Page 4: 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 this day in history konrad Friedrich Noetel, composer   

1904  Alfred Gradstein, composer on October - 30.   

1905  On this day in history "October Manifesto" Russian Tsar Nicholas II grants civil liberties   

1905  Aspirin developed by the German company Bayer on this day in history.   

1905  Christian Darnton, composer on this day in history.   

1907  Albert Rice Leventhal, publisher (Little Golden Books) on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history franco Margola, composer   

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

1910  J Henri Dunant, Swiss writer/founder (Red Cross, YMCA), dies on this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history clark Griffith is named manager of Wash Senators   

1912  On this day in history preston Lockwood, actor (House of Windsor, Black Candle)   

1912  On October - 30 jan Karol Gali, composer, dies at 56   

1914  Allied offensive at Ypres (Belgium) begins on October - 30.   

1914  Marion Ladewig, Mich, bowler (9 time woman bowler of year 1950-63) on this day in history.   

1914  Ernst Stadler, writer, dies at 31 on this day in history.   

1915  Pierre Wissmer, Swiss composer (Capitaine Bruno) on this day in history.   

1915  On October - 30 gervys Rignold Hazlitt, cricketer (9 Tests for Aust 1907-12), dies   

1916  Silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer, dies at 70 on October - 30.   

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

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

1917  On October - 30 british govt gives final approval to Balfour Declaration   

1917  On this day in history ruth Hussey, Providence RI, actress (Another Thin Man, Phila Story)   

1918  On October - 30 slovakia asks for creation of Czechoslovakian state   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1922  Jane White, American actress and singer on October - 30.   

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1218  Emperor Chukyo of Japan (d. 1234) was born on this day in history.   

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  On October - 30 birth of paul Pellisson, French writer (d. 1693)   

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

1668  On October - 30 birth of sophia Charlotte of Hanover, queen in Prussia (d. 1705)   

1683  On this day in history 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  Death of Jean Mouton, French composer on this day in history.   

1553  Death of Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (b. 1489) on this day in history.   

1583  On this day in history pirro Ligorio, Italian architect/painter/archaeologist, dies at 83   

1602  On this day in history death of jean-Jacques Boissard, French poet (b. 1528)   

1611  Karl IX, King of Sweden (1604-11), dies on October - 30.   

1626  Willebord van Roijen, dutch mathematician, dies at 35 on October - 30.   

1632  Death of Henri de Montmorency, French duke/plotter, beheaded on this day in history.