Historical Events In October - 30

1900  Augustin Lara, composer on this day in history.   

1901  Battle at Bakenlaagte: lt-col Bensons unit vs Boers on this day in history.   

1901  On October - 30 ... Opperman, South African Boer general (Spy), killed in battle   

1902  Armin Kaufmann, composer on October - 30.   

1903  On October - 30 konrad Friedrich Noetel, composer   

1904  On this day in history alfred Gradstein, composer   

1905  "October Manifesto" Russian Tsar Nicholas II grants civil liberties on October - 30.   

1905  Aspirin developed by the German company Bayer on October - 30.   

1905  On October - 30 christian Darnton, composer   

1907  Albert Rice Leventhal, publisher (Little Golden Books) on October - 30.   

1908  On this day in history franco Margola, composer   

1910  On this day in history miguel Hernadez Gilabert, Spain, poet (Viento del Pueblo)   

1910  On October - 30 j Henri Dunant, Swiss writer/founder (Red Cross, YMCA), dies   

1911  Clark Griffith is named manager of Wash Senators on this day in history.   

1912  Preston Lockwood, actor (House of Windsor, Black Candle) on October - 30.   

1912  Jan Karol Gali, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1914  On October - 30 allied offensive at Ypres (Belgium) begins   

1914  On October - 30 marion Ladewig, Mich, bowler (9 time woman bowler of year 1950-63)   

1914  On October - 30 ernst Stadler, writer, dies at 31   

1915  Pierre Wissmer, Swiss composer (Capitaine Bruno) on October - 30.   

1915  Gervys Rignold Hazlitt, cricketer (9 Tests for Aust 1907-12), dies on October - 30.   

1916  On this day in history silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer, dies at 70   

1917  On this day in history lt. Hugh Mackenzie (7th Cdn. Machine Gun Company) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium   

1917  Sgt. George Harry Mullin (Princess Patricia's Cdn. Light Infantry) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium on October - 30.   

1917  On this day in history british govt gives final approval to Balfour Declaration   

1917  On October - 30 ruth Hussey, Providence RI, actress (Another Thin Man, Phila Story)   

1918  Slovakia asks for creation of Czechoslovakian state on this day in history.   

1918  Robert Feller, MLB pitcher (Red Sox, led AL in strikeouts 7 times) on this day in history.   

1919  On this day in history baseball league presidents call for abolishment of spitball   

1919  Jane Randolph, singer, backup for Tony Orlando (Dawn) on October - 30.   

1920  On this day in history the Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney.   

1922  On this day in history mussolini forms cabinet in Italy   

1922  Anxious to compete with the Yankees, the NY Giants pay $65,000 & 3 players for Jack Bentley (hits .349 & is 13-1 as pitcher in 1922) on October - 30.   

1922  On October - 30 jane White, American actress and singer   

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1218  Emperor Chukyo of Japan (d. 1234) was born on October - 30.   

1391  Eduard, [Dom Duarte], King of Portugal (1433-38)/author was born on October - 30.   

1576  Enrico C Davila, Padua Italy, writer (Storia delguerre civili Francia) was born on this day in history.   

1620  On this day in history birth of michael de Ronghe, composer   

1624  Paul Pellisson, French writer (d. 1693) was born on this day in history.   

1632  On this day in history birth of richard Brinsley Sheridan, playwright (School for Scandal) (or 1751)   

1668  Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, queen in Prussia (d. 1705) was born on October - 30.   

1683  On October - 30 birth of george II [August], King of Great-Britain (1727-60)   

1459  Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini, chancellor of Florence, dies on this day in history.   

1522  On this day in history death of jean Mouton, French composer   

1553  On this day in history death of jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (b. 1489)   

1583  On October - 30 pirro Ligorio, Italian architect/painter/archaeologist, dies at 83   

1602  Death of Jean-Jacques Boissard, French poet (b. 1528) on this day in history.   

1611  Karl IX, King of Sweden (1604-11), dies on this day in history.   

1626  Willebord van Roijen, dutch mathematician, dies at 35 on this day in history.   

1632  Death of Henri de Montmorency, French duke/plotter, beheaded on October - 30.