July 30 Historical Events

The following events took place on July 30. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 44 events. Showing 1 - 30.

• 762
  Baghdad is founded by caliph Al-Mansur.
• 1419
  First Defenestration of Prague: A crowd of radical Hussites kill seven members of the Prague city council.
• 1502
  Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off the coast of Honduras during his fourth voyage.
• 1608
  At Ticonderoga (now Crown Point, New York), Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs. This was to set the tone for French-Iroquois relations for the next one hundred years.
• 1619
  In Jamestown, Virginia, the first representative assembly in the Americas, the House of Burgesses, convenes for the first time.
• 1626
  An earthquake in Naples, Italy, kills about 10,000 people.
• 1635
  Eighty Years’ War: The Siege of Schenkenschans begins; Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, begins the recapture of the strategically important fortress from the Spanish Army.
• 1656
  Swedish forces under the command of King Charles X Gustav defeat the forces of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth at the Battle of Warsaw.
• 1676
  Nathaniel Bacon issues the “Declaration of the People of Virginia”, beginning Bacon’s Rebellion against the rule of Governor William Berkeley.
• 1729
  Foundation of Baltimore, Maryland.
• 1733
  The first Masonic Grand Lodge in the future United States is constituted in Massachusetts.
• 1756
  In Saint Petersburg, Bartolomeo Rastrelli presents the newly built Catherine Palace to Empress Elizabeth and her courtiers.
• 1811
  Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, leader of the Mexican insurgency, is executed by the Spanish in Chihuahua City, Mexico.
• 1825
  Malden Island is discovered by captain George Byron, 7th Baron Byron.
• 1859
  First ascent of Grand Combin, one of the highest summits in the Alps.

• 1863
  American Indian Wars: Representatives of the United States and tribal leaders including Chief Pocatello (of the Shoshone) sign the Treaty of Box Elder.
• 1864
  American Civil War: Battle of the Crater: Union forces attempt to break Confederate lines at Petersburg, Virginia by exploding a large bomb under their trenches.
• 1865
  The steamboat Brother Jonathan sinks off the coast of Crescent City, California, killing 225 passengers, the deadliest shipwreck on the Pacific Coast of the U.S. at the time.
• 1866
  New Orleans, Louisiana’s Democratic government orders police to raid an integrated Republican Party meeting, killing 40 people and injuring 150.
• 1871
  The Staten Island Ferry Westfield's boiler explodes, killing over 85 people.
• 1912
  Japan’s Emperor Meiji dies and is succeeded by his son Yoshihito, who is now known as the Emperor Taishō.
• 1916
  Black Tom Island explosion in Jersey City, New Jersey.
• 1930
  In Montevideo, Uruguay wins the first FIFA World Cup.
• 1932
  Premiere of Walt Disney’s Flowers and Trees, the first cartoon short to use Technicolor and the first Academy Award winning cartoon short.
• 1945
  World War II: warship Japanese submarine sinks the USS Indianapolis, killing 883 seamen.
• 1956
  A joint resolution of the U.S. Congress is signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorizing In God we trust as the U.S. national motto.
• 1962
  The Trans-Canada Highway, the largest national highway in the world, is officially opened.
• 1965
  U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Social Security Act of 1965 into law, establishing Medicare and Medicaid.
• 1966
  England defeats West Germany to win the 1966 FIFA World Cup at Wembley after extra time.
• 1969
  Vietnam War: US President Richard Nixon makes an unscheduled visit to South Vietnam and meets with President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu and U.S. military commanders.