Historical Events Feb 29 February 29 is followed by February 30 in Sweden, in a move to abolish the Swedish calendar for a return to the Old style. Famous Birthdays Feb 28 Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, French military commander (d. 1759) Famous Deaths Feb 2 Martin Lister, English naturalist and physician Feb 12 Marie-Adélaïde of Savoy, mother of Louis XV of France, dies at 26 Feb 18 Louis, Duke of Burgundy, heir-apparent to the French throne, dies at 29 Feb 27 Bahādur Shah I, 7th Mughal Emperor of India, dies at 68 1711 History by Year 1713