On This Day in History for December 30
Events in History
- 987 French King Hugo Capet crowns his son Robert the compassionate king
- 1317 Pontifical decree "Sancta Romania" against spiritualists
- 1460 Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield (Northern England), Duke of York killed and his forces soundly defeated by forces for King Henry VI
- 1610 Hungarian aristocrat Elizabeth Báthory arrested at Csejte Castle on suspicion of killing and torturing hundreds of young girls and women
- 1621 English King James I cracks Protestation of Parliament
- 1665 "Messiah" Sjabtai Tswi departs to Constantinople
- 1666 Abraham Crijnssen departs to Suriname
- 1672 Baron Karl Rabenhaupt occupies Coevorden Neth
- More Events in History
Titus
Rudyard Kipling
Hideki Tojo
Mike Pompeo
Kevin SystromWeddings in History
- 1816 English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (24) marries 2nd wife writer "Frankenstein" Mary Godwin (19) and daughter of early feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft
- 1852 Future US President Rutherford B. Hayes (30) weds teetotaler and abolitionist Lucy Webb (21)
- 1857 Confederate army cavalry battalion commander John S. Mosby (24) weds Pauline Clarke in Nashville
More Weddings in History
José Rizal
Grigori Rasputin
Vincent Massey
Trygve Lie
Saddam HusseinDecember in History
'Hitler Will Have to Break Us or Lose the War'
The German Luftwaffe were hammering the British RAF until a furious and frustrated Hitler changed the plan and possibly the outcome of the war.
December 29, 1940
The Taming of Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill made an emotional speech to the Canadian Parliament on this day, December 30, 1941. His photograph from that day is just as memorable.
December 30, 1941
Soviet Union Founded
Signature page of the Treaty on the Creation of the USSR
December 30, 1922
Collector Samuel Pepys Sets a Shining Example
Fire, warfare and discontent meant 1666 was not a good year, his collection of silver plate seemingly providing the only bright spot for diarist Samuel Pepys.
December 31, 1666