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Events on 30 August 39

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Year 526

King Theoderic the Great dies of dysentery at Ravenna; his daughter Amalasuntha takes power as regent for her 10-year-old son Athalaric.

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Year 1282

Peter III of Aragon lands at Trapani to intervene in the War of the Sicilian Vespers.

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Year 1363

The five-week Battle of Lake Poyang begins, in which the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders (Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang) meet to decide who will supplant the Yuan dynasty.

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Year 1464

Pope Paul II succeeds Pope Pius II as the 211th pope.

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Year 1574

Guru Ram Das becomes the Fourth Sikh Guru/Master.

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Year 1590

Tokugawa Ieyasu enters Edo Castle. (Traditional Japanese date: August 1, 1590)

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Year 1727

Anne, eldest daughter of King George II of Great Britain, is given the title Princess Royal.

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Year 1791

HMS Pandora sinks after having run aground on the outer Great Barrier Reef the previous day.

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Year 1799

The entire Dutch fleet is captured by British forces under the command of Sir Ralph Abercromby and Admiral Sir Charles Mitchell during the War of the Second Coalition.

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Year 1800

Gabriel Prosser postpones a planned slave rebellion in Richmond, Virginia, but is arrested before he can make it happen.

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Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 6

🇮🇷 Iran · Birthday of Muhammad and Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq (estimated)

🇰🇿 Kazakhstan · Constitution Day

🇵🇪 Peru · Rose of Lima Day

🇸🇪 Sweden · Sunday

🇹🇱 Timor-Leste · Popular Consultation Day

🇹🇷 Turkey · Victory Day

Birthdays on 30 August 208

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Peter of Castile

b. 1334 – d. 1369

Peter of Castile (d. 1369)

Jahangir

b. 1569 – d. 1627

Jahangir, Mughal emperor (d. 1627)

Albert Szenczi Molnár

b. 1574 – d. 1634

Albert Szenczi Molnár, Hungarian writer and translator (d. 1634)

Sir Alexander Carew, 2nd Baronet

b. 1609 – d. 1644

Sir Alexander Carew, 2nd Baronet, English politician (d. 1644)

Artus Quellinus the Elder

b. 1609 – d. 1668

Artus Quellinus the Elder, Flemish sculptor (d. 1668)

Itō Jinsai

b. 1627 – d. 1705

Itō Jinsai, Japanese philosopher (d. 1705)

Capability Brown

b. 1716 – d. 1783

Capability Brown, British landscape architect (d. 1783)

Samuel Whitbread (1720-1796)

b. 1720 – d. 1796

Samuel Whitbread, English brewer and politician, founded Whitbread (d. 1796)

Jacques-Louis David

b. 1748 – d. 1825

Jacques-Louis David, French painter and illustrator (d. 1825)

Joseph Dennie

b. 1768 – d. 1812

Joseph Dennie, American author and journalist (d. 1812)

Mary Shelley

b. 1797 – d. 1851

Mary Shelley, English novelist and playwright (d. 1851)

Agoston Haraszthy

b. 1812 – d. 1869

Agoston Haraszthy, Hungarian-American businessman, founded Buena Vista Winery (d. 1869)

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Deaths on 30 August 92

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Theodoric the Great

d. 526 (b. 454)

Theodoric the Great, Italian ruler (b. 454)

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Cui Qun

d. 832 (b. 772)

Cui Qun, Chinese chancellor (b. 772)

Hervey le Breton

d. 1131

Hervey le Breton, bishop of Bangor and Ely

Pope Alexander III

d. 1181

Pope Alexander III (b. c. 1100-1105)

Khutughtu Khan Kusala

d. 1329 (b. 1300)

Khutughtu Khan Kusala, Chinese emperor (b. 1300)

Emperor Shōkō

d. 1428 (b. 1401)

Emperor Shōkō of Japan (b. 1401)

Louis XI of France

d. 1483 (b. 1423)

Louis XI of France (b. 1423)

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Victor, Duke of Münsterberg

d. 1500 (b. 1443)

Victor, Duke of Münsterberg and Opava, Count of Glatz (b. 1443)

Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy

d. 1580 (b. 1528)

Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (b. 1528)

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John Juvenal Ancina

d. 1604 (b. 1545)

John Juvenal Ancina, Italian Oratorian and bishop (b. 1545)

Shimazu Yoshihiro

d. 1619 (b. 1535)

Shimazu Yoshihiro, Japanese samurai and warlord (b. 1535)

Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī

d. 1621 (b. 1547)

Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī, co-founder of Isfahan School of Islamic Philosophy (b. 1547)

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