March 30th, 1656

Born on March 30th, 1656

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on March 30th?

March 30th, 1977

Annie Hall had its first screening at the LA Film Festival; it was voted the funniest screenplay ever by members of the Writers Guild of America.

March 30th, 2002

Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, widow of King George VI and mother of Queen Elizabeth II, died at Royal Lodge aged 101.

March 30th, 2023

Donald Trump became the first former U.S. president to be indicted by a grand jury.

March 30th, 1863

George I (pictured) became King of the Hellenes.

March 30th, 1815

Joachim Murat, King of Naples, issued the Rimini Proclamation, among the earliest calls for Italian unification.

March 30th, 1730

The Author's Farce, by Henry Fielding, premiered at the Little Theatre in London.

March 30th, 1282

Sicilians began to rebel against the rule of the Angevin King Charles I of Naples, starting the War of the Sicilian Vespers.

March 30th, 2009

The Manawan Police Academy in Lahore, Pakistan, was attacked and held for several hours by 12 gunmen, resulting in 16 deaths and 95 injuries.

March 30th, 1981

John Hinckley Jr. shot and wounded U.S. president Ronald Reagan and three others outside the Washington Hilton (immediate aftermath pictured).

March 30th, 1972

Vietnam War: North Vietnamese forces began the Easter Offensive in an attempt to gain as much territory and destroy as many South Vietnamese units as possible.

March 30th, 1950

Usmar Ismail began shooting Darah dan Doa, widely recognised as the first Indonesian film.

March 30th, 1918

Four days of inter-ethnic clashes broke out in Baku, Azerbaijan, resulting in about 12,000 deaths.

March 30th, 1912

Sultan Abd al-Hafid signed the Treaty of Fes, making Morocco a French protectorate.

March 30th, 1867

U.S. secretary of state William H. Seward negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia for US$7.2 million.

March 30th, 1861

British chemist William Crookes published his discovery of thallium using flame spectroscopy.

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

Same year
Born in 1656

85

Edmond Halley

English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist

*November 8th, 1656, Haggerston †January 14th, 1742, Greenwich

66

Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach

Sculptor and architect from Austria (1656-1723)

*July 20th, 1656, Graz †April 5th, 1723, Vienna

53

Sebastian Gercken

German politician

*June 15th, 1656, Magdeburg †February 8th, 1710, Lübeck

69

Nikita Demidov

Russian businessman (1656-1725)

*March 26th, 1656, Tula †November 17th, 1725, Tula

69

Nicolaas Hartsoeker

Dutch mathematician and physicist (1656-1725)

*March 26th, 1656, Gouda †December 10th, 1725, Utrecht

7

Guru Har Krishan

The eighth Sikh Guru

*July 7th, 1656, Kiratpur Sahib †March 30th, 1664, Delhi

71

José Antonio de Gaztañeta

Spanish admiral

*August 11th, 1656, Mutriku †February 5th, 1728, Madrid

88

Léon Potier de Gesvres

French archbishop (1656-1744)

*August 15th, 1656, Paris †November 12th, 1744, Versailles

30

Johanna Magdalena of Saxe-Altenburg

Duches of Saxe-Altenburg by birth and by marriage Duchess of Saxe-Weissenfels-Querfurt

*January 14th, 1656, Altenburg †January 22nd, 1686, Weißenfels

76

Claude de Forbin Gardane

Army soldier but also senior French naval officer, member of the noble house of Forbin, Forbin Gardane branch ; Admiral and General of the King of Siam

*August 6th, 1656, Gardanne †March 4th, 1733, Marseille

50

Luigi Omodei

Spanish Catholic cardinal

*May 20th, 1656, Madrid †August 18th, 1706, Rome

65

Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein

(1656-1721) Prince of Liechtenstein

*May 28th, 1656, Wilfersdorf Castle †October 11th, 1721, Vienna

70

Jan Frans van Douven

Dutch painter (1656-1727)

*March 2nd, 1656, Roermond †January 1st, 1727, Düsseldorf

60

Anton Egon, Prince of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg

Princely Landgrave of Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg and Governor of the Electorate of Saxony

*April 23rd, 1656, Munich †October 10th, 1716, Wermsdorf

75

Giacomo Serpotta

Sicilian Rococo sculptor and stuccoist

*March 10th, 1656, Palermo †February 26th, 1732, Palermo

78

Juan de Goyeneche

Spanish journalist (1656-1735)

*October 12th, 1656, Arizkun †April 12th, 1735, Nuevo Baztán

81

Benoît de Maillet

French naturalists, biologist and diplomat (1656-1738)

*April 12th, 1656, Saint-Mihiel †January 30th, 1738, Marseille

66

Guillaume Dubois

French cardinal and politician (1656-1723)

*September 6th, 1656, Brive-la-Gaillarde †August 10th, 1723, Palace of Versailles

89

Nicolas de Largillière

French painter (1656–1746)

*October 10th, 1656, Paris †March 20th, 1746, Paris

64

John Leake

English naval officer and politician (1656-1720)

*July 4th, 1656, Rotherhithe †August 21st, 1720, Greenwich

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Leap year

Yes: 1656 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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