What is January 30?
{{calendar}} {{day}} ==Events== === Up to 1900 === * [[1018]] &ndash; The [[Peace of Bautzen]] is signed between [[Poland]] and [[Germany]]. * [[1607]] &ndash; Massive [[flood]]ing hits the coasts of the [[Bristol Channel]] and [[River Severn|Severn]] [[Estuary]] in [[England]], killing around 2,000 people. * [[1648]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Münster]] is signed, ending the [[Eighty Years' War]] between the Netherlands and Spain. * [[1649]] &ndash; King [[Charles I of England]] is beheaded. * [[1661]] &ndash; [[Oliver Cromwell]], [[Lord Protector]] of the [[Commonwealth of England]] is formally executed – after having been dead for two years. * [[1667]] &ndash; The [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]] cedes [[Kiev]], [[Smolensk]] and western [[Ukraine]] to the [[Tsar]]dom of [[Russia]]. * [[1790]] &ndash; The first boat specialized as a [[lifeboat]] is tested on the [[River Tyne]]. * [[1806]] &ndash; The original [[Lower Trenton Bridge]], spanning the [[Delaware River]] between [[Morrisville, Pennsylvania]] and [[Trenton, New Jersey]], is opened. * [[1820]] &ndash; [[Edward Bransfield]] lands on the [[Antarctica|Antarctic mainland]]. * [[1826]] &ndash; The [[Menai Suspension Bridge]], connecting the [[island]] of [[Anglesey]] and mainland [[Wales]], is opened. * [[1835]] &ndash; A mentally ill man named Richard Lawrence attempts to [[assassination|assassinate]] [[President (United States)|President]] [[Andrew Jackson]] in the [[United States Capitol]]—the first assassination attempt against a President. Both of Lawrence's pistols misfire, and Jackson proceeds to beat his would-be assassin with his cane. * [[1841]] &ndash; A [[fire]] destroys two-thirds of the city of Mayaguez, [[Puerto Rico]]. * [[1847]] &ndash; [[Yerba Buena]], [[California]] is renamed [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]]. * [[1862]] &ndash; The first American [[ironclad]] warship, the [[USS Monitor|USS ''Monitor'']] is launched. * [[1869]] &ndash; The [[University of Idaho]] is started. * [[1889]] &ndash; Archduke [[Rudolf, Crown Prince o