Historical Events For May - 30

1631  France/Maximilian van Bavarian signs Accord of Fontainebleau on May - 30.  

1635  On May - 30 emperor Ferdinand II & Saksen sign Peace of Prague  

1640  Andre Duchesne, French historian/genealogy, dies on May - 30.  

1642  On May - 30 from this date all honours granted by Charles I are retrospectively annulled by Parliament  

1646  On May - 30 spain & Netherlands signs temporary cease fire  

1672  The birth of Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia on this day in history.  

1672  Peter I, (the Great), tsar of Russia (1682-1725) [NS=June 9] on this day in history.  

1718  Arnold J van Keppel, earl of Albemarle/general, dies at about 48 on this day in history.  

1744  On May - 30 alexander Pope, English poet (Eloisa to Abelard), dies at 56  

1746  Giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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1757  On this day in history henry Addington, Viscount Sidmouth (C), British PM (1801-04)  

1778  On May - 30 voltaire, [Francois-Marie Arouet], French writer (Candide), dies at 42  

1783  On this day in history benjamin Tower of Philadelphia publishes first daily newspaper in US  

1783  Benjamin Tower of Phila publishes 1st daily newspaper in US on this day in history.  

1791  Ildephons Haas, composer, dies at 56 on May - 30.  

1793  On May - 30 georges Couthon chosen member of French Committee the Salut Public  

1797  On May - 30 johann Christian Lobe, composer  

1797  Carl Ludwig Junker, composer, dies at 48 on May - 30.  

1800  On this day in history karl W Feuerbach, German mathematician (Position of Feuerbach)  

1806  Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel after Dickinson had accused Jackson's wife of bigamy on this day in history.  

1808  Napoleon annexes Tuscany & gave it seats in French Senate on this day in history.  

1808  On May - 30 joaquim Casimiro Jr, composer  

1809  Johan B Scheffer, portrait painter, dies at about 43 on May - 30.  

1812  On this day in history john Alexander McClernand, Major General (Union volunteers)  

1814  The first Treaty of Paris, after Napoleon's first abdication on this day in history.  

1814  Napoleonic Wars: War of the Sixth Coalition on this day in history.  

1821  James Boyd patents Rubber Fire Hose on May - 30.  

1822  House slave betrays Denmark Vesey conspiracy (37 blacks hanged) on this day in history.  

1829  Levin Goldschmidt, German business law expert on May - 30.  

1830  On May - 30 edward Winslow Hinks, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

1832  On this day in history evariste Galois give his theory on free assembly (dies in duel May 31)  

1832  On May - 30 george Doherty Johnston, Brig General (Confederate Army)  

1833  On May - 30 josef Slavik, composer, dies at 27  

1835  Alfred Austin, Leeds England, poet laureate of England (Garden) on May - 30.  

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1010  Emperor Renzong of China (d. 1063) was born on May - 30.  

1220  On May - 30 birth of alexander Nevski, [Aleksandr], Russian great ruler (1252-63)  

1423  On May - 30 birth of georg Purbach, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1461)  

1524  On May - 30 birth of selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74)  

1578  On this day in history birth of valentin Dretzel, composer  

1623  Wallerand Vaillant, painter/engraver, baptized was born on May - 30.  

1623  On May - 30 birth of john Egerton, 2nd Earl of Bridgewater, English politician (d. 1686)  

1653  On May - 30 birth of claudia Felicitas of Austria, Empress consort of Germany (d. 1676)  

0727  On May - 30 hubertus, bishop of Tongeren-Maastricht/saint, dies at about 72  

1035  On May - 30 boudouin IV, count of Flanders (988-1035), dies  

1159  Death of Wladislaus II the Exile of Poland (b. 1105) on May - 30.  

1252  Ferdinand III the holy, King of Castile/Leon, dies on this day in history.  

1416  Death of Jerome of Prague, burned as a heretic by Church on this day in history.  

1431  Death of Joan of Arc, French heroine and saint (b. 1412) on this day in history.  

1434  On May - 30 death of prokop the Great, Hussite general  

1469  On May - 30 death of lope de Barrientos, Spanish bishop