Historical Events In September - 30
Friday, 17 October 2025
0420 On this day in history saint Jerome, translator of the Vulgate Bible
0653 Saint Honorius, Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.
0739 P'u-chi Ho-shang Tao-chao, Northern Ch'an Line Zen teacher, dies on September - 30.
1101 Anselm IV, Archbishop of Milan on September - 30.
1199 Rambam (Maimonides) authorizes Samuel Ibn Tibbon to translate Guide of Perplexed from Arabic into Hebrew on September - 30.
1351 Muso Soseki, Zen teacher/Rinzai line/head of Nanzenji, dies in Japan on September - 30.
1399 On this day in history king Richard II of England abdicates throne
1440 On this day in history reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn, English soldier and politician
1452 First book published, Johann Guttenberg's Bible on September - 30.
1452 On this day in history 1st book published, Johann Guttenberg's Bible
1520 Suleiman I succeeds his father Selam I as sultan of Turkey on this day in history.
1544 King Henry VIII draws his armies out of France on this day in history.
1555 On this day in history oxford Bishop Nicholas Ridley sentenced to death as a heretic
1572 Francisco Borgia, theologist/saint, dies at 61 on September - 30.
1612 Ercole Bottrigari, composer, dies at 81 on September - 30.
1619 On this day in history remonstrant Society forms in Antwerp
1622 Johann Sebastiani, composer on this day in history.
1626 On this day in history battle between king Bethlen Gabor & earl Mansfeld-Wallenstein ends
1627 Robinson Crusoe, fictional character according to Daniel Defoe on this day in history.
1630 First execution in America-J Billington hanged in Plymouth, MA on September - 30.
1630 John Billington, murderer, 1st American execution, hanged on this day in history.
1649 Last Swedish troops vacate Prague on this day in history.
1659 Peter Stuyvesant of New Netherlands forbids tennis playing during Creligious services on September - 30.
1659 On September - 30 robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked (according to Defoe)
1681 On this day in history netherlands & Sweden sign treaty
1685 Gunther Jacob Wenceslaus, composer on September - 30.
1712 Johann Michael Zacher, composer, dies at 61 on September - 30.
1716 Heinrich Georg Neuss, composer, dies at 62 on September - 30.
1730 Duke Victor Amadeus XI of Savoye resigns on this day in history.
1743 Jeronymo Francisco de Lima, composer on this day in history.
1744 France and Spain defeat the Kingdom of Sardinia at the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo on September - 30.
1752 On this day in history justin Heinrich Knecht, composer
1755 On this day in history francesco Durante, composer, dies at 71
1770 On September - 30 thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham, English politician and diplomat