born 1951)
  • 2020 – , German actor (born 1942)
  • 2020 – Éva Székely, Hungarian Hall of Fame swimmer and 1952 Olympic champion (born 1927)
  • 2024 – Ali Hassan Mwinyi, 2nd President of Tanzania and 3rd President of Zanzibar (born 1925)
  • 2024 – , 18th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1939)

Holidays and observances
  • As a Christian :
  • Rare Disease Day (in leap years; usually celebrated in common years on February 28)
  • Bachelor's Day (Ireland and )

See also
  • February 30
  • February 31
  • March 0

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