December 30th, 1738

Born on December 30th, 1738

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What happened on December 30th?

December 30th, 1845

The University of Galway, University College Cork and Queen's University Belfast were established as part of the Queen's University of Ireland.

December 30th, 2013

Supporters of Congolese religious leader Paul-Joseph Mukungubila carried out a series of attacks on television studios, the airport and a military base in Kinshasa.

December 30th, 2009

Pro-government counter-demonstrators held rallies (pictured) in several Iranian cities in response to recent anti-government protests on the holy day of Ashura.

December 30th, 2006

Saddam Hussein, the former president of Iraq, was executed after being found guilty of crimes against humanity by the Iraqi High Tribunal.

December 30th, 2005

Tropical Storm Zeta (pictured) became a tropical depression, making it the record-breaking 28th tropical cyclone of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, the most active in recorded history until 2020.

December 30th, 1969

Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos began his second term after being re-elected in a landslide.

December 30th, 1958

The Guatemalan Air Force fired on Mexican fishing boats that had strayed into Guatemalan territory, triggering an eight-month conflict.

December 30th, 1954

The Finnish National Bureau of Investigation was established to consolidate criminal investigation and intelligence into a single agency.

December 30th, 1940

The Arroyo Seco Parkway, one of the first freeways built in the U.S., connecting downtown Los Angeles with Pasadena, California, was officially dedicated.

December 30th, 1935

Second Italo-Ethiopian War: In retaliation for the execution of an Italian prisoner of war, the Italian Air Force destroyed a field hospital of the Swedish Red Cross in Dolo.

December 30th, 1906

The All-India Muslim League, a political party in British India that developed into the driving force behind the creation of Pakistan as a Muslim state on the Indian subcontinent, was founded in Dhaka.

December 30th, 1903

In one of the deadliest single-building fires in United States history, the Iroquois Theatre fire in Chicago killed more than 600 people.

December 30th, 1902

The Discovery Expedition under Robert Falcon Scott attained a new Farthest South point in Antarctica.

December 30th, 1853

The United States purchased approximately 29,700 square miles (77,000 km2) of land south of the Gila River and west of the Rio Grande from Mexico for $10 million.

December 30th, 1813

War of 1812: British forces captured Buffalo, New York, and burned down nearly all its buildings.

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

Same year
Born in 1738

83

William Herschel

German-born British astronomer and composer (1738–1822)

*November 15th, 1738, Hanover †August 15th, 1822, Slough

81

George III of Great Britain

King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820

*May 24th, 1738, Norfolk House †January 29th, 1820, Windsor Castle

56

Cesare Beccaria

Jurist, philosopher and politician from Italy (1738-1794)

*March 15th, 1738, Milan †November 20th, 1794, Milan

43

Túpac Amaru II

Leader of a large Andean uprising against the Spanish in Peru (1738-1781)

*March 10th, 1738, Tinta †May 18th, 1781, Cusco

77

John Singleton Copley

American painter (1738-1815)

*July 3rd, 1738, Boston †September 9th, 1815, London

77

Gottlieb Christoph Harless

German classical scholar

*June 21st, 1738, Kulmbach †November 2nd, 1815, Erlangen

27

Thomas Abbt

German philosopher, mathematician and writer (1738-1766)

*November 25th, 1738, Ulm †November 3rd, 1766, Bückeburg

77

Paul-Gabriel Le Preux

French physician

*November 30th, 1738, Paris †May 19th, 1816, Paris

66

Betje Wolff

Dutch writer

*July 24th, 1738, Vlissingen †November 5th, 1804, The Hague

84

Jonathan Hunt

American politician

*September 12th, 1738, Northampton †June 1st, 1823, Vernon

85

Joachim Nettelbeck

German writer (1738-1824)

*September 20th, 1738, Kołobrzeg †January 29th, 1824, Kołobrzeg

78

Bonaventura Furlanetto

Italian composer (1738-1817)

*May 27th, 1738, Venice †April 6th, 1817, Venice

54

Leopold Hofmann

Austrian composer

*August 14th, 1738, Vienna †March 17th, 1793, Vienna

78

Fryderyk Józef Moszyński

Polish noble and general

*March 14th, 1738, Dresden †January 21st, 1817, Kyiv

79

Tristram Dalton

American politician (1738-1817)

*May 28th, 1738, Newburyport †May 30th, 1817, Boston

65

Ernst Gottfried Baldinger

Physician (1738-1804)

*May 13th, 1738, Großvargula †January 21st, 1804, Marburg

77

Friedrich August I, Duke of Nassau

Prince of Nassau-Usingen (1803-1806), Duke of Nassau (1806-1816)

*April 23rd, 1738, Usingen †March 24th, 1816, Biebrich

65

Jacques Gamelin

French painter (1738-1803)

*October 3rd, 1738, Carcassonne †October 12th, 1803, Carcassonne

58

Nathaniel Gorham

American businessman and politician 1738-1796

*May 27th, 1738, Charlestown †June 11th, 1796, Charlestown

51

Ethan Allen

American general, writer and philosopher (1738–1789)

*January 21st, 1738, Litchfield †February 12th, 1789, Burlington

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