Events on 30 October 48
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Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of the Iron Bridge.
Year 1270
The Eighth Crusade and siege of Tunis end by an agreement between Charles I of Sicily (brother to King Louis IX of France, who had died months earlier) and the sultan of Tunis.
Year 1340
Portuguese and Castilian forces halt a Marinid invasion at the Battle of Río Salado.
Year 1501
Ballet of Chestnuts: A banquet held by Cesare Borgia in the Papal Palace where fifty prostitutes or courtesans are in attendance for the entertainment of the guests.
Year 1657
Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Ocho Rios during the Anglo-Spanish War.
Year 1806
Believing he is facing a much larger force, Prussian Lieutenant General Friedrich von Romberg, commanding 5,300 men, surrendered the city of Stettin to 800 French soldiers commanded by General Lassalle.
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