Today in History
30 November
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30 November |
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| 1016 English King Edmund II died. Known as "Ironside" for his fierce resistance to the invading Canute who eventually defeated him and became King on Edmund's death | ||
| 1215 Pope Innocent III closes 4th council of Lateranen | ||
| 1340 John duke of Berry, captain of Paris/art collector was born | ||
| 1373 Ferdinand I, the Righteous, king of Aragon/Sicily was born | ||
| 1406 Angelo Correr elected Pope Gregory XII | ||
| 1427 Kazimierz IV, king of Poland (1447-92) was born | ||
| 1466 Andrea Doria, Genoese statesman/admiral was born | ||
| 1523 Amsterdam bans assembly of heretics | ||
| 1554 England reconciles with Pope Julius III | ||
| 1622 Thomas of Apshoven, Flemish painter, baptized was born | ||
| 1630 16,000 inhabitants of Venice died this month of plague | ||
| 1648 English army captures King Charles I | ||
| 1678 Roman Catholics banned from English parliament | ||
| 1699 Christian VI, king of Denmark/Norway was born | ||
| 1700 Turkey declares war on Russia | ||
| 1700 Eight thousand Swedish troops under King Charles XII defeated a force of at least 50,000 Russians at the Battle of Narva. At least 10,000 Russians died. The army lost 600. Charles XII died on this day in 1718 during an invasion of Norway. | ||
| 1700 Utrecht/Overijssel/Buren/Leerdam/IJsselstein go on Gregoria calendar | ||
| 1731 Beijing hit by Earthquake; about 100,000 die | ||
| 1735 States of Holland forbid Free Masonry | ||
| 1747 Dutch State of Zealand declare governorship hereditary for women | ||
| 1753 Benjamin Franklin receives Godfrey Copley-Penny | ||
| 1764 Franz Xaver Gerl, composer was born | ||
| 1776 Capt Cook begins 3rd & last trip to Pacific (South Sea) | ||
| 1782 Britain signs agreement recognizing US independence | ||
| 1787 Spanish governor leaves Philippines | ||
| 1803 Spain cedes her claims to Louisiana Territory to France | ||
| 1810 Oliver Fisher Winchester, rifle maker (Winchester) was born | ||
| 1813 Prince Willem Frederik returns to Netherlands | ||
| 1838 After the French occupation of Vera Cruz three days earlier, Mexico declared war on France. | ||
| 1853 In the Crimean War, the Russian fleet attacked and destroyed the Turkish fleet and part of the harbor at the battle of Sinope. | ||
| 1863 Confederate troops vacate Fort Esperanza, Texas | ||
| 1864 Battle of Franklin Tenn: Confederate attack fails, 7,700 casualities | ||
| 1866 Work begins on 1st US underwater highway tunnel, Chicago | ||
| 1885 Opera "El Cid" premieres (Paris) | ||
| 1891 Pope Leo XIII's encyclical "Rerum novarum" published | ||
| 1900 Korneel Goossens, Flemish literature/art historian was born | ||
| 1900 Oscar Wilde, Irish poet, wit and dramatist, died in poverty and exile in Paris. Famous for "The Importance of Being Earnest" and "The Picture of Dorian Gray." | ||
| 1922 1st speed test of 1st genuine Japanese aircraft carrier Hosho | ||
| 1931 Crystal Palace in Hyde Park London destroyed by fire | ||
| 1939 More than 20 Russian divisions -- almost half a million men -- invaded Finland in the "Winter War." | ||
| 1942 -Dec 1st: Sea battle at Tassafaronga, Guadalcanal | ||
| 1947 Arab terrorist campaign opens in Palestine | ||
| 1948 Soviets set up a separate municipal government in East Berlin | ||
| 1949 Chinese Communists captured Chungking | ||
| 1950 US Pres Truman threatens China with atom bomb | ||
| 1953 French parachutist under Col De Castries attacks Dien Bien Phu | ||
| 1954 John Str˜dom succeeds Malan as premier of South Africa | ||
| 1955 Argentine government disbands Peronistic party | ||
| 1957 Assassination attempt on Indonesian president Sukarno, kills 8 | ||
| 1961 USSR vetoes Kuwaits application for UN membership | ||
| 1967 Democratic People's republic of Yemen gains independence | ||
| 1967 People's Democratic Republic of Yemen declares independence from U | ||
| 1967 People's Rep of South Yemen (Aden) gains independence from Britain | ||
| 1975 Dahomey becomes Benin | ||
| 1981 South Africa anti apartheid advocate Bulelani Ngcuka arrested | ||
| 1982 US sub Thomas Edison collides with US Navy destroyer in So China Sea | ||
| 1994 Man Mohan Adhikary sworn in as 1st communist premier of Nepal | ||
| 1966 Barbados proclaimed full independence within the Commonwealth | ||
| 1995 Bill Clinton became the first U.S. president to visit Northern Ireland. He was greeted like a hero by protestants and Roman Catholics alike and said: "The time has come for the peacemakers to triumph in Northern Ireland." |