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"February" can be pronounced in several different ways. The beginning of the word is commonly pronounced either as / ˈ f ɛ b j u-/ ⓘ FEB-yoo-or / ˈ f ɛ b r u-/ FEB-roo-; many people drop the first "r", replacing it with / j /, as if it were spelled "Febuary".
1630 – William Brade, English violinist and composer (b. 1560) 1638 – Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac, French mathematician and linguist (b. 1581) 1723 – Thomas d'Urfey, English poet and playwright (b. 1653) 1726 – Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (b. 1662) 1770 – Giuseppe Tartini, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1692)
February 29 is a leap day (or "leap year day")—an intercalary date added periodically to create leap years in the Julian 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.
1714 – Edmund Andros, English courtier and politician, 4th Colonial Governor of New York (b. 1637) 1721 – John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, English poet and politician, Lord President of the Council (b. 1648) 1732 – Francis Charteris, Scottish soldier (b. 1675) 1777 – Joseph I of Portugal (b. 1714)
1734 – John Floyer, English physician and author (b. 1649) 1743 – Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian organist and composer (b. 1657) 1750 – Bakar of Georgia (b. 1699) 1761 – Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French priest and historian (b. 1682) 1768 – Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, English field marshal and politician (b. 1685)
1950 – Tony Wilson, English journalist and businessman (d. 2007) 1951 – Edward Albert, American actor (d. 2006) 1951 – Gordon Brown, Scottish politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom [41] 1951 – Randy California, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1997) 1951 – Phil Neal, English footballer and manager
1902 – John Colton, English-Australian politician, 13th Premier of South Australia (b. 1823) 1908 – Harriet Samuel, English businesswoman and founder of the jewellery retailer H. Samuel (b. 1836) [66] 1916 – Rubén Darío, Nicaraguan poet, journalist, and diplomat (b. 1867) 1918 – Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter and illustrator (b. 1862)
1929 – Graham Hill, English racing driver and businessman (d. 1975) 1929 – James R. Schlesinger, American economist and politician, 12th United States Secretary of Defense (d. 2014) 1930 – Bruce Dawe, Australian poet and academic (d. 2020) [37] 1931 – Claire Bloom, English actress [38] 1931 – Jonathan Steele, English journalist and author