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On April 30, 311: The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends.

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The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends.

Year 311 (CCCXI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Valerius and Maximinus. The denomination 311 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

People

Born on April 30

Emily Carey 2003– English actor (born 2003)
Jung Yun-seok 2003– South Korean actor (born 2003)
Anna Cramling 2002– Swedish chess player (born 2002)
Teden Mengi 2002– English footballer (born 2002)
Yui Hiwatashi 2000– Musical artist
Dean James 2000– Footballer (born 2000)
Jorden van Foreest 1999– Dutch chess grandmaster (born 1999)
Krit Amnuaydechkorn 1999– Thai actor and singer (born 1999)
Georgina Amorós 1998– Spanish actress (born 1998)
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Adam Ryczkowski 1997– Polish footballer
Luke Friend 1996– English singer (born 1996)
Chae Seo-jin 1994– South Korean actress
Wang Yafan 1994– Chinese tennis player (born 1994)
Dion Dreesens 1993– Dutch swimmer (born 1993)
Martin Fuksa 1993– Czech canoeist
Marcel Bauer 1992– German politician (born 1992)
Goodnight Chicken 1992– Taiwanese YouTuber (born 1992)
Marc-André ter Stegen 1992– German footballer (born 1992)

People

Died on April 30

Paul Auster American writer and film director (1947–2024)
Jock Zonfrillo Scottish TV presenter and chef (1976–2023)
Naomi Judd American country singer, songwriter, and actress (1946–2022)
Mino Raiola Italian-Dutch football agent (1967–2022)
Anthony Payne English composer, critic and musicologist (1936–2021)
Tony Allen Nigerian musician (1940–2020)
Rishi Kapoor Indian actor (1952–2020)
Peter Mayhew British-American actor (1944–2019)
Belchior Musical artist
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Daniel Berrigan American Catholic priest and activist (1921–2016)
Harry Kroto English chemist (1939–2016)
Ben E. King American singer (1938–2015)
Khaled Choudhury Indian artist (1919–2014)
Julian Lewis English developmental biologist
Carl E. Moses American politician
Ian Ross Australian newsreader (1940–2014)
Roberto Chabet Filipino artist and architect (1937–2013)
Shirley Firth Canadian cross-country skier (1953–2013)

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Every April 30 on record

  1. 311 The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends.

    Calendar year

    Year 311 (CCCXI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Valerius and Maximinus. The denomination 311 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

  2. 1305 Roger de Flor, leader of the mercenary Catalan Company, is murdered, leading to widespread pillaging by the mercenaries in Thrace.

    Italian military adventurer and condottiere

    Roger de Flor, also known as Ruggero/Ruggiero da Fiore or Rutger von Blum or Ruggero Flores, was an Italian military adventurer and condottiere active in Aragonese Sicily, Italy, and the Byzantine Empire. He was the commander of the Great Catalan Company and held the title Count of Malta.

  3. 1315 Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged at the instigation of Charles, Count of Valois.

    Royal court official under Philip IV of France

    Enguerrand de Marigny, Baron Le Portier was a French chamberlain and minister of Philip IV.

  4. 1492 Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration. He is named admiral of the ocean sea, viceroy and governor of any territory he discovers.

    Italian navigator and explorer (1451–1506)

    Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed four Spanish transatlantic voyages in the name of the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas. His expeditions were the first known European contact with the Caribbean and Central and South America.

  5. 1513 Edmund de la Pole, Yorkist pretender to the English throne, is executed on the orders of Henry VIII.

    English nobleman (c. 1471–1513)

    Edmund de la Pole, 3rd Duke of Suffolk, 6th Earl of Suffolk, KG, Duke of Suffolk, was an English nobleman and soldier. The son of John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk and his wife Elizabeth of York, he was through his mother the nephew of the Yorkist kings of England Edward IV and Richard III and the cousin of Edward V and Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York and of Henry VII's queen Elizabeth of York.

  6. 1598 Juan de Oñate begins the conquest of Santa Fe de Nuevo México.
  7. 1598 Henry IV of France issues the Edict of Nantes, allowing freedom of religion to the Huguenots.
  8. 1636 Eighty Years' War: Dutch Republic forces recapture a strategically important fort from Spain after a nine-month siege.
  9. 1789 On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first President of the United States.
  10. 1803 Louisiana Purchase: The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, more than doubling the size of the young nation.
  11. 1812 The Territory of Orleans becomes the 18th U.S. state under the name Louisiana.
  12. 1838 Nicaragua declares independence from the Central American Federation.
  13. 1859 Charles Dickens publishes the first edition of his literary magazine, All the Year Round, containing the first installment of his best-selling classic, A Tale of Two Cities.
  14. 1863 A 65-man French Foreign Legion infantry patrol fights a force of nearly 2,000 Mexican soldiers to nearly the last man in Hacienda Camarón, Mexico.
  15. 1864 American Civil War: Confederate forces led by General E. Kirby Smith attack federal troops retreating across the Saline at Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas.
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  1. 1871 The Camp Grant massacre takes place in Arizona Territory.
  2. 1885 Governor of New York David B. Hill signs legislation creating the Niagara Reservation, New York's first state park, ensuring that Niagara Falls will not be devoted solely to industrial and commercial use.
  3. 1897 J. J. Thomson of the Cavendish Laboratory announces his discovery of the electron as a subatomic particle, over 1,800 times smaller than a proton (in the atomic nucleus), at a lecture at the Royal Institution in London.
  4. 1900 Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
  5. 1905 Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.
  6. 1925 Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc, is sold to Dillon, Read & Co. for US$146 million plus $50 million for charity.
  7. 1927 The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's federal prison in the United States.
  8. 1937 The Commonwealth of the Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
  9. 1939 The 1939–40 New York World's Fair opens.
  10. 1939 NBC inaugurates its regularly scheduled television service in New York City, broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's N.Y. World's Fair opening day ceremonial address.
  11. 1943 World War II: The British submarine HMS Seraph surfaces near Huelva to cast adrift a dead man dressed as a courier and carrying false invasion plans.
  12. 1945 World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after being married for less than 40 hours.
  13. 1945 World War II: Soviet soldiers raise the first Soviet flag over the Reichstag. The Victory Banner will be raised the next day.
  14. 1945 World War II: Stalag Luft I prisoner-of-war camp near Barth, Germany is liberated by Soviet soldiers, freeing nearly 9,000 American and British airmen.
  15. 1947 In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.

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