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30

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54 events  ·  93 deaths  ·  171 births

Events on 30 April 54

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Year 311

The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends.

Year 313

Battle of Tzirallum: Emperor Licinius defeats Maximinus II and unifies the Eastern Roman Empire.

Year 642

Chindasuinth is proclaimed king by the Visigothic nobility and bishops.

Year 1315

Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged at the instigation of Charles, Count of Valois.

Year 1492

Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration.

Year 1513

Edmund de la Pole, Yorkist pretender to the English throne, is executed on the orders of Henry VIII.

Year 1557

Mapuche leader Lautaro is killed by Spanish forces at the Battle of Mataquito in Chile.

Year 1598

Juan de Oñate makes a formal declaration of his Conquest of New Mexico.

Year 1598

Henry IV of France issues the Edict of Nantes, allowing freedom of religion to the Huguenots.

Year 1636

Eighty Years' War: Dutch Republic forces recapture a strategically important fort from Spain after a nine-month siege.

Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 1

Birthdays on 30 April 171

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Casimir III of Poland
Casimir III of Poland
b. 1310 – d. 1368
King Casimir III of Poland (d. 1368)
Gaston III, Count of Foix
Gaston III, Count of Foix
b. 1331 – d. 1391
Gaston III, Count of Foix (d. 1391)
William III, Landgrave of Thuringia
William III, Landgrave of Thuringia
b. 1425 – d. 1482
William III, Landgrave of Thuringia (d. 1482)
Francesco Primaticcio
Francesco Primaticcio
b. 1504 – d. 1570
Francesco Primaticcio, Italian painter (d. 1570)
Louise of Lorraine
Louise of Lorraine
b. 1553 – d. 1601
Louise of Lorraine (d. 1601)
François de Laval
François de Laval
b. 1623 – d. 1708
François de Laval, French-Canadian bishop (b. 1623)
Jean-Baptiste de La Salle
Jean-Baptiste de La Salle
b. 1651 – d. 1719
Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, French priest and saint (d. 1719)
Mary II of England
Mary II of England
b. 1662 – d. 1694
Mary II of England (d. 1694)
François Louis, Prince of Conti
François Louis, Prince of Conti
b. 1664 – d. 1709
François Louis, Prince of Conti (d. 1709)
Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée
Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée
b. 1710 – d. 1795
Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (d. 1795)
Mathurin Jacques Brisson
Mathurin Jacques Brisson
b. 1723 – d. 1806
Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French zoologist and philosopher (d. 1806)
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Emmanuel Vitale
b. 1758 – d. 1802
Emmanuel Vitale, Maltese commander and politician (d. 1802)

Deaths on 30 April 93

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Emperor An of Han
d. 125 (b. 94)
Emperor An of Han of the Chinese Han Dynasty (b. 94)
Amalasuntha
Amalasuntha
d. 535 (b. 495)
Amalasuntha, Italian daughter of Theoderic the Great (b. 495)
Hildegard of the Vinzgau
Hildegard of the Vinzgau
d. 783 (b. 758)
Hildegard of the Vinzgau (b. 758)
Eckard I, Margrave of Meissen
Eckard I, Margrave of Meissen
d. 1002
Eckard I, Margrave of Meissen
Mahmud of Ghazni
Mahmud of Ghazni
d. 1030 (b. 971)
Mahmud of Ghazni (b. 971)
Emperor Renzong of Song
Emperor Renzong of Song
d. 1063 (b. 1010)
Emperor Renzong of Song (d. 1063)
Adjutor
Adjutor
d. 1131
Adjutor, French knight and saint
Roger de Flor
Roger de Flor
d. 1305
Roger de Flor, Italian military adventurer
John III, Duke of Brittany
John III, Duke of Brittany
d. 1341 (b. 1286)
John III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1285)
Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick
Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick
d. 1439 (b. 1382)
Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, English commander (b. 1382)
Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard
Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard
d. 1524 (b. 1473)
Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, French soldier (b. 1473)
Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden
Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden
d. 1544 (b. 1488)
Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, English lawyer and judge, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1488)