March 30th, 1818

Born on March 30th, 1818

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What happened on March 30th, 1818?

March 30th, 1818

Physicist Augustin Fresnel reads a memoir on optical rotation to the French Academy of Sciences, reporting that when polarized light is "depolarized" by a Fresnel rhomb, its properties are preserved in any subsequent passage through an optically-rotating crystal or liquid.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustin-Jean_Fresnel

What else happened on March 30th?

March 30th, 1977

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

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 (depicted), 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.

March 30th, 1842

American physician Crawford Long became the first person to use diethyl ether as an anesthetic in a surgical procedure.

March 30th, 1822

The United States merged East Florida and West Florida to create the Florida Territory.

March 30th, 2023

Donald Trump becomes the first former United States president to be indicted by a grand jury.

March 30th, 2019

Pope Francis visits Morocco.

March 30th, 2018

The Israeli Army kills 17 Palestinians and wounds 1,400 in Gaza during Land Day protests.

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

Born on March 30th, 1818

69

Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen

German economist (1818-1888)

*March 30th, 1818, Hamm †March 11th, 1888, Neuwied

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37

Vincent van Gogh

Dutch painter (1853–1890)

*March 30th, 1853, Zundert †July 29th, 1890, Auberge Ravoux

31

Anitta

Brazilian singer, actress and businesswoman (born 1993)

*March 30th, 1993, Rio de Janeiro

81

Antonio Machado Núñez

Spanish anthropologist (1815-1896)

*March 30th, 1815, Cádiz †July 2nd, 1896, Madrid

33

NF

American rapper from Michigan

*March 30th, 1991, Gladwin

51

Paul Verlaine

French poet (1844–1896)

*March 30th, 1844, Metz †January 8th, 1896, Paris

88

Robert Bunsen

German chemist (1811-1899)

*March 30th, 1811, Göttingen †August 16th, 1899, Heidelberg

56

Céline Dion

Canadian singer (born 1968)

*March 30th, 1968, Charlemagne

48

Chantal Botts

Badminton player

*March 30th, 1976, Witbank

58

Anna Sewell

English novelist

*March 30th, 1820, Great Yarmouth †April 25th, 1878, Norwich

50

Preben Kaas

Danish actor, screenwriter, recording artist, lyricist

*March 30th, 1930, Aalborg †March 27th, 1981, Copenhagen

68

Gunnar Brands

German classical archaeologist

*March 30th, 1956, Duisburg

82

Francisco Goya

Spanish painter and printmaker (1746–1828)

*March 30th, 1746, Fuendetodos †April 16th, 1828, Bordeaux

87

Warren Beatty

American actor and filmmaker

*March 30th, 1937, Richmond

89

Erika Arlt

German local historian (1926-2015)

*March 30th, 1926, Oberröblingen †November 12th, 2015

79

Eric Clapton

English guitarist, singer, and songwriter (born 1945)

*March 30th, 1945, Ripley

42

Philippe Mexès

French former footballer

*March 30th, 1982, Toulouse

38

Sergio Ramos

Spanish association football player

*March 30th, 1986, Camas

85

Devika Rani

Indian actress (1908-1994)

*March 30th, 1908, Visakhapatnam †March 9th, 1994, Bengaluru

59

Thomas Adasch

German politician (CDU)

*March 30th, 1965, Celle

84

Seán O'Casey

Irish writer (1880-1964)

*March 30th, 1880, Dublin †September 18th, 1964, Torquay

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64

Karl Marx

German-born philosopher (1818–1883)

*May 5th, 1818, Trier †March 14th, 1883, London

70

James Prescott Joule

English physicist and brewer (1818-1889)

*December 24th, 1818, Salford †October 11th, 1889, Sale

64

Ivan Turgenev

Russian writer (1818–1883)

*October 28th, 1818, Oryol †September 3rd, 1883, Bougival

73

Ferdinand von Roemer

German geologist (1818-1891)

*January 5th, 1818, Hildesheim †December 14th, 1891, Wrocław

82

Francesco Crispi

Italian patriot and statesman (1818–1901)

*October 4th, 1818, Ribera †August 11th, 1901, Naples

65

Karl Müllenhoff

German philologist (1818-1884)

*September 8th, 1818, Marne †February 19th, 1884, Berlin

73

Franz von Löher

German historian (1818–1892)

*October 15th, 1818, Paderborn †March 1st, 1892, Munich

67

Josh Billings

American humorist

*April 21st, 1818, Lanesborough †October 14th, 1885, Monterey

47

Ignaz Semmelweis

Hungarian physician, early pioneer of antiseptic procedures (1818–1865); introduced hand disinfection standards, in obstetrical clinics (1847)

*July 1st, 1818, Tabán †August 13th, 1865, Oberdöbling

75

Charles Gounod

French composer

*June 17th, 1818, Paris †October 18th, 1893, Saint-Cloud

87

Christian IX of Denmark

King of Denmark from 1863 to 1906

*April 8th, 1818, Gottorf Castle †January 29th, 1906, Amalienborg

92

Marius Petipa

French-Russian ballet dancer and choreographer

*March 11th, 1818, Marseille †July 1st, 1910, Hurzuf

30

Emily Brontë

British novelist and poet (1818–1848)

*July 30th, 1818, Thornton †December 19th, 1848, Haworth

63

Mary Todd Lincoln

First Lady of the United States from 1861 to 1865

*December 13th, 1818, Lexington †July 16th, 1882, Springfield

70

Maria Mitchell

American astronomer

*August 1st, 1818, Nantucket †June 29th, 1889, Lynn

78

James FitzGerald

New Zealand politician (1818–1896)

*March 4th, 1818, Bath †August 2nd, 1896, Wellington

62

Alexander II of Russia

Emperor of Russia (1818–1881)

*April 17th, 1818, Small Nicholas Palace †March 1st, 1881, Winter Palace

87

Paul Meurice

French writer

*February 5th, 1818, former 4th arrondissement of Paris †December 11th, 1905, 17th arrondissement of Paris

61

Paul Octave Hébert

Confederate Army general

*December 12th, 1818, Iberville Parish †August 29th, 1880, Iberville Parish

58

Sophie of Württemberg

Queen Consort of the Netherlands

*June 17th, 1818, Stuttgart †June 3rd, 1877, Huis ten Bosch

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1818 is a normal year and no leap year.

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