Events on 30 April 54
See all →Year 313
Battle of Tzirallum: Emperor Licinius defeats Maximinus II and unifies the Eastern Roman Empire.
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
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
See all →Casimir III of Poland
b. 1310 – d. 1368
King Casimir III of Poland (d. 1368)
Gaston III, Count of Foix
b. 1331 – d. 1391
Gaston III, Count of Foix (d. 1391)
William III, Landgrave of Thuringia
b. 1425 – d. 1482
William III, Landgrave of Thuringia (d. 1482)
Francesco Primaticcio
b. 1504 – d. 1570
Francesco Primaticcio, Italian painter (d. 1570)
Louise of Lorraine
b. 1553 – d. 1601
Louise of Lorraine (d. 1601)
François de Laval
b. 1623 – d. 1708
François de Laval, French-Canadian bishop (b. 1623)
Jean-Baptiste de La Salle
b. 1651 – d. 1719
Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, French priest and saint (d. 1719)
Mary II of England
b. 1662 – d. 1694
Mary II of England (d. 1694)
François Louis, Prince of Conti
b. 1664 – d. 1709
François Louis, Prince of Conti (d. 1709)
Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée
b. 1710 – d. 1795
Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (d. 1795)
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
d. 535 (b. 495)
Amalasuntha, Italian daughter of Theoderic the Great (b. 495)
Hildegard of the Vinzgau
d. 783 (b. 758)
Hildegard of the Vinzgau (b. 758)
Eckard I, Margrave of Meissen
d. 1002
Eckard I, Margrave of Meissen
Mahmud of Ghazni
d. 1030 (b. 971)
Mahmud of Ghazni (b. 971)
Emperor Renzong of Song
d. 1063 (b. 1010)
Emperor Renzong of Song (d. 1063)
Adjutor
d. 1131
Adjutor, French knight and saint
Roger de Flor
d. 1305
Roger de Flor, Italian military adventurer
John III, Duke of Brittany
d. 1341 (b. 1286)
John III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1285)
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
d. 1524 (b. 1473)
Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, French soldier (b. 1473)
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)