30 August - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on August 30, the day number in a year is 242 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 243. August 30 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
August 30 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 1569 | Sultan Salim Mirza alias Jahangir, the eldest son of Mughal emperor Akbar and heir to the throne was born. |
| 1574 | Guru Ram Das became the fourth Guru of the Sikhs. |
| 1659 | Dara Shikoh was hanged by Aurangzeb. |
| 1721 | The North Sea War ended with Russian / Swedish peace. |
| 1799 | Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland-A squadron of the navy ofthe Batavian Republic surrendered to the Royal Navy without a fight nearWieringen. |
| 1806 | New York City's second daily newspaper Daily Advertiser was last published in America. |
| 1813 | Creek War-A force of Creeks, belonging to the Red Sticksfaction killed hundreds of settlers in Fort Mims in Alabama. |
| 1835 | European settlers landing on the north banks of the Yarra Riverin Southeastern Australia founded the city of Melbourne. |
| 1835 | The city of Melbourne was found by European settlers landing on the northern bank of the Yar River in southern Australia. |
| 1836 | Real estate entrepreneurs John Kirby Allen and Augustus ChapmanAllen founded the city of Houston on land near the banks of BuffaloBayou in present-day Texas. |
| 1836 | The city of Melbourne was founded. |
| 1836 | The city of Houston, Texas was founded. |
| 1856 | Battle of Osawatomy: ProSlavari forces defeated the Antislavery Force in Bleeding Kansas. |
| 1861 | John Fremons proposed to free the slaves of the Missouri rebels. |
| 1862 | American Civil War-In separate actions, Confederate forceswere victorious in both the Battle of Richmond in Kentucky and the Second Battle of Bull Run in Prince William County, Virginia. |
| 1889 | The Royal Mail Mount Pleasant Shorting Office was officially inaugurated in London. |
| 1895 | In Belgium, Roman Catholic education was compulsory. |
| 1896 | Philippine Revolution-In the Battle of San Juan del Monte, the first real battle of the war, a Katipunan force temporarily captured apowder magazine before being beaten back by a Spanish garrison. |
| 1909 | American paleontologist Charles Walcott discovered the BurgessShale, one of the world's most celebrated fossil fields, in the Canadian Rockies in British Columbia. |
| 1911 | Sir William Ramsay predicts that Britain's coal supply will end by 2086 |
| 1914 | World War I-The Battle of Tannenberg resulted in the almostcomplete destruction of the Russian Second Army by the German Eighth Army. |
| 1918 | Fanni Kaplan shot and wounded Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin,helping to spark the Red Terror in the future Soviet Union, a repressionagainst Socialist-Revolutionary Party members and other politicalopponents. |
| 1928 | The Independence of India League was established in India. |
| 1935 | The Wealth Tax Act, an initiative of President Roosevelt, imposed more taxes on rich citizens and big businesses, while lowering taxes for small businesses. |
| 1936 | Freedom fighter Bhikaji Cama died. |
| 1942 | Second World War-Erwin Rommel launched the last major Axisoffensive of the Western Desert Campaign, attacking the British EighthArmy position near El Alamein, Egypt. |
| 1945 | At the end of the second world war, the Allied Military Control Council was established over Germany. |
| 1959 | The title of National Hero of Indonesia was first given, to thewriter-cum-politician Abdul Muis. |
| 1976 | More than two hundred policemen were injured in the rioting at Notting Hill Carnival. |
| 1984 | Space Shuttle Discovery took off on its maiden voyage. |
| 1984 | The spacecraft Discovery took off for the first time. |
| 1995 | Bosnian War-NATO began its bombing campaign against the Armyof Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
| 2001 | The new Euro currency is introduced in Frankfurt, Germany, before its formal introduction, which is supposed to be next year. |
| 2002 | Conoco Inc. and Philips Petroleum merged to form ConocoPhillips. It was the third largest integrated energy company in America and the second largest refining company. |
| 2006 | Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter effectively finished aero-braking, and is getting ready to enter a Sun synchronized science orbit at Mars. |
| 2007 | Nawaz Sharif, former Prime Minister of Pakistan, claims that he will come back to Pakistan from expatriation after winning a case in the Supreme Court of Pakistan. |
| 2008 | A congested Indian Army boat transports victims of the 2008 Indian floods overturns killing at least 25 people. |
| 2009 | Al Qaeda accepts responsibility for the attempted assassination of Saudi Prince, Muhammad bin Nayef. |
| 2010 | Worry is conveyed about the 500 women who have disappeared in Canada on the International Day of the Disappeared. |
| 2011 | Three suicide bombings, kills 9 and wounds 20 in Grozny, the capital of the Republic of Chechnya, Russia. |
| 2012 | Permex, Mexico’s state-owned oil company, in the northern state of Tamaulipas, finds a large crude oil accumulation; the deposits could at least comprise of 250 - 400 million barrels of oil. |
| 2013 | In Greenland a canyon over 800km long is discovered up to 800m deep in different places below the ice sheet covering the country; the canyon is longer than Arizona's Grand Canyon; it was carved out by a river over four million years ago. |
| 2013 | India's first defense satellite GSAT-7 was launched from French Guiana in South America. |
| 2014 | Prime Minister Tom Thabane of the South African country of Lesotho fled to South Africa following alleged coup attempts by the military. |
Famous Birthdays of August 30:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1954 | Ravi Shankar Prasad / Politician / India |
| 1942 | Jonathan Aitken / Politician / Ireland |
| 1943 | David Maslanka / Academic / United States of America |
| 1977 | Marlon Byrd / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1936 | Jamuna / Actor / India |
| 1883 | Theo van Doesburg / Artist / Netherlands |
| 1983 | Simone Pepe / Footballer / Italy |
| 1918 | Binayak Acharya / Politician / India |
| 1903 | Bhagwati Charan Verma / Author / India |
| 1981 | Germán Legarreta / Actor / United States of America |
| 1915 | Robert Strassburg / Composer / United States of America |
| 1985 | Éva Risztov / Swimmer / Hungary |
| 1974 | Aaron Barrett / Writer / United States of America |
| 1958 | Peter Tunks / Rugby Player / Australia |
| 1991 | Jacqueline Cako / Tennis Player / United States of America |
| 1959 | Mark "Jacko" Jackson / Footballer / Australia |
| 1994 | Monika Povilaitytė / Volleyball Player / Lithuania |
| 1937 | Bruce McLaren / Engineer / New Zealand |
| 1927 | Bill Daily / Actor / United States of America |
| 1964 | Ra Luhse / Architect / Estonia |
| 1955 | Jamie Moses / Guitarist / United States of America |
| 1977 | Shaun Alexander / Footballer / United States of America |
| 1960 | Gary Gordon / Sergeant / United States of America |
| 1986 | Zafer Yelen / Footballer / Turkey |
| 1885 | Tedda Courtney / Rugby Player / Australia |
| 1928 | Harvey Hart / Producer / Canada |
| 1953 | Horace Panter / Bass Player / United Kingdom |
| 1983 | Marco Vianello / Footballer / Italy |
| 1939 | John Peel / Producer / United Kingdom |
| 1941 | Sue MacGregor / Journalist / United Kingdom |
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