WHAT HAPPENED ON 29. FEBRUARY
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Christopher Columbus uses his knowledge of a lunar eclipse that night to convince Native Americans to provide him with supplies. (29. February 1504)

Abel Tasman's second Pacific voyage began. (29. February 1644)

Queen Anne's War: French forces and Native Americans stage a raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts, killing 56 villagers and taking more than 100 captive. (29. February 1704)

February 29 is followed by February 30 in Sweden, in a move to abolish the Swedish calendar for a return to the Old style. (29. February 1712)

Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden abdicates in favour of her husband, who becomes King Frederick I on 24 March. (29. February 1720)

King Alaungpaya founds Konbaung Dynasty, the last dynasty of Burmese monarchy. (29. February 1752)

Polish nobles formed Bar Confederation. (29. February 1768)

The Jay Treaty between the United States and Great Britain comes into force, facilitating ten years of peaceful trade between the two nations. (29. February 1796)

American Civil War: Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid fails – plans to free 15,000 Union soldiers being held near Richmond, Virginia are thwarted. (29. February 1864)

St. Petersburg, Florida is incorporated. (29. February 1892)

Child labor: In South Carolina, the minimum working age for factory, mill, and mine workers is raised from twelve to fourteen years old. (29. February 1916)

Czechoslovak National assembly adopted the Constitution. (29. February 1920)

Baby Snooks, played by Fanny Brice, debuts on the radio program The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air. (29. February 1936)

February 26 Incident in Tokyo ends. (29. February 1936)

For her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind, Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win an Academy Award. (29. February 1940)

Finland initiates Winter War peace negotiations (29. February 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. (29. February 1940)

World War II: The Admiralty Islands are invaded in Operation Brewer led by American General Douglas MacArthur. (29. February 1944)

The island of Heligoland is restored to German authority. (29. February 1952)

An earthquake in Morocco kills over 3,000 people and nearly destroys Agadir in the southern part of the country. (29. February 1960)