Historical Events In November - 30

1817  Theodor Mommsen, Germ, historian/author (Imperial Lives, Nobel 1902) on November - 30.  

1821  Gustavus Woodson Smith, Secy War (Confederacy), died in 1896 on November - 30.  

1824  First ground is broken at Allenburg for the building of the original Welland Canal on November - 30.  

1824  On November - 30 johann Georg Christoph Schetky, composer, dies at 87  

1826  George Washington Deitzler, Brig General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.  

1827  Constantine P Pobedonostsev, Russian reactionary lawyer/senator on this day in history.  

1828  On November - 30 jedediah Hotchkiss, Engineer (Confederate Army), died in 1899  

1829  On this day in history first Welland Canal opens for a trial run, 5 years to the day from the ground breaking.  

1830  On this day in history pius VIII, [Francesco S Castiglioni], Ital Pope (1829-30), dies at 69  

1833  On this day in history eight people die when brig Ann Jamieson explodes while moored at King's Wharf, Sydney.  

1835  The birth of Mark Twain, American author on November - 30.  

1835  Mark Twain, [Samuel L Clemens], author (Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn) on November - 30.  

1838  On November - 30 mexico declares war on France  

1841  On November - 30 charles Louis W J van Keverberg, Dutch govt official, dies at 73  

1843  Jozsef Kiss, Hungarian literary (Zsido Dalok) on this day in history.  

1847  On this day in history august Friedrich Martin Klughardt, composer  

1855  Marie WF Treub, Dutch economist/minister of Agriculture/Finance on November - 30.  

1857  Robert Abel, cricketer (The Guv'nor Surrey & England batsman) on November - 30.  

1859  On November - 30 sergey Mikhaylovich Lyapunov, composer  

1861  Harper's Weekly publishes EE Beers' "All quiet along the Potomac" on November - 30.  

1861  On this day in history french Gailliard, Belgian painter (Zeustempel in Athens)  

1863  On this day in history confederate troops vacate Fort Esperanza, Texas  

1863  Andres Bonifacio, leader of 1896 Philippine revolt against Spain on November - 30.  

1864  Battle of Franklin, Tennessee on November - 30.  

1864  Battle of Franklin Tennessee: Confederate attack fails, 7,700 casualities on this day in history.  

1864  On this day in history hiram Bronson Granbury, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 33  

1866  On this day in history work begins on first US underwater highway tunnel, Chicago  

1866  On this day in history work on the first underwater highway tunnel in the United States began on this day in Chicago, Illinois. Over a three-year period, workers and engineers tunneled underneath the Chicago River, finally completing the 1,500-foot tunnel at a cost of over $500,000  

1866  Work begins on 1st US underwater highway tunnel, Chicago on this day in history.  

1868  On this day in history the inauguration of a statue of King Charles XII of Sweden takes place in the King's garden in Stockholm.  

1870  Cecil Forsyth, composer on November - 30.  

1872  1st intl soccer game, Scotland-England 0-0 (Glasgow) on November - 30.  

1874  On November - 30 sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born (prematurely) on this day  

1874  On this day in history the birth of Sir Winston Churchill, Former British Prime Minister and war time leader  

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1340  On November - 30 birth of john duke of Berry, captain of Paris/art collector  

1364  On this day in history birth of john FitzAlan, 2nd Baron Arundel, English soldier (d. 1390)  

1373  On this day in history birth of ferdinand I, the Righteous, king of Aragon/Sicily  

1427  On November - 30 birth of kazimierz IV, king of Poland (1447-92)  

1466  Andrea Doria, Genoese statesman/admiral was born on November - 30.  

1485  Veronica Gambara, Italian poetess was born on November - 30.  

1498  On November - 30 birth of andrés de Urdaneta, Spanish Augustinian friar, sail-captain and explorer (d. 1568)  

1508  Andrea Palladio, [Andrea di Pietro della Gondola], architect was born on November - 30.  

1016  Edmund II, Ironsides, King of Saxons (1016), dies at 27 on November - 30.  

1519  Michael Wolgemut, German painter (Weltchronik), dies at about 85 on this day in history.  

1528  On this day in history death of great Wierd, Dutch Gelderland army commander, beheaded  

1580  Death of Richard Farrant, English composer on November - 30.  

1626  Death of Thomas Weelkes, English composer on November - 30.  

1631  Rabbi Samuel Eliezer ben Judah ha-levi Edels, dies on this day in history.  

1646  On November - 30 john C Lichthart, admiral (Cape Augustine), dies at about 45  

1654  Death of John Selden, English jurist and oriental scholar (b. 1584) on November - 30.