On this day: March 30

Events on March 30

• 1282 Sicilians began to rebel against the rule of the Angevin King Charles I of Naples, starting the War of the Sicilian Vespers. Wikipedia
• 1730 The Author's Farce, by Henry Fielding, premiered at the Little Theatre in London. Wikipedia
• 1815 Joachim Murat, King of Naples, issued the Rimini Proclamation, among the earliest calls for Italian unification. Wikipedia
• 1822 The United States merged East Florida and West Florida to create the Florida Territory. Wikipedia
• 1856 The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Crimean War. Wikipedia
• 1861 British chemist William Crookes published his discovery of thallium using flame spectroscopy. Wikipedia
• 1863 George I became King of the Hellenes. Wikipedia
• 1867 U.S. secretary of state William H. Seward negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia for US$7.2 million. Wikipedia
• 1870 Texas is readmitted to the United States Congress following Reconstruction. Wikipedia
• 1912 Sultan Abd al-Hafid signed the Treaty of Fes, making Morocco a French protectorate. Wikipedia
• 1918 Four days of inter-ethnic clashes broke out in Baku, Azerbaijan, resulting in about 12,000 deaths. Wikipedia
• 1921 The Australian Air Corps was disbanded, to be replaced the following day by the Australian Air Force. Wikipedia
• 1940 Second Sino-Japanese War: Japan declares Nanking capital of a new Chinese puppet government, nominally controlled by Wang Jingwei. Wikipedia
• 1945 World War II: Soviet forces invade Austria and capture Vienna. Polish and Soviet forces liberate Danzig. Wikipedia
• 1950 Usmar Ismail began shooting Darah dan Doa, widely recognised as the first Indonesian film. Wikipedia
• 1959 Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet for India. Wikipedia
• 1961 The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed in New York City. Wikipedia
• 1964 Jeopardy!, the popular American game show created by Merv Griffin, made its debut on the NBC television network. Wikipedia
• 1972 Vietnam War: North Vietnamese forces began the Easter Offensive in an attempt to gain as much territory and destroy as many South Vietnamese units as possible. Wikipedia
• 1977 Annie Hall had its first screening at the LA Film Festival; it was voted the funniest screenplay ever by members of the Writers Guild of America. Wikipedia
• 1981 U.S. President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley Jr.; three others are wounded in the same incident. Wikipedia
• 1982 Space Shuttle program: STS-3 mission is completed with the landing of Columbia at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. Wikipedia
• 2002 Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, widow of King George VI and mother of Queen Elizabeth II, died at Royal Lodge aged 101. Wikipedia
• 2009 The Manawan Police Academy in Lahore, Pakistan, was attacked and held for several hours by 12 gunmen, resulting in 16 deaths and 95 injuries. Wikipedia
• 2019 Pope Francis visits Morocco. Wikipedia
• 2023 Donald Trump became the first former U.S. president to be indicted by a grand jury. Wikipedia

Born on March 30

• 1135 Maimonides, Spanish rabbi and philosopher (April 6 also proposed, d. 1204) Wikipedia
• 1432 Mehmed the Conqueror, Ottoman sultan (died 1481) Wikipedia
• 1746 Francisco Goya, Spanish-French painter and sculptor (died 1828) Wikipedia
• 1811 Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (died 1899) Wikipedia
• 1844 Paul Verlaine, French poet (died 1896) Wikipedia
• 1853 Vincent van Gogh, Dutch-French painter and illustrator (died 1890) Wikipedia
• 1882 Melanie Klein, Austrian-English psychologist and author (died 1960) Wikipedia
• 1892 Stefan Banach, Polish mathematician and academic (died 1945) Wikipedia
• 1895 Jean Giono, French author and poet (died 1970) Wikipedia
• 1926 Ingvar Kamprad, Swedish businessman, founded IKEA (died 2018) Wikipedia
• 1937 Warren Beatty, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia
• 1945 Eric Clapton, English guitarist and singer-songwriter Wikipedia
• 1950 Robbie Coltrane, Scottish actor (died 2022) Wikipedia
• 1963 Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, Mongolian journalist and politician, 4th President of Mongolia Wikipedia
• 1964 Tracy Chapman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia
• 1968 Celine Dion, Canadian singer-songwriter Wikipedia
• 1973 Jan Koller, Czech footballer Wikipedia
• 1979 Norah Jones, American singer-songwriter and pianist Wikipedia
• 1979 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, Ukrainian footballer Wikipedia
• 1982 Philippe Mexès, French footballer Wikipedia
• 1984 Samantha Stosur, Australian tennis player Wikipedia
• 1986 Sergio Ramos, Spanish footballer Wikipedia

Died on March 30

• 1707 Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, French general and engineer (born 1633) Wikipedia
• 1842 Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, French painter (born 1755) Wikipedia
• 1912 Karl May, German author (born 1842) Wikipedia
• 1925 Rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher and author (born 1861) Wikipedia
• 1949 Friedrich Bergius, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1884) Wikipedia
• 1950 Léon Blum, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (born 1872) Wikipedia
• 1965 Philip Showalter Hench, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1896) Wikipedia
• 1970 Heinrich Brüning, German economist and politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1885) Wikipedia
• 1986 James Cagney, American actor and dancer (born 1899) Wikipedia
• 2002 Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Queen Consort of King George VI of the United Kingdom, Empress Consort of India (born 1900) Wikipedia
• 2003 Michael Jeter, American actor (born 1952) Wikipedia
• 2005 Mitch Hedberg, American stand-up comedian (born 1968) Wikipedia
• 2020 Bill Withers, American singer-songwriter (born 1938) Wikipedia
• 2026 Chan Santokhi, Surinamese politician, 9th President of Suriname (born 1959) Wikipedia

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day: Blessed Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Blessed Maria Restituta Kafka Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: John Climacus Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Mamertinus of Auxerre Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Quirinus of Neuss Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Thomas Son Chasuhn, Marie-Nicolas-Antoine Daveluy (part of The Korean Martyrs) Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: Tola of Clonard Wikipedia
• Christian feast day: March 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Wikipedia
• Land Day (Palestine) Wikipedia
• National Doctors' Day (United States) Wikipedia
• Spiritual Baptist/Shouter Liberation Day (Trinidad and Tobago) Wikipedia
• School Day of Non-violence and Peace (Spain) Wikipedia

Sources

• Wikipedia — “March 30” — events, births, deaths and observances (text under CC BY-SA 4.0) (checked 2026-10-15)
• Wikipedia — “Selected anniversaries/March 30” — the anniversaries editors chose for the date and the article each one is about (checked 2026-10-15)
• Wikidata — in how many language editions each entry's own article exists, used to fill the lists (CC0) (checked 2026-10-15)
• vacanza/holidays (open-source holiday rules, MIT licence) — holiday rules used to build the lists (checked 2026-10-15)

The events, births, deaths and observances above are from the English Wikipedia article “March 30” and the articles it links to (authors and history), retrieved 2026-10-15 through the Wikimedia “On this day” feed. They are licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; this selection is shared under the same licence. Every anniversary that Wikipedia's editors selected for March 30 stays on the list; the remaining places, up to 26 events, 22 births and 14 deaths, go to the entries whose own article — about the event itself, or else the person or thing it is about — appears in the most language editions (counted from Wikidata); an article about a person or thing, which covers far more than one day, counts half. An entry with no article of its own counts, also at half, by the least covered article it links, and one that links only places counts for nothing. Each list runs by year, and the wording is unchanged apart from removing references to pictures, audio and video.