November 30 in History

41 events 883 – 2022

November 30 spans 41 recorded events across recorded history — from 883 – 2022. Below is a curated digest of the most significant moments tied to this date.

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Abu al Abbas celebrates a victory parade in Bagdhad following the surpression of the Zanj Rebellion, the largest slave revolt in the Arab world.
16th Abbasid Caliph (r. 892–902)
Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn Ṭalḥa ibn Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn, better known by his regnal name al-Muʿtaḍid bi-llāh, was the caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate from 892 until his death in 902.
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883
Franco-German war of 978–980: Holy Roman Emperor Otto II lifts the siege of Paris and withdraws.
West Francia vs. Holy Roman Empire
The Franco-German war of 978–980 was fought over possession of Lotharingia and over personal honour. In the summer of 978, King Lothair of West Francia (France) launched a surprise attack on Aachen, almost capturing the Emperor Otto II, king of East Francia (Germany) and of Italy. By autumn Lothair had returned to West Francia, while Otto had convoked a diet and assembled an army. To avenge his honour, Otto invaded West Francia. Unable to take Paris after a brief siege, he returned to Lotharingia. During his retreat, after the bulk of his army had crossed the river Aisne, the West Franks caught up to his baggage train and slaughtered it. In 980, the kings made peace. Lothair renounced his claim to Lotharingia.
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978
Queen Anne's War: The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the British Empire and their Creek allies to capture Pensacola, Spanish Florida.
North American theater of the War of the Spanish Succession (1702–1713)
Queen Anne's War (1702–1713) was the second in a series of French and Indian Wars fought in North America involving the colonial empires of Great Britain, France, and Spain; it took place during the reign of Anne, Queen of Great Britain. In the United States, it is regarded as a standalone conflict under this name. Elsewhere it is usually viewed as the American theater of the War of the Spanish Succession. It is also known as the Third Indian War. In France it was known as the Second Intercolonial War.
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1707
Great Northern War: King Charles XII of Sweden dies during a siege of the fortress of Fredriksten in Norway.
Swedish-Russian conflict (1700–1721)
In the Great Northern War (1700–1721) a coalition led by Russia successfully contested the supremacy of Sweden in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the anti-Swedish alliance were Peter I of Russia, Frederick IV of Denmark–Norway and Augustus II the Strong of Saxony-Poland-Lithuania. Frederick IV and Augustus II were defeated by Sweden, under Charles XII, and forced out of the alliance in 1700 and 1706, respectively, but rejoined it in 1709 after the defeat of Charles XII at the Battle of Poltava. George I of Great Britain and the Electorate of Hanover joined the coalition in 1714 for Hanover and in 1717 for Britain, and Frederick William I of Brandenburg-Prussia joined it in 1715.
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1718
American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris: In Paris, representatives from the United States and Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris).
1775–1783 armed conflict in North America
The American Revolutionary War, also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army. The conflict was fought in North America, the Caribbean, and the Atlantic Ocean. The war's outcome seemed uncertain for most of the war, but Washington and the Continental Army's decisive victory in the Siege of Yorktown in 1781 led King George III and the Kingdom of Great Britain to negotiate an end to the war. In 1783, in the Treaty of Paris, the British monarchy acknowledged the independence of the Thirteen Colonies, leading to the establishment of the United States as an independent and sovereign nation.
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1782
The Grand Duchy of Tuscany, under Pietro Leopoldo I, becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty (later commemorated as Cities for Life Day).
Italian state (1569–1801; 1814–1860)
The Grand Duchy of Tuscany was an Italian monarchy located in Central Italy that existed, with interruptions, from 1569 to 1860, replacing the Republic of Florence. The grand duchy's capital was Florence. In the 19th century the population of the Grand Duchy was about 1,815,000 inhabitants.
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1786
The Balmis Expedition starts in Spain with the aim of vaccinating millions against smallpox in Spanish America and Philippines.
1803–06 Spanish Empire vaccination campaign
The Royal Philanthropic Vaccine Expedition, commonly referred to as the Balmis Expedition, was a Spanish healthcare mission that lasted from 1803 to 1806, led by Dr Francisco Javier de Balmis, which vaccinated hundreds of thousands against smallpox in Spanish America, the Philippines, and China. The vaccine was transported through children: orphaned boys who sailed with the expedition and, for part of the journey, three enslaved girls from Cuba.
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1803
In New Orleans, Spanish representatives officially transfer the Louisiana Territory to the French First Republic.
Territory of the United States of America from 1805 to 1812
The Louisiana Territory, officially the Territory of Louisiana, was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 4, 1805, until June 4, 1812, when it was renamed the Missouri Territory. The territory was formed out of the District of Louisiana, which consisted of the portion of the Louisiana Purchase north of the 33rd parallel.
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1803
Crimean War: Battle of Sinop: The Imperial Russian Navy under Pavel Nakhimov destroys the Ottoman fleet under Osman Pasha at Sinop, a sea port in northern Turkey.
Tenth conflict of the Russo-Turkish wars (1853–1856)
The Crimean War was fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, the Second French Empire, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont from October 1853 to February 1856. Geopolitical causes of the war included the Eastern question, expansion of Imperial Russia in the preceding Russo-Turkish wars, and the British and French preference to preserve the Ottoman Empire to maintain the balance of power in the Concert of Europe.
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1853
American Civil War: The Confederate Army of Tennessee led by General John Bell Hood suffers heavy losses in an attack on the Union Army of the Ohio under General John Schofield in the Battle of Franklin.
1861–1865 conflict in the United States
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States between the Union and the Confederacy, which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union to preserve slavery in the United States, which they saw as threatened because of the election of Abraham Lincoln and the growing abolitionist movement in the North. The war lasted a little over four years, ending with Union victory, the dissolution of the Confederacy and the abolition of slavery, freeing four million African Americans.
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1864
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20 people 1986 – 2000
Jane Paknia
American musician
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2000
Grant Williams
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American basketball player
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1998
Lancey Foux
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British rapper and singer
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1995
Sofia Araújo
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1994
Marko Daňo
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Austrian-Slovak ice hockey player
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1994
Agnatius Paasi
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Tongan rugby league player
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1991
Magnus Carlsen
Magnus Carlsen
Norwegian chess player
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1990
Antoine N'Gossan
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1990
Adelaide Clemens
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1989
Vladimír Weiss
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1989
Phillip Hughes
Phillip Hughes
Australian cricketer (died 2014)
Phillip Joel Hughes was an Australian Test and One Day International (ODI) cricketer who played domestic cricket for South Australia and Worcestershire. He was a left-handed opening batsman who played for two seasons…
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1988
Vitaliy Polyanskyi
Ukrainian footballer
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1988
Rebecca Rittenhouse
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American actress
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1988
Tomi Saarelma
Tomi Saarelma
Finnish footballer
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1988
Vasilisa Bardina
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Russian tennis player
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1987
Christel Khalil
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1987
Naomi
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1987
Daniel Noboa
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1987
Dougie Poynter
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1987
Jordan Farmar
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1986
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Lou Carnesecca
Lou Carnesecca
American basketball player and coach (born 1925)
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2024
Alistair Darling
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British Politician and Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1953)
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2023
Shane MacGowan
Shane MacGowan
Irish singer-songwriter and frontman of The Pogues (born 1957)
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2023
Jiang Zemin
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2022
Christine McVie
Christine McVie
English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (born 1943)
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2022
Irina Antonova
Irