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In 1835, the first German railway was constructed in his domain, between Fürth and Nuremberg, with his Bavaria joining the Zollverein economic union in 1834.
Notable Deaths on February 29
1868 — Ludwig I of Bavaria (born 1786)
Ludwig I of Bavaria (born 1786)
February 29 has 64 recorded notable deaths across history, from 468 to 2024. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
64 source records
468 – 2024
Today in history
Major events on February 29
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1712 February 29 is followed by February 30 in Sweden, in a move to abolish the Swedish calendar for a return to the Julian calendar. Source
- 1940 Finland initiates Winter War peace negotiations. Source
- 1920 The Czechoslovak National Assembly adopts the Constitution. Source
- 2020 Muhyiddin Yassin is appointed as the 8th Prime Minister of Malaysia, amid the 2020 Malaysian political crisis. Source
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Allon was the first non-European-born Israeli to serve as Prime Minister of Israel.
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Louise Rennison's first and second novels, Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging and It's OK, I'm Wearing Really Big Knickers were portrayed in a film adaptation called Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging.
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Oswald of Worcester was Archbishop of York from 972 to his death in 992.
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Hamilton began preaching in Scotland in 1527 and was invited as a friend by Archbishop James Beaton to a conference in St.
More major people who died on February 29
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1980
Yigal Allon
Israeli general and politician, Prime Minister of Israel (born 1918)
Yigal Allon was an Israeli military leader and politician. He was a commander of the Palmach and a general in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). He was also a leader of the Ahdut HaAvoda and Israeli Labor parties.
2016
Louise Rennison
English author (born 1951)
Louise Rennison was an English author and comedian who wrote the Confessions of Georgia Nicolson series for teenage girls.
992
Oswald of Worcester
Anglo-Saxon archbishop and saint (born 925)
Oswald of Worcester was Archbishop of York from 972 to his death in 992. He was of Danish ancestry, but brought up by his uncle, Oda of Canterbury, who sent him to France to the abbey of Fleury to become a monk.
1528
Patrick Hamilton
Scottish Protestant reformer and martyr (born 1504)
Patrick Hamilton was a Scottish Roman Catholic priest and an early Protestant Reformer in Scotland.
1972
Tom Davies
American football player and coach (born 1896)
Thomas J. Davies was an American football player and coach. He played as a halfback at the University of Pittsburgh and was a consensus All-American in 1918 and 1920.
1744
John Theophilus Desaguliers
French-English physicist and philosopher (born 1683)
John Theophilus Desaguliers was a French-born British natural philosopher, clergyman, engineer and freemason who was elected to the Royal Society in 1714 as experimental assistant to Isaac Newton.
1980
Gil Elvgren
American painter and illustrator (born 1914)
Gillette Alexander Elvgren was an American painter of pin-up models, advertising and illustration. Best known for his pin-up paintings for Brown & Bigelow, Elvgren studied at the American Academy of Art.
2012
P. K. Narayana Panicker
Indian social leader (born 1930)
P. K. Narayana Panicker was the President and General Secretary of the Nair Service Society (NSS), the social service organisation established in 1914.
2004
Jerome Lawrence
American playwright and author (born 1915)
Jerome Lawrence was an American playwright and author. After graduating from the Ohio State University in 1937 and the University of California, Los Angeles in 1939, Lawrence partnered with Robert Edwin Lee to help…
2012
Sheldon Moldoff
American illustrator (born 1920)
Sheldon "Shelly" Moldoff was an American comics artist best known for his early work on the DC Comics characters Hawkman and Hawkgirl, and as one of Bob Kane's primary "ghost artists" on the superhero Batman.
1916
John Nanson
English-Australian journalist and politician (born 1863)
John Leighton Nanson was a journalist and politician in Western Australia.
1984
Ludwik Starski
Polish screenwriter and songwriter (born 1903)
Ludwik Starski was a Polish Jewish lyricist, sound engineer and screenwriter of the twentieth century.
1908
Pat Garrett
American sheriff (born 1850)
Patrick Floyd Jarvis Garrett was an American Old West lawman, bartender, and customs agent known for killing Billy the Kid. He was the sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico, as well as Doña Ana County, New Mexico.
1944
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
Finnish lawyer, judge and politician, 3rd President of Finland (born 1861)
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud af Qvalstad served as the president of Finland from 1931 to 1937.
2004
Harold Bernard St. John
Barbadian lawyer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Barbados (born 1931)
Sir Harold Bernard St. John, KA was a Barbadian politician who served as the third prime minister of Barbados from 1985 to 1986. To date, he is the shortest serving Barbadian prime minister.
2020
Dieter Laser
German actor (born 1942)
Klaus Dieter Laser was a German actor. Laser's career spanned over five decades, appearing in both German and English-language productions.
1604
John Whitgift
English archbishop and academic (born 1530)
John Whitgift was an English clergyman and academic who served as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1583 until his death in 1604.
2016
Gil Hill
American police officer, actor and politician (born 1931)
Gilbert Roland Hill was an American politician, police officer, and actor, who was the President of the Detroit City Council. He gained recognition for his role as Inspector Todd in the Beverly Hills Cop film series.
2020
Éva Székely
Hungarian Hall of Fame swimmer and 1952 Olympic champion (born 1927)
Éva Székely was a Hungarian swimmer. She won the gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki and the silver medal at the 1956 Summer Olympics, set six world records, and won 44 national titles.