May 30th, 1539

Born on May 30th, 1539

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What happened on May 30th, 1539?

May 30th, 1539

In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal of finding gold.

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What else happened on May 30th?

May 30th, 2008

The Convention on Cluster Munitions, prohibiting the use, transfer, and stockpiling of cluster bombs, was adopted.

May 30th, 2005

American student Natalee Holloway disappeared while on a high-school graduation trip to Aruba.

May 30th, 1963

Buddhist crisis: A protest against pro-Catholic discrimination was held outside South Vietnam's National Assembly, the first open demonstration against President Ngô Đình Diệm.

May 30th, 1959

The Auckland Harbour Bridge, spanning Waitematā Harbour between the Saint Marys Bay and Northcote suburbs of Auckland, New Zealand, officially opened.

May 30th, 1948

A dike holding the Columbia River broke, causing a flood that destroyed Vanport, Oregon, U.S., only five years after the city was built.

May 30th, 1943

The first game of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, the forerunner of women's professional league sports in the United States, was played.

May 30th, 1922

The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., featuring a sculpture of the sixteenth U.S. president Abraham Lincoln (pictured) by Daniel Chester French, opened.

May 30th, 1914

RMS Aquitania, the last surviving four-funnel ocean liner, departed from Liverpool on her maiden voyage to New York City.

May 30th, 1899

Pearl Hart, one of the few female outlaws of the American Old West, committed one of the last recorded stagecoach robberies, about 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Globe, Arizona.

May 30th, 1866

Bedřich Smetana's comic opera The Bartered Bride premiered in Prague.

May 30th, 1854

The Kansas–Nebraska Act became law, establishing the U.S. territories of Nebraska and Kansas, and allowing their settlers to determine if slavery would be permitted.

May 30th, 1723

Johann Sebastian Bach (pictured) assumed the office of Thomaskantor in Leipzig, presenting the cantata, Die Elenden sollen essen, BWV 75, in the St. Nicholas Church.

May 30th, 1536

Jane Seymour, a former lady-in-waiting, married King Henry VIII, becoming the queen consort of England.

May 30th, 1431

Hundred Years' War: After being convicted of heresy, Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in Rouen, France.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 30th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 30th?

56

Dante Alighieri

Italian poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)

*May 30th, 1265, Florence †September 13th, 1321, Ravenna

57

Thomas Häßler

German footballer

*May 30th, 1966, West Berlin

43

Steven Gerrard

English association football player and manager

*May 30th, 1980, Whiston

63

Walter Otto

German historian

*May 30th, 1878, Wrocław †November 1st, 1941, Munich

52

Idina Menzel

American actress and singer

*May 30th, 1971, Manhattan

52

Peter the Great

Tsar and 1st Emperor, founder of the Russian Empire

*May 30th, 1672, Moscow †January 28th, 1725, Saint Petersburg

85

Alexey Leonov

Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, first human to conduct a spacewalk (1934-2019)

*May 30th, 1934, Listvyanka †October 11th, 2019, Burdenko Hospital

51

Joachim Rønning

Norwegian film director

*May 30th, 1972, Sandefjord Municipality

72

Stephen Tobolowsky

American actor

*May 30th, 1951, Dallas

61

Tonya Pinkins

Actress, singer, writer, activist, author

*May 30th, 1962, Chicago

80

Luis Rego

Portuguese actor, comedian and musician

*May 30th, 1943, Lisbon

56

Claudia Alexander

American geophysicist and planetary scientist (1959-2015)

*May 30th, 1959, Vancouver †July 11th, 2015, Los Angeles

83

Gustav Leonhardt

Dutch keyboard player, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor

*May 30th, 1928, 's-Graveland †January 16th, 2012, Amsterdam

84

Gerasimos Arsenis

Greek politician (1931-2016)

*May 30th, 1931, Argostoli †April 19th, 2016, Athens

48

CeeLo Green

American singer and rapper

*May 30th, 1975, Atlanta

79

Peter Leeds

American actor (1917-1996)

*May 30th, 1917, Bayonne †November 12th, 1996, Los Angeles

68

Colm Tóibín

Irish novelist and writer

*May 30th, 1955, Enniscorthy

90

Agnès Varda

French artist, film director, screenwriter and photographer (1928–2019)

*May 30th, 1928, Ixelles - Elsene †March 29th, 2019, 14th arrondissement of Paris

62

Mikhail Bakunin

Russian revolutionary anarchist and philosopher (1814–1876)

*May 30th, 1814, Priamukhino †July 1st, 1876, Bern

76

Tom Malloy

American cinematographer (1897-1973)

*May 30th, 1897, New York City †October 8th, 1973, Los Angeles

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64

Fausto Sozzini

Polish-Italian theologian

*December 5th, 1539, Siena †March 4th, 1604, Lusławice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

62

Paulus Melissus

German composer (1539-1602)

*December 20th, 1539, Mellrichstadt †February 3rd, 1602, Heidelberg

58

Franciscus Raphelengius

Flemish orientalist, text editor, printer, professor

*February 27th, 1539, Lannoy †July 20th, 1597, Leiden

77

Inca Garcilaso de la Vega

Spanish chronicler (1539-1616)

*April 12th, 1539, Cuzco †April 23rd, 1616, Córdoba

43

Elisabeth of Hesse, Electress Palatine

Electress Palatine by marriage

*February 13th, 1539, Kassel †March 15th, 1582, Heidelberg

63

Andreas Schato

German mathematician (1539-1603)

*August 19th, 1539, Torgau †March 17th, 1603, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

63

Amalia of Neuenahr

German noble

*April 6th, 1539, Alpen †April 10th, 1602, Alpen

44

Louis VI

Elector Palatine

*July 4th, 1539, Simmern †October 22nd, 1583, Heidelberg

56

Louis Gonzaga

Duke of Nevers, Italian-French prince (1539-1595)

*September 18th, 1539, Mantua †October 23rd, 1595, Nesle

73

Salima Sultan Begum

Third wife and chief consort of the Mughal Emperor Akbar (1539–1613)

*March 5th, 1539, Kannauj †December 15th, 1612, Delhi

64

Christoph Pezel

German theologian

*March 5th, 1539, Plauen †February 25th, 1604, Bremen

49

Henry XI of Legnica

Thrice Duke of Legnica: 1551-1556 (under regency), 1559–1576 and 1580-1581

*February 23rd, 1539, Legnica †March 3rd, 1588, Kraków

71

Catherine Vasa of Sweden

Regent of East Frisia; Swedish princess, writer

*January 6th, 1539, Stockholm †December 21st, 1610, Berum

57

Pierre Pithou

French lawyer and scholar (1539-1596)

*November 1st, 1539, Troyes †November 1st, 1596, Nogent-sur-Seine

64

George Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Regent of Prussia

*April 5th, 1539, Ansbach †April 25th, 1603, Ansbach

60

Maria of Nassau

Countess of Nassau

*March 18th, 1539, Dillenburg †May 28th, 1599, Castle of Ulft

62

Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Estouteville

(1539-1601)

*January 1st, 1539, La Fère †January 1st, 1601, Pontoise

79

Nicolò Donato

Doge of Venice (1539-1618)

*January 28th, 1539, Venice †May 9th, 1618, Venice

44

Tobias Stimmer

Swiss artist (1539-1584)

*April 7th, 1539, Schaffhausen †January 4th, 1584, Strasbourg

33

Archduchess Barbara of Austria

Austrian archduchess

*April 30th, 1539, Innsbruck †September 19th, 1572, Ferrara

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1539 is a normal year and no leap year.

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