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08/30/0257
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St Sixtus II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
Type: Event
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08/30/0524
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Chlodomer, King of the France to Orl‚ans, dies at about 29
Type: Death
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08/30/0526
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Theodorik the Great, King of Ostrogoten
Type: Death
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08/30/0580
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Mohammed, Arabic prophet/founder (Islam)
Type: Birth
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08/30/1125
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Duke Lotharius of Supplinburg elected king of Germany
Type: Event
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08/30/1146
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European leaders outlaw crossbow intending to ending war for all time
Type: Event
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08/30/1181
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Alexander III, [Orlando Bandinelli], Italian Pope (1159-81), dies
Type: Death
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08/30/1334
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Pedro, the Cruel, King of Castilia and Leon
Type: Birth
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08/30/1464
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Pietro Barbo elected to succeed Pope Pius II (Paul II)
Type: Event
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08/30/1481
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2 Latvian monarchs executed for conspiracy to Polish king Kazimierz IV
Type: Event
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08/30/1482
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Louis van Bourbon, prince-Bishop of Luik (Cluppelslagers), dies
Type: Death
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08/30/1483
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Louis XI, King of France (1461-83), dies at 60
Type: Death
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08/30/1529
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Juan del Encina, composer, dies at 61
Type: Death
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08/30/1563
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Jewish community of Neutitschlin Moravia expelled
Type: Event
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08/30/1580
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Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherlands, dies
Type: Death
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08/30/1609
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Artus I Quellinus "the Old", Flemish sculptor, baptised
Type: Birth
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08/30/1645
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Dutch and Indians sign peace treaty (New Amsterdam (NY))
Type: Event
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08/30/1666
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Benedictus Carpzovius, [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer, dies
Type: Death
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08/30/1673
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Leopold I, Spain, Netherlands and Lutherans form anti-French covenant
Type: Event
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08/30/1682
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William Penn left England to sail to New World
Type: Event
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08/30/1687
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Francesco Maria Vallara, composer
Type: Birth
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08/30/1693
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Jacobus Nozeman, Dutch composer/organist
Type: Birth
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08/30/1721
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Russian/Swedish Peace of Nystad, ends North Sea War
Type: Event
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08/30/1745
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Jean-Baptiste Maurice Quinault, composer, dies at 57
Type: Death
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08/30/1748
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Jacques-Louis David, France, Neoclassical painter (Death of Marat)
Type: Birth
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08/30/1751
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Georg Friedrich H„ndel completes oratorio "Jephtha"
Type: Event
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08/30/1757
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Battle at Gross J„gerndorf: Russian army beats Prussia [OS=Aug 19]
Type: Event
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08/30/1767
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Christian Frederich Gottlieb Schwencke, composer
Type: Birth
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08/30/1769
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Bonifacio Asioli, composer/music writer
Type: Birth
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08/30/1772
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Henri D Count de Larochejacquelin, French royalist leader
Type: Birth
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08/30/1776
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US army evacuates Long Island/falls back to Manhattan, NYC
Type: Event
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08/30/1781
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French fleet of 24 ships under Comte de Grasse defeat British under Admiral Graves at battle of Chesapeake Capes in Revolutionary War
Type: Event
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08/30/1797
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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, London England, author (Frankenstein)
Type: Birth
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08/30/1799
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Bataafse fleet surrender to English
Type: Event
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08/30/1804
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Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka) [OS]
Type: Birth
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08/30/1805
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Michael Sars, Norwegian zoologist
Type: Birth
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08/30/1808
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Joseph Anton Bauer, composer, dies at 83
Type: Death
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08/30/1809
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Adolf Friedrich Hesse, composer
Type: Birth
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08/30/1809
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Ignacy Potocki, Polish Foreign Minister (constitution), dies
Type: Death
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08/30/1811
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Thomas Gautier, writer
Type: Birth
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08/30/1820
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George Frederick Root, composer
Type: Birth
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08/30/1826
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Theodor Zwetler, composer, dies at 67
Type: Death
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08/30/1831
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Charles Darwin refuses to travel with HMS Beagle
Type: Event
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08/30/1837
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Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, 1st lady (1881-85)
Type: Birth
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08/30/1842
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Victor Alphonse Duvernoy, composer
Type: Birth
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08/30/1843
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1st blacks participation in natl political convention (Liberty Party)
Type: Event
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08/30/1844
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Friedrich Ratzel, German social-geographer (Lebensraum)
Type: Birth
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08/30/1844
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Francis Baily, English astronomer/mathematician (Baily's Beads), dies
Type: Death
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08/30/1849
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Joseph Mallaby Dent, Dutch publisher
Type: Birth
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08/30/1850
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Honolulu, Hawaii becomes a city
Type: Event
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