October 30th, 1601

Born on October 30th, 1601

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What happened on October 30th?

October 30th, 2010

American comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert hosted the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear in Washington, D.C.

October 30th, 2020

A magnitude-7.0 earthquake occurred in the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, triggering a tsunami and causing 119 deaths.

October 30th, 1995

Quebec citizens narrowly voted in favour of remaining a province of Canada in their second referendum on national sovereignty.

October 30th, 1985

Space Shuttle Challenger lifted off for mission STS-61-A, its final mission before breaking apart mid-air months later.

October 30th, 1983

As the military dictatorship came to an end, Argentina's first democratic election in a decade resulted in Raúl Alfonsín being elected president.

October 30th, 1968

A squad of 120 North Korean Army commandos landed in boats along a 25-mile long section of the eastern coast of South Korea in a failed attempt to overthrow the dictatorship of Park Chung Hee and reunify Korea.

October 30th, 2002

After his terminal-cancer diagnosis, Warren Zevon made his last public appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman, giving the advice to "enjoy every sandwich".

October 30th, 1993

The Troubles: Three members of the Ulster Defence Association opened fire in a crowded pub during a Halloween party, killing eight people and wounding nineteen others.

October 30th, 1991

The Madrid Conference, an attempt by the international community to revive the Israeli–Palestinian peace process through negotiations, convened.

October 30th, 1965

English model Jean Shrimpton wore a controversially short minidress to Derby Day at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia – a pivotal moment of the introduction of the miniskirt to women's fashion.

October 30th, 1960

At the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Michael Woodruff performed the first successful kidney transplantation in the United Kingdom.

October 30th, 1948

A luzzu (Maltese fishing boat) overloaded with passengers capsized and sank in the Gozo Channel off Qala, killing 23 of the 27 people on board (monument pictured).

October 30th, 2001

Michael Jackson released Invincible, his final studio album and the most expensive album ever produced.

October 30th, 1888

Lobengula, King of Matabeleland, granted the Rudd Concession (pictured) to agents of Cecil Rhodes, leading to the creation of the British South Africa Company.

October 30th, 1863

Seventeen-year-old Vilhelm, Prince of Denmark, arrived in Athens to become King George I of Greece (pictured).

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

Same year
Born in 1601

63

Pierre de Fermat

French mathematician and lawyer

*August 17th, 1601, Beaumont-de-Lomagne †January 12th, 1665, Castres

41

Louis XIII of France

King of France and Navarre (r. 1610–1643)

*September 27th, 1601, Fontainebleau †May 14th, 1643, Saint-Germain-en-Laye

66

Alonso Cano

Spanish painter, architect and sculptor (1601-1667)

*March 19th, 1601, Granada †September 3rd, 1667, Granada

78

Christoph Schrader

German rhetorician and librarian

*September 29th, 1601, Rethmar †April 24th, 1680, Helmstedt

72

Justus Gesenius

Lutheran theologian

*July 6th, 1601, Esbeck †September 18th, 1673, Hanover

57

Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt

Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg by marriage (1601-1659)

*July 30th, 1601, Darmstadt †May 6th, 1659, Herzberg Castle

61

Guido Cagnacci

Italian painter (1601-1663)

*January 19th, 1601, Santarcangelo di Romagna †January 1st, 1663, Vienna

79

Philip I, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe

Count of Schaumburg-Lippe

*July 18th, 1601, Lemgo †April 10th, 1681, Stadthagen

53

Balthasar Gloxin

Roman jurist (1601-1654)

*January 10th, 1601, Burg auf Fehmarn †August 1st, 1654, Schleswig

53

Antonius Matthaeus

German jurist (1601-1654)

*November 15th, 1601, Herborn †December 25th, 1654, Utrecht

64

Marie de La Tour d'Auvergne

17th-century French noblewoman

*January 17th, 1601, Turenne †May 24th, 1665, Thouars

68

Johann Michael Moscherosch

German writer

*March 7th, 1601, Willstätt †April 4th, 1669, Worms

73

Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha

Duke of Saxe-Gotha and Saxe-Altenburg (1601-1675)

*December 25th, 1601, Altenburg †March 26th, 1675, Gotha

59

Gerhard Coccejus

German jurist, diplomat and university professor

*July 1st, 1601, Bremen †July 27th, 1660

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1601 is a normal year and no leap year.

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