December 30th, 1857

Born on December 30th, 1857

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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

Born on December 30th, 1857

86

Sylvio Lazzari

French composer

*December 30th, 1857, Bolzano †June 10th, 1944, Suresnes

Same year
Born in 1857

84

Ernst Fabricius

German historian, archaeologist and scholar (1857–1942)

*September 6th, 1857, Darmstadt †March 22nd, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau

72

William Howard Taft

President of the United States from 1909 to 1913

*September 15th, 1857, Cincinnati †March 8th, 1930, Washington metropolitan area

55

Ferdinand de Saussure

Swiss linguist and philosopher (1857–1913)

*November 26th, 1857, Geneva †February 22nd, 1913, Vufflens-le-Château

36

Heinrich Hertz

German physicist (1857–1894)

*February 22nd, 1857, Hamburg †January 1st, 1894, Bonn

81

Pius XI

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1922 to 1939

*May 31st, 1857, Desio †February 10th, 1939, Vatican City

66

Joseph Conrad

Polish-British writer (1857–1924)

*December 3rd, 1857, Terekhove †August 3rd, 1924, Bishopsbourne

75

Ronald Ross

British doctor, Nobel laureate, writer, and artist (1857 – 1932)

*May 13th, 1857, Almora †September 16th, 1932, London

86

Henrik Pontoppidan

Danish writer, Nobel Laureate

*July 24th, 1857, Fredericia †August 21st, 1943, Copenhagen

80

Mrs. Leslie Carter

American actress (1857–1937)

*June 10th, 1857, Lexington †November 13th, 1937, Santa Monica

58

Paul Hervieu

French novelist and playwright

*September 2nd, 1857, Neuilly-sur-Seine †October 25th, 1915, Paris

83

Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell

Lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, founder and Chief Scout of the Scout Movement (1857-1941)

*February 22nd, 1857, Paddington †January 8th, 1941, Nyeri

87

Edgar Stillman Kelley

American composer, conductor, teacher, and writer on music

*April 14th, 1857, Sparta †November 12th, 1944, Oxford

67

Heinrich Berté

Austrian composer (1857-1924)

*May 8th, 1857, Hlohovec †August 23rd, 1924, Perchtoldsdorf

86

Augusta Stowe-Gullen

Canadian physician and suffragette

*July 27th, 1857, Mount Pleasant †September 25th, 1943, Toronto

80

Frederick Burr Opper

Cartoonist

*January 2nd, 1857, Madison †August 28th, 1937, New Rochelle

73

Mario Méndez Bejarano

Spanish author

*December 5th, 1857, Seville †January 16th, 1931, Madrid

83

Eugène Regnault

French diplomat (1857-1941)

*December 28th, 1857, Boulogne-sur-Mer †September 25th, 1941, Gorre

63

Leonida Bissolati

Italian statesman (1857-1920)

*February 20th, 1857, Cremona †March 6th, 1920, Rome

79

Julien Tiersot

French musicologist, composer and pioneer in ethnomusicology (1857-1936)

*July 5th, 1857, Bourg-en-Bresse †August 10th, 1936, 13th arrondissement of Paris

54

Alfred Binet

French psychologist and inventor of the first usable intelligence test

*July 8th, 1857, Nice †October 18th, 1911, Paris

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1857 is a normal year and no leap year.

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