Editing February 29 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1644]] &ndash; [[Abel Tasman]]'s second Pacific voyage begins as he leaves [[Batavia, Dutch East Indies|Batavia]] in command of three ships.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Feeken |first1=Erwin |title=European Discovery and Exploration of Australia |date=2019 |publisher=Xlibris Corporation |isbn=9781543401684 |pages=72–73}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Abel Janszoon Tasman, 1603?–1659 |url=https://lib-dbserver.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/pacific/tasman/tasman.html |publisher=Princeton University Library |access-date=17 September 2021 |date=2010 |archive-date=August 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809122538/https://lib-dbserver.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/pacific/tasman/tasman.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1704]] &ndash; In [[Queen Anne's War]], French forces and [[Native American (U.S.)|Native American]]s stage a [[Raid on Deerfield|raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony]], killing 56 villagers and taking more than 100 captive.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Melvoin |first1=Richard |title=New England Outpost: War and Society in Colonial Deerfield |date=1989 |publisher=W. W. Norton & Company |isbn=9780393308082 |page=20}}</ref>
*[[1712]] &ndash; February 29 is followed by [[February 30]] in Sweden, in a move to abolish the [[Swedish calendar]] for a return to the [[Julian calendar]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hocken |first1=Vigdis |title=February 30 Was a Real Date |url=https://www.timeanddate.com/date/february-30.html |website=timeanddate.com |access-date=4 September 2021}}</ref>
*[[1720]] &ndash; [[Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden]] abdicates in favour of her husband, who becomes King [[Frederick I of Sweden|Frederick I]] on March 24.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nauman |first1=Sari |title=Ulrika Eleonora d.y., drottning |url=https://skbl.se/en/article/UlrikaEleonoradydrottning |publisher=Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon |access-date=17 September 2021 |date=8 March 2018}}</ref>
*[[1768]] &ndash; Polish nobles form the [[Bar Confederation]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Daszyk |first1=Krzysztof Karol |title="To fight or not to fight?" The basic political dilemma of the Poles in the period of partitions (Interview) |url=https://www.polskietradycje.pl/enArticles/view/115 |website=polskietradycje.pl |access-date=17 September 2021 |date=30 October 2017 |archive-date=March 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314030131/https://www.polskietradycje.pl/enArticles/view/115 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1796]] &ndash; The [[Jay Treaty]] between the United States and Great Britain comes into force, facilitating ten years of peaceful trade between the two nations.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lillich |first1=Richard B. |title=The Jay Treaty Commissions |journal=St. John's Law Review |date=May 1963 |volume=37 |issue=2 |page=265 |url=https://scholarship.law.stjohns.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4345&context=lawreview |access-date=17 September 2021}}</ref>
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[St. Petersburg, Florida]] is incorporated.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dunn |first1=Thomas Churchill |title=History repeats in St. Petersburg Series: MY VIEW: [CITY Edition] |work=St. Petersburg Times |date=12 March 1989 |page=2}}</ref>