According to Gregory calendar, January 30 is the day number 30 in a given year. January 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.

Important Historical Events of 30 January in the World ⚡

Event YearIncident/Event
1018The German–Polish War ended with the signing of the Peace of Bautzen between Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor and the First ruler of Poland Boleslaw II.
1530Rana Sangram Singh of Mewar died.
1649English Civil War-King Charles I, who was defeated in both the First and the Second Civil Wars, was beheaded for high treason infront of the Banqueting House in London.
1649Emperor of England 'Charles I' was beheaded.
1661Two years after his death, Oliver Cromwell's remains were exhumed for a posthumous execution and his head was placed on a spike above Westminster Hall in London, where it remained until 1685.
1713England and the Netherlands signed the Second Anti French Border Treaty.
1737Italian physicist and mathematician Luichi Galvani, who discovered lightning in the bodies of living beings, was born in Bolonia city.
1774Captain James Cook reached 71 ° 10 'South, 1820 km from the South Pole.
1826The Menai Suspension Bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey and the mainland of Wales, one of the world's first modern suspension bridge, opened.
1835Richard Lawrence became the first person to make an assassination attempt on a sitting US president when he failed to kill Andrew Jackson and was subdued by the crowd.
1847The town of Yerba Buena in Mexican California was renamed San Francisco.
1858The Hallé, the United Kingdom's oldest extant symphony orchestra, and the fourth oldest in the world, held their first concert in Manchester.
1862The first iron-clad warship of the US Navy was launched.
1889Archduke Rudolf, heir to the Austro-Hungarian crown, was found dead in a suicide pact with his mistress Baroness Mary Vetsera in Mayerling.
1889Famous Hindi litterateur Jaishankar Prasad was born.
1903Lord Curzon inaugurated the 'Imperial Library' at Metcalf Hall, Kolkata (then Kolkata).
1911The Canadian Naval Service was renamed the 'Royal Canadian Navy'.
1922World Law Day was celebrated for the first time.
1930Soviet meteorologist Pavel Molchanov launched one of the world's first radiosondes, a device attached to weather balloons to measure various atmospheric parameters.
1945World War II-Allied forces liberated over 500 prisoners of war from a Japanese POW camp near Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija, Philippines.
1949Night air mail service started.
1959On the return leg of her maiden voyage, the 'unsinkable' Danish ocean liner Hans Hedtoft struck an iceberg and sank with all hands lost.
1964In a bloodless coup, General Nguyen Khanh overthrew GeneralDuong Van Minh's military junta in South Vietnam, less than three monthsafter Minh executed a bloody coup himself.
1965The people of Britain bid farewell to Winston Churchill.
1968Vietnam War-Forces of the Viet Cong and the Vietnam People's Army launched the Tet Offensive to strike military and civilian commandand control centers throughout South Vietnam.
1968The great Hindi journalist and litterateur Makhan Lal Chaturvedi died.
1972On Bloody Sunday, members of the British Parachute Regiment Shot at twenty-six civil rights protesters in Derry, Northern Ireland,killing at least thirteen people.
1982Richard Skrenta 'Elk Cloner' became the first known computer virus found 'in the wild'. It infected Apple II computer via floppy disk.
1989The US closed its embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan.
1998The famous all star Florida Marlins catcher Daulton retired from his post in the year 1998. It was sad news for lovers or fans.
1998The premiers of Paul Simon's “The Capeman” released in the theatres.
2000170 died in Kenya Airways flight 431 crash near Cote d'Iviore and the cause of the crash was mechanical problems in the flight.
2000Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashed into the Pacific Ocean near Côte d'Ivoire shortly after takeoff, killing 169 on board.
2003Belgium legally approved gay marriage, becoming the second country in the world to agree to do so.
2005After a long gap of several years the parliamentary elections of Iraq took place in 2005 after 1958.
2007Microsoft released its new operating system Windows Vista in 2007.
2008Abdul Karim Telgi, the main accused in the famous stamp paper scam case, was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment.
2011Over half a million people participated in the world's largest wildlife survey after extreme cold drives exotic birds into Britain's back garden.
2012Occupy DC activists are prohibited from camping in freedom plaza and McPherson square.
2012A fake medicine crisis at cardiology hospital in Lahore leads to loss of around 112 liver.
2013The manufacturer of wireless devices released Blackberry 10.
2013South Korea launched its first carrier rocket Narrow-1.
2014The explorer of seas Royal Caribbean cruise liner returned to port after 700 of its 3050 passengers became ill with gas gastroenteritis, the liner was suspected to be the Novo virus, a variant strain of the species Norwalk virus.

Important Historical Events of 30 January in India ⚡

Event YearIncident/Event
1913Famous Indian painter Amrita She Ragil was born.
1948Nathuram Godse fatally shot Mahatma Gandhi, thepolitical and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement, at Birla House in Delhi.
1948Mahatma Gandhi, who made his significant contribution to the freedom struggle of India, was assassinated by Nathu Ram Godse.

Important Days of 30 January National & International Days 🏁

Day/ObservanceLevel
World Leprosy DayInternational Day
Sarvodaya DayInternational Day
Drug Free Resolution And Pledge DayNational Day
Mahatma Gandhi Memorial DayNational Day
Mourning DayNational Day
Sarvodaya DayNational Day
3Rd World Neglected Tropical Disease DayInternational Day
Martyrs Day / Shaheed DiwasNational Day

Famous People's Birthdays on 30 January 😀

Birth YearName/Category/Country
1889Jaishankar Prasad / Poet / India
1890Jai Shankar Prasad / Writer / India
1910Chidambaram Subramaniam / Politician / India
1913Amrita Shergill / Painter / India
1924S. N. Goenka / Author / India
1980Gurdeep Kohli / Actress / India
1987Puja Gupta / Actress / India

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