This day in History - August 30

345 Historic Events for August 30
257 Event St Sixtus II begins his reign as Catholic Pope
524 Death Chlodomer, King of the France to Orl‚ans, dies at about 29
526 Death Theodorik the Great, King of Ostrogoten
580 Birth Mohammed, Arabic prophet/founder (Islam)
1125 Event Duke Lotharius of Supplinburg elected king of Germany
1146 Event European leaders outlaw crossbow intending to ending war for all time
1181 Death Alexander III, [Orlando Bandinelli], Italian Pope (1159-81), dies
1334 Birth Pedro, the Cruel, King of Castilia and Leon
1464 Event Pietro Barbo elected to succeed Pope Pius II (Paul II)
1481 Event 2 Latvian monarchs executed for conspiracy to Polish king Kazimierz IV
1482 Death Louis van Bourbon, prince-Bishop of Luik (Cluppelslagers), dies
1483 Death Louis XI, King of France (1461-83), dies at 60
1529 Death Juan del Encina, composer, dies at 61
1563 Event Jewish community of Neutitschlin Moravia expelled
1580 Death Emanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy/governor of Netherlands, dies
1609 Birth Artus I Quellinus "the Old", Flemish sculptor, baptised
1645 Event Dutch and Indians sign peace treaty (New Amsterdam (NY))
1666 Death Benedictus Carpzovius, [Benedikt Carpzov], German lawyer, dies
1673 Event Leopold I, Spain, Netherlands and Lutherans form anti-French covenant
1682 Event William Penn left England to sail to New World
1687 Birth Francesco Maria Vallara, composer
1693 Birth Jacobus Nozeman, Dutch composer/organist
1721 Event Russian/Swedish Peace of Nystad, ends North Sea War
1745 Death Jean-Baptiste Maurice Quinault, composer, dies at 57
1748 Birth Jacques-Louis David, France, Neoclassical painter (Death of Marat)