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On May 30, 70: Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometres (9.3 mi).

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Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometres (9.3 mi).

AD 70 (LXX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Vespasian and Titus. The denomination AD 70 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 May 30

Natty 2002– Thai singer (born 2002)
Jared S. Gilmore 2000– American actor
Eddie Nketiah 1999– British footballer (born 1999)
Guanyu Zhou 1999– Chinese racing driver (born 1999)
Jung Eun-bi 1997– South Korean singer (born 1997)
Charlie Hall 1997– American actor
Jake Short 1997– American actor (born 1997)
Beatriz Haddad Maia 1996– Brazilian tennis player (born 1996)
Scott Laughton 1994– Canadian ice hockey player (born 1994)
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Harrison Barnes 1992– American basketball player (born 1992)
Danielle Harold 1992– English actress (born 1992)
Jeremy Lamb 1992– American basketball player (born 1992)
Jonathan Fox 1991– British Paralympic swimmer
Im Yoon-ah 1990– South Korean singer and actress (born 1990)
Andrei Loktionov 1990– Russian ice hockey player (born 1990)
Zack Wheeler 1990– American baseball player (born 1990)
Ailee 1989– American singer (born 1989)
Lesia Tsurenko 1989– Ukrainian tennis player (born 1989)

People

Died on May 30

Étienne-Émile Baulieu French biochemist and endocrinologist (1926–2025)
Valerie Mahaffey American actress (1953–2025)
Loretta Swit American actress (1937–2025)
John E. Thrasher American politician (1943–2025)
Geneviève de Galard French nurse (1925–2024)
Drew Gordon American basketball player (1990–2024)
Jason Dupasquier Swiss motorcycle racer (2001–2021)
Michael Angelis English actor (1944–2020)
Thad Cochran American attorney and politician (1937–2019)
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Jason Marcano Trinidad and Tobago footballer (1983–2019)
Tom Lysiak Canadian ice hockey player (1953–2016)
Rick MacLeish Canadian ice hockey player (1950–2016)
Beau Biden American politician and lawyer (1969–2015)
Joël Champetier French-Canadian science fiction and fantasy author
L. Tom Perry American religious leader
Hienadz Buraukin Belarusian poet, journalist, and diplomat (1936–2014)
Henning Carlsen Danish filmmaker
Joan Lorring American actress

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Every May 30 on record

  1. 70 Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometres (9.3 mi).

    Calendar year

    AD 70 (LXX) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Vespasian and Titus. The denomination AD 70 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. 1381 Beginning of the Peasants' Revolt in England.

    1381 uprising in England

    The Peasants' Revolt, also named Wat Tyler's Rebellion or the Great Uprising, was a major uprising across large parts of England in 1381. The revolt had various causes, including the socio-economic and political tensions generated by the Black Death in the 1340s, the high taxes resulting from the conflict with France during the Hundred Years' War, and instability within the local leadership of London. The revolt heavily influenced the course of the Hundred Years' War by deterring later Parliaments from raising additional taxes to pay for military campaigns in France.

  3. 1416 The Council of Constance, called by Emperor Sigismund, a supporter of Antipope John XXIII, burns Jerome of Prague following a trial for heresy.

    1414–1418 ecumenical council that settled the Western Schism

    The Council of Constance was an ecumenical council of the Catholic Church that was held from 1414 to 1418 in the Bishopric of Constance (Konstanz) in present-day Germany. This was the first ecumenical council convened in the Holy Roman Empire. The council ended the Western Schism by deposing or accepting the resignation of the remaining papal claimants and by electing Pope Martin V.

  4. 1431 Hundred Years' War: In Rouen, France, the 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal.

    Medieval Anglo-French conflicts, 1337–1453

    The Hundred Years' War was a conflict between the kingdoms of England and France and a civil war in France during the late Middle Ages. It emerged from feudal disputes over the Duchy of Aquitaine and was triggered by a claim to the French throne made by Edward III of England. The war grew into a broader military, economic, and political struggle involving factions from across Western Europe, fuelled by emerging nationalism on both sides.

