Did you know
Dayananda Saraswati was the first to give the call for Swaraj as "India for Indians" in 1876, a call later taken up by Lokmanya Tilak.
Notable Deaths on October 30
1883 — Dayananda Saraswati
Indian philosopher and scholar (born 1824)
October 30 has 100 recorded notable deaths across history, from 526 to 2024. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
100 source records
526 – 2024
Today in history
Major events on October 30
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- 1918 World War I: Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen, a state union of Kingdom of Hungary and Triune Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia is abolished with decisions of Croatian and Hungarian parliaments. Source
- 1831 Nat Turner is arrested for leading the bloodiest slave rebellion in United States history. Source
- 1983 The first democratic elections in Argentina, after seven years of military rule, are held. Source
- 1864 Second War of Schleswig: The Treaty of Vienna is signed, by which Denmark relinquishes one province each to Prussia and Austria. Source
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William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland was a British Whig and then a Tory politician during the late Georgian era.
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Charles IX of Sweden (born 1550) was the youngest son of King Gustav I and his second wife, Margaret Leijonhufvud, the brother of King John III and half-brother of King Erik XIV, and the uncle of Sigismund, who became king both of Sweden and of Poland.
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Kim Joo-hyuk was also an original regular cast member on the third season of the KBS2's reality-variety show 2 Days & 1 Night.
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Edward Vernon had a long and distinguished career, rising to the rank of admiral after 46 years service.
More major people who died on October 30
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1809
William Cavendish-Bentinck
3rd Duke of Portland, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1738)
William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland was a British Whig and then a Tory politician during the late Georgian era.
1611
Charles IX of Sweden (born 1550)
Charles IX, also Carl, reigned as King of Sweden from 1604 until 1611.
2017
Kim Joo-hyuk
South Korean actor (born 1972)
Kim Joo-hyuk was a South Korean actor. He was known for his leading roles in the films My Wife Got Married (2008), The Servant (2010), and Yourself and Yours (2016), his supporting roles in Confidential Assignment…
1757
Edward Vernon
English admiral and politician (born 1684)
Admiral Edward Vernon was a Royal Navy officer and politician. He had a long and distinguished career, rising to the rank of admiral after 46 years service.
1915
Charles Tupper
Canadian physician, lawyer, and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1821)
Sir Charles Tupper, 1st Baronet, was a Canadian Father of Confederation who served as the sixth prime minister of Canada from May 1 to July 8, 1896.
2015
Mel Daniels
American basketball player and coach (born 1944)
Melvin Joe Daniels was an American professional basketball player.
1459
Poggio Bracciolini
Italian scholar and translator (born 1380)
Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini, usually referred to simply as Poggio Bracciolini, was an Italian scholar and an early Renaissance humanist.
1632
Henri II de Montmorency
French admiral and politician (born 1595)
Henri de Montmorency, 4th Duke of Montmorency was a French military officer. Made Grand Amiral in 1612, governor of Languedoc in 1614, and by 1620 was viceroy of New France.
2015
Norm Siebern
American baseball player and scout (born 1933)
Norman Leroy Siebern was an American professional baseball player and scout.
1968
Conrad Richter
American journalist and novelist (born 1890)
Conrad Michael Richter was an American novelist whose lyrical work is concerned largely with life on the American frontier in various periods.
1988
Florence Nagle
English trainer and breeder of racehorses (born 1894)
Florence Nagle was a British trainer and breeder of racehorses, a breeder of pedigree dogs, and an active feminist.
1680
Antoinette Bourignon
French-Flemish mystic (born 1616)
Antoinette Bourignon de la Porte was a French-Flemish mystic and adventurer. She taught that the end times would come soon and that the Last Judgment would then fall.
2014
Elijah Malok Aleng
Sudanese general and politician (born 1937)
Elijah Malok Aleng was a South Sudanese public servant, general, and politician, from [Twic Dinka/Twi East county] in Jonglei State.
1965
Arthur M. Schlesinger
Sr., American historian and author (born 1888)
Arthur Meier Schlesinger was an American historian who taught at Harvard University, pioneering social history and urban history.
2006
Junji Kinoshita
Japanese playwright and scholar (born 1914)
Junji Kinoshita was a Japanese playwright. He was the foremost playwright of modern drama in postwar Japan. He was also a translator and scholar of Shakespeare's plays.
2009
Claude Lévi-Strauss
French anthropologist and ethnologist (born 1908)
Claude Lévi-Strauss was a Belgian-born French anthropologist and ethnologist whose work was key in the development of the theories of structuralism and structural anthropology.
1968
Ramon Novarro
Mexican-American actor, singer, and director (born 1899)
Ramón Gil Samaniego, known professionally as Ramon Novarro, was a Mexican actor.
2005
Al López
American baseball player and manager (born 1908)
Alfonso Ramón López was a Spanish-American professional baseball catcher and manager.
1912
James S. Sherman
American lawyer and politician, 27th Vice President of the United States (born 1855)
James Schoolcraft Sherman was the 27th vice president of the United States, serving from 1909 until his death in 1912, under President William Howard Taft.