Day In History
This Day in History
Today: August 30, 2026
70
Titus ends the siege of Jerusalem after destroying Herod's Temple.[1]
1282
Peter III of Aragon lands at Trapani to intervene in the War of the Sicilian Vespers.
1363
The five-week Battle of Lake Poyang begins, in which the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders (Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang) meet to decide who will supplant the Yuan dynasty.
1464
Pope Paul II succeeds Pope Pius II as the 211th pope.
1574
Guru Ram Das becomes the Fourth Sikh Guru/Master.
1590
Tokugawa Ieyasu enters Edo Castle. (Traditional Japanese date: August 1, 1590)
1594
King James VI of Scotland holds a masque at the baptism of Prince Henry at Stirling Castle.[2]
1721
The Great Northern War between Sweden and Russia ends in the Treaty of Nystad.[3]
1727
Anne, eldest daughter of King George II of Great Britain, is given the title Princess Royal.
1757
Battle of Gross-Jägersdorf: Russian force under Field Marshal Stepan Fyodorovich Apraksin beats a smaller Prussian force commanded by Field Marshal Hans von Lehwaldt, during the Seven Years' War.[4]
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