1703
Akō Incident
Event · East Asia
On this day
30 January
254 events in the atlas are dated to 30 January, from 981 CE to 2026. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 254 events
- 981 – 2026 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1889
Mayerling Incident
Natural disaster · Europe
1933
Machtergreifung
Event · Europe
1968
Tet Offensive
War · Southeast Asia
2020
COVID-19 pandemic in India
Epidemic · South Asia
2023
2023 Peshawar mosque bombing
Attack · South Asia
The Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 7 eventsEarly modern times
1501 – 1800 · 21 events- 1703Akō IncidentEvent · East Asia
- 1667Truce of AndrusovoTreaty · Europe
- 1649execution of Charles ICrime · Europe
- 1658March Across the BeltsWar · Europe
- 15491549 Qayen (Qain) earthquakeNatural disaster · Middle East
- 16071607 Bristol Channel tsunamiNatural disaster · Europe
- 1607Bristol Channel floods, 1607Event · Europe
- 1648Founding of Cossack HetmanateFounding · Europe
- 1644Battle of OchmatówBattle · Europe
- 1792Founding of SidneyFounding · North America
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 24 events- 1889Mayerling IncidentNatural disaster · Europe
- 1841Fall of Federal Republic of Central AmericaCollapse · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1841Founding of Belgian EmpireFounding · Europe
- 1807Siege of Stralsund, 1807Siege · Europe
- 1889Founding of University of IdahoFounding · North America
- 1891Founding of Florencio VarelaFounding · South America
- 1824Founding of Chalco de Díaz CovarrubiasFounding · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1829Massacre at the Russian embassy in TehranAttack · Middle East
- 1835Attempted assassination of Andrew JacksonNatural disaster · North America
- 1879French presidential election 1879Election · Europe
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 144 events- 1933MachtergreifungEvent · Europe
- 1948assassination of Mahatma GandhiPolitical · South Asia
- 1972Bloody SundayAttack · Europe
- 1968Tet OffensiveWar · Southeast Asia
- 1902Anglo-Japanese AllianceTreaty
- 1968Battle of HueBattle · Southeast Asia
- 1945Raid at CabanatuanEvent · Southeast Asia
- 1962Tanganyika laughter epidemicEpidemic · Sub-Saharan Africa · 1962 – 1963
- 1941Battle of South HenanBattle · East Asia
- 1979PP-VLUAccident
The 21st century
since 2001 · 58 events- 2020COVID-19 pandemic in IndiaEpidemic · South Asia
- 2020COVID-19 pandemic in ItalyEpidemic · Europe
- 2020COVID-19 pandemic in the PhilippinesEpidemic · Southeast Asia
- 20232023 Peshawar mosque bombingAttack · South Asia
- 2005Iraqi Kurdistan independence referendum, 2005Election · Middle East
- 20202020 COVID-19 pandemic in KeralaEpidemic · South Asia
- 20122012 Punjab Legislative Assembly electionElection · South Asia
- 2017Monday Night MassacreAttack · North America
- 20122012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly electionElection · South Asia
- 2018Murder of Pamela MastropietroNatural disaster · Europe
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Each event is listed under the date its sources give, as its page shows it. Before 1582, and in some countries later (Britain until 1752, Russia until 1918), that is a date of the Julian calendar, as on Wikipedia’s pages for each day.