  5. 1434 Hussite Wars: Battle of Lipany: Effectively ending the war, Utraquist forces led by Diviš Bořek of Miletínek defeat and almost annihilate Taborite forces led by Prokop the Great.

    15th-century religious wars in Bohemia

    The Hussite Wars, also called the Bohemian Wars or the Hussite Revolution, were a series of civil wars fought between the Hussites and the combined Catholic forces of Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund, the Papacy, and European monarchs loyal to the Catholic Church, as well as various Hussite factions. At a late stage of the conflict, the Utraquists changed sides in 1432 to fight alongside Roman Catholics and opposed the Taborites and other Hussite factions. These wars lasted from 1419 to approximately 1434.

  6. 1510 During the reign of the Zhengde Emperor, Ming dynasty rebel leader Zhu Zhifan is defeated by commander Qiu Yue, ending the Prince of Anhua rebellion.
  7. 1536 King Henry VIII of England marries Jane Seymour, a lady-in-waiting to his first two wives.
  8. 1539 In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal of finding gold.
  9. 1574 Henry III becomes King of France.
  10. 1588 The last ship of the Spanish Armada sets sail from Lisbon heading for the English Channel.
  11. 1631 Publication of Gazette de France, the first French newspaper.
  12. 1635 Thirty Years' War: The Peace of Prague is signed.
  13. 1642 From this date all honors granted by Charles I of England are retroactively annulled by Parliament.
  14. 1723 Johann Sebastian Bach assumed the office of Thomaskantor in Leipzig, presenting his first new cantata, Die Elenden sollen essen, BWV 75, in the St. Nicholas Church on the first Sunday after Trinity.
  15. 1796 War of the First Coalition: In the Battle of Borghetto, Napoleon Bonaparte manages to cross the Mincio River against the Austrian army. This crossing forces the Austrians to abandon Lombardy and retreat to the Tyrol, leaving the fortress of Mantua as the sole remaining Austrian stronghold in Northern Italy.
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  1. 1806 Future U.S. President Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel.
  2. 1814 The First Treaty of Paris is signed, returning the French frontiers to their 1792 extent, and restoring the House of Bourbon to power.
  3. 1815 The East Indiaman Arniston is wrecked during a storm at Waenhuiskrans, near Cape Agulhas, in present-day South Africa, with the loss of 372 lives.
  4. 1834 Minister of Justice Joaquim António de Aguiar issues a law seizing "all convents, monasteries, colleges, hospices and any other houses" from the Catholic religious orders in Portugal, earning him the nickname of "The Friar-Killer".
  5. 1842 John Francis attempts to murder Queen Victoria as she drives down Constitution Hill in London with Prince Albert.
  6. 1845 The Fatel Razack coming from India, lands in the Gulf of Paria in Trinidad and Tobago carrying the first Indians to the country.
  7. 1854 The Kansas–Nebraska Act becomes law establishing the U.S. territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
  8. 1862 American Civil War: The Siege of Corinth ends in a Union victory, with General Henry Halleck capturing the critical rail junction of Corinth, Mississippi from retreating Confederate forces under General P. G. T. Beauregard.
  9. 1866 Bedrich Smetana's comic opera The Bartered Bride premiered in Prague.
  10. 1868 Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern "Memorial Day") is observed in the United States for the first time after a proclamation by John A. Logan, head of the Grand Army of the Republic (a veterans group).
  11. 1876 Ottoman sultan Abdülaziz is deposed and succeeded by his nephew Murad V.
  12. 1876 The secret decree of Ems Ukaz, issued by Russian Tsar Alexander II in the German city of Bad Ems, was aimed at stopping the printing and distribution of Ukrainian-language publications in the Russian Empire.
  13. 1883 In New York City, 12 people are killed in a stampede on the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge.
  14. 1899 Pearl Hart, a female outlaw of the Old West, robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of Globe, Arizona.
  15. 1911 At the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first Indianapolis 500 ends with Ray Harroun in his Marmon Wasp becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.

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