On this day: 30 March
Events, births and deaths on 30 March. Every date is checked against Wikidata.
Years ago today
1 year ago2025
Nothing recorded for that year.
10 years ago2016
Nothing recorded for that year.
100 years ago1926
- Births · Ingvar Kamprad
1000 years ago1026
Within 100 years of that
- 987 · Deaths · Arnulf II, count of Flanders
Events · 16
- 1296Capture of Berwick — 1296 battle of the First War of Scottish Independence
- 1844Battle of Santiago (1844) — battle of the Dominican War of Independence
- 1856Treaty of Paris — 1856 treaty
- 1867Alaska Purchase — 1867 sale of Alaska to the USA by Russia
- 1912Treaty of Fes — colonial treaty signed March 30, 1912 that made Morocco a French protectorate
- 1940Wang Jingwei regime — Chinese puppet government under the Empire of Japan; existed from 1940 to 1945
- 1940National Government Committee (Wang Jingwei regime) — organ in charge of political affairs of Wang Jingwei National Government
- 19491949 anti-NATO riot in Iceland — riots against the Icelandic parliament's decision to join NATO
- 1961Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs — international treaty on recreational drugs
- 1964
- 1967Delta Air Lines Flight 9877 — 1967 aviation accident
- 1979assassination of Airey Neave — 1979 murder in City of Westminister, London
- 1981attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan — 1981 shooting of US President Ronald Reagan and murder of then White House Press Secretary James Brady
- 20022002 Lyon car attack — 2002 anti-semetic terrorist attack in Lyon, France
- 20092009 Lahore police academy attacks — 2009 terrorist attack in Pakistan
- 20182018–2019 Gaza border protests — escalation on the Israel–Gaza border starting in 2018
Births · 60
- 1135(Julian date)Moshe ben Maimon — Medieval Jewish philosopher from Spain (1135–1204)
- 1326(Julian date)Ivan II of Moscow — Grand Prince of Moscow (1326-1359)
- 1432(Julian date)Mehmed II — seventh Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1444–1446, 1451–1481)
- 1746Francisco Goya — Spanish painter and printmaker (1746–1828)
- 1754Jean-François Pilatre de Rozier — French balloonist
- 1793Juan Manuel de Rosas meow — Argentine politician (1793-1877)
- 1811Robert Bunsen — German chemist (1811-1899)
- 1820Anna Sewell — English novelist
- 1844Paul Verlaine — French poet (1844-1896)
- 1853Vincent van Gogh — Dutch painter (1853–1890)
- 1863Mary Whiton Calkins — American philosopher and psychologist (1863–1930)
- 1864Franz Oppenheimer — German-Jewish physician, sociologist and political economist (1864-1943)
- 1880Seán O'Casey — Irish writer (1880–1964)
- 1882Melanie Klein — British Austrian born psychoanalyst (1882–1960)
- 1892Stefan Banach — Polish mathematician (1892–1945)
- 1892Erwin Panofsky — German art historian (1892–1968)
- 1892Erhard Milch — German officer, NSDAP, most recently field marshal in the Third Reich, war criminal (1892–1972)
- 1895Jean Giono — French writer (1895–1970)
- 1913Frankie Laine — American pop singer, songwriter, and actor (1913–2007)
- 1913Ċensu Tabone — President of Malta (1913-2012)
- 1926Ingvar Kamprad — Swedish business magnate (1926-2018)
- 1928Robert Badinter — French lawyer, politician and author (1928–2024)
- 1928Tom Sharpe — English satirical novelist (1928-2013)
- 1930John Astin — American actor and director (born 1930)
- 1933Jean-Claude Brialy — French actor and director (1933-2007)
Deaths · 60
- 365(Julian date)Emperor Ai of Jin — emperor of the Jin Dynasty (265–420)
- 987(Julian date)Arnulf II, count of Flanders — Count of Flanders (965–987)
- 1180(Julian date)Al-Mustadi — Mûstadhî (Abbasi) (1142-1180)
- 1202(Julian date)Joachim of Fiore — Italian abbot
- 1465(Julian date)Isabella, Princess of Taranto — Queen consort of Naples and suo jure Princess of Taranto
- 1472(Julian date)Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy — Duke of Savoy and Blessed
- 1559(Julian date)Adam Ries — German mathematician
- 1662François le Métel de Boisrobert — French poet, playwright, and courtier (1592-1662)
- 1689Kazimierz Łyszczyński — Polish philosopher (1634–1689)
- 1707Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban — French military engineer (1633–1707)
- 1764Pietro Locatelli — Italian Baroque composer and violinist (1695-1764)
- 1783William Hunter — British anatomist and physician (1718-1783)
- 1804Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie — Marshal of France (1718-1804)
- 1806Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire — English socialite, style icon, author, and activist (1757–1806)
- 1830Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden — Grand Duke of Baden (1763-1830)
- 1840Beau Brummell — English man of fashion (1778–1840)
- 1842Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun — French portrait painter (1755–1842)
- 1853Abigail Fillmore — First Lady of the United States from 1850 to 1853
- 1896Harilaos Trikoupis — Prime Minister of Greece (1832-1896)
- 1912Karl May — German writer (1842–1912)
- 1925Rudolf Steiner — Austrian social reformer, occultist and esotericist (1861–1925)
- 1949Friedrich Bergius — German chemist (1884–1949)
- 1950Léon Blum — French politician (1872–1950)
- 1952Jigme Wangchuck — King of Bhutan (1906-1952)
- 1952Nikos Beloyannis — Greek politician and resistance leader (1915–1952)
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