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Who died on January 30
95 figures who shaped history died on January 30.
- 95deaths
- 51events
Best known
Best known
Balthild of Chelles
Wife of Clovis II, Queen consort of Burgundy and Neustria, Christian saint
Peter I of Bulgaria
Tsar of Bulgaria from 927 to 969
Emperor Takakura
Emperor of Japan from 1168 to 1180
William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury
English nobleman
Louis II of Flanders
Count of Flanders from 1346 to 1384
Damião de Góis
16th-century Portuguese humanist philosopher
Balthild of Chelles — Wife of Clovis II, Queen consort of Burgundy and Neustria, Christian saint, who died on January 30 680.
Peter I of Bulgaria — Tsar of Bulgaria from 927 to 969, who died on January 30 970.
Emperor Takakura — Emperor of Japan from 1168 to 1180, who died on January 30 1181.
William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury — English nobleman, who died on January 30 1344.
Louis II of Flanders — Count of Flanders from 1346 to 1384, who died on January 30 1384.
Damião de Góis — 16th-century Portuguese humanist philosopher, who died on January 30 1574.
All entries
- 1030WWilliam V of AquitaineDuke of Aquitaine and Count of Poitou from 990 to 1030
- 1240
Pelagio GalvaniLeonese cardinal and canon lawyer (c.1165–1230)
- 1314NNicholas III of Saint-OmerLord of one half of Thebes
- 1606
Everard Digby16th- and 17th-century English conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 - 1606
John Grant (Gunpowder Plot)Member of the failed Gunpowder Plot - 1606
Robert and Thomas WintourMembers of the Gunpowder Plot - 1649
Charles I of EnglandKing of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1625 to 1649 - 1664
Cornelis de GraeffRegent and Mayor of Amsterdam - 1730
Peter II of RussiaEmperor of Russia from 1727 to 1730 - 1770
Giovanni Pietro Francesco Agius de SoldanisMaltese lawyer, historian, and linguist - 1836
Betsy RossAmerican upholsterer - 1838
OsceolaSeminole leader - 1858
Coenraad Jacob TemminckDutch zoologist - 1867
Emperor KōmeiEmperor of Japan from 1846 to 1867 - 1869
William CarletonIrish author (1794–1869 - 1881
Arthur O'ShaughnessyBritish poet - 1889
Rudolf, Crown Prince of AustriaHeir to the Austrian throne - 1923
Columba MarmionIrish abbot - 1926
Barbara La MarrAmerican actress - 1928
Johannes FibigerDanish physician - 1934
Frank Nelson DoubledayAmerican publisher - 1947FFrederick BlackmanBritish plant physiologist
- 1948
Arthur Coningham (RAF officer)Royal Air Force Air Marshal - 1948
Mahatma GandhiIndian independence activist - 1948
Wright brothersAmerican aviation pioneers, inventors of the airplane - 1951
Ferdinand PorscheAustrian-born German automotive engineer, inventor - 1958
Jean CrottiFrench painter - 1958
Ernst HeinkelAircraft designer and manufacturer - 1962
Manuel de AbreuBrazilian physician - 1963
Francis PoulencFrench composer and pianist - 1966
Jaan HargelEstonian conductor and musician - 1968
Makhanlal ChaturvediIndian writer - 1969
Dominique PireBelgian Dominican friar - 1973EElizabeth Baker (economist)American economist
- 1973
Titina SiláBissau-Guinean resistance fighter - 1974
Olav RootsEstonian musician - 1977PPaul Marais de BeauchampFrench zoologist
- 1980
Professor LonghairAmerican blues musician - 1982
Lightnin' HopkinsAmerican singer-songwriter, pianist, and guitarist - 1991
John BardeenAmerican physicist - 1991CClifton C. Edom
- 1993
Alexandra of YugoslaviaQueen of Yugoslavia from 1944 to 1945 - 1994
Pierre BoulleFrench novelist - 1999
Huntz HallAmerican actor - 1999
Ed HerlihyAmerican newsreel narrator, radio and television announcer - 2001
Jean-Pierre AumontFrench actor and soldier
- 2001
Johnnie Johnson (RAF officer, born 1915)RAF flying ace in the Second World War - 2001
Joseph RansohoffAmerican neurosurgeon - 2004EEgon Mayer (sociologist)
- 2005MMartyn BennettCanadian-Scottish musician
- 2006
Coretta Scott KingAmerican civil rights leader - 2006
Wendy WassersteinAmerican playwright - 2007
Sidney SheldonAmerican writer - 2008
Marcial MacielMexican priest, founder of the Legion of Christ, sexual abuser - 2009
H. Guy HuntAmerican politician
- 2010
Fadil FeratiPolitical leader from Kosovo - 2011
John Barry (composer)English composer and conductor - 2012
Frank AschenbrennerAmerican football player - 2012
Doeschka MeijsingDutch novelist - 2013GGamal al-BannaEgyptian writer and trade unionist
- 2013
The Andrews SistersAmerican vocal group - 2013
George Witt (baseball)American baseball player - 2014
Stefan BałukPolish general and photographer - 2014
The Mighty HannibalAmerican singer-songwriter and record producer - 2014
Russell D. HemenwayAmerican political activist - 2014WWilliam MotzingMusical artist
- 2014AArthur Rankin Jr.American director, writer and producer
- 2014
Greater (flamingo)Oldest known flamingo, died in captivity in Adelaide Zoo - 2015
Carl DjerassiAmerican pharmaceutical chemist and writer
- 2015ÜÜlo KaevatsEstonian statesman, academic, and philosopher
- 2015
Geraldine McEwanEnglish actress - 2015
Gerrit VoortingDutch cyclist - 2015
Zhelyu ZhelevPresident of Bulgaria from 1990 to 1997 - 2016
Frank FinlayEnglish actor - 2016
Francisco Flores PérezPresident of El Salvador from 1999 to 2004 - 2016
Georgia Davis PowersAmerican politician - 2016GGaston MialaretFrench pedagogist and psychologist
- 2018
Mark SallingAmerican actor and musician - 2019
Dick MillerAmerican actor - 2021
Sophie (musician)English music producer and DJ - 2022
Cheslie KrystAmerican television correspondent, model, Miss USA 2019 - 2023
Bobby BeathardAmerican football executive - 2023
Bobby HullCanadian ice hockey player - 2024
Chita RiveraAmerican actress, dancer and singer - 2025
Dick ButtonAmerican figure skater - 2025
Julius ChanPapua New Guinean politician - 2025
Marianne FaithfullEnglish singer and actress - 2025
Edcel LagmanFilipino politician - 2026
Catherine O'HaraCanadian and American actress
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Who died on January 30?
95 people with a Wikipedia article died on January 30, including Balthild of Chelles, Peter I of Bulgaria, Emperor Takakura. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
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51 documented historical events happened on January 30, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Bolesław I, the Piast ruler of Poland, signed the Peace of Bautzen to end the German–Polish War. On the same day, in another year: Wareru created the Hanthawaddy Kingdom in today's Lower Burma and declared himself king following the collapse of the Pagan Empire. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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