Events on 30 January 45
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An estimated 200 square miles (51,800 ha) along the coasts of the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary in England are destroyed by massive flooding, resulting in an estimated 2,000 deaths.
Year 1648
Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster and Osnabrück is signed, ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain.
Year 1661
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, is ritually executed more than two years after his death, on the 12th anniversary of the execution of the monarch he himself deposed.
Year 1703
The Forty-seven Ronin, under the command of Ōishi Kuranosuke, avenge the death of their master.
Year 1789
Tây Sơn forces emerge victorious against Qing armies and liberate the capital Thăng Long.
Year 1806
The original Lower Trenton Bridge (also called the Trenton Makes the World Takes Bridge), which spans the Delaware River between Morrisville, Pennsylvania and Trenton, New Jersey, is opened.
Year 1820
Edward Bransfield sights the Trinity Peninsula and claims the discovery of Antarctica.
Year 1826
The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world's first modern suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the north West coast of Wales, is opened.
Birthdays on 30 January 158
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Deaths on 30 January 75
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