Historical Events In August - 30

1776  US army evacuates Long Island/falls back to Manhattan, NYC on August - 30.   

1781  On August - 30 french fleet of 24 ships under Comte de Grasse defeat British under Admiral Graves at battle of Chesapeake Capes in Revolutionary War   

1791  The HMS Pandora sank after running aground on a reef the previous day on August - 30.   

1797  On August - 30 the birth of Mary Shelley, English novelist and creator of 'Frankenstein'   

1797  On this day in history mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, London England, author (Frankenstein)   

1799  On this day in history bataafse fleet surrender to English   

1800  On August - 30 gabriel Prosser leads a slave rebellion in Richmond, Virginia   

1804  Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka) [OS] on August - 30.   

1805  Michael Sars, Norwegian zoologist on this day in history.   

1808  On August - 30 joseph Anton Bauer, composer, dies at 83   

1809  On August - 30 adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer   

1809  On this day in history ignacy Potocki, Polish Foreign Minister (constitution), dies   

1811  On this day in history thomas Gautier, writer   

1813  Battle of Kulm: French forces defeated by Austrian-Prussian-Russian alliance on August - 30.   

1813  On this day in history princess Mathilde of Bavaria d. 1862   

1820  James Wilson, Strathaven Radical, hung and beheaded at Glasgow Green for his part in the 1820 Rising. A crowd of 20,000 sympathetic to Wilson, witnessed the event. James Wilson, on his way to the scaffold, remarked to the hangman Thomas Moore - "Did ye evir see sic a crowd, Tammas?" on this day in history.   

1820  On August - 30 george Frederick Root, composer   

1826  Theodor Zwetler, composer, dies at 67 on August - 30.   

1831  Charles Darwin refuses to travel with HMS Beagle on August - 30.   

1835  On August - 30 melbourne, Australia is founded.   

1836  On this day in history the city of Houston is founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen   

1837  Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, 1st lady (1881-85) on August - 30.   

1842  Victor Alphonse Duvernoy, composer on August - 30.   

1843  The first black participation in national political convention (Liberty Party) on this day in history.   

1843  1st blacks participation in natl political convention (Liberty Party) on this day in history.   

1844  Friedrich Ratzel, German social-geographer (Lebensraum) on August - 30.   

1844  Francis Baily, English astronomer/mathematician (Baily's Beads), dies on August - 30.   

1849  Joseph Mallaby Dent, Dutch publisher on this day in history.   

1850  Honolulu, Hawaii becomes a city on August - 30.   

1852  Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Neth, physical chemist (Nobel 1901) on this day in history.   

1854  John Fremont issues proclamation freeing slaves of Missouri rebels on August - 30.   

1860  On this day in history 1st British tram opens (Birkenhead)   

1862  Battle of 2nd Manassas-Pope defeated by Lee-Battle of Richmond, KY on August - 30.   

1862  On August - 30 battle of Altamont-Confederates beat Union forces in Tennessee   

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1334  Pedro, the Cruel, King of Castilia & Leon was born on this day in history.   

1334  On this day in history birth of pedro of Castile (d. 1369)   

1377  On August - 30 birth of shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (d. 1447)   

1609  Artus I Quellinus "the Old", Flemish sculptor, baptised was born on August - 30.   

1687  Francesco Maria Vallara, composer was born on August - 30.   

1693  Jacobus Nozeman, Dutch composer/organist was born on this day in history.   

1705  David Hartley, English philosopher (d. 1757) was born on August - 30.   

1720  Samuel Whitbread, English brewer (d. 1796) was born on August - 30.   

0524  On August - 30 chlodomer, King of the France to Orleans, dies at about 29   

0526  On this day in history death of theodorik the Great, King of Ostrogoten (b. 454)   

1181  On August - 30 alexander III, [Orlando Bandinelli], Italian Pope (1159-81), dies   

1428  On this day in history death of emperor Shōkō (b. 1401)   

1482  Louis van Bourbon, prince-Bishop of Luik (Cluppelslagers), dies on this day in history.   

1483  On August - 30 louis XI, King of France (1461-83), dies at 60   

1529  On August - 30 juan del Encina, composer, dies at 61   

1580  Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherlands, dies on this day in history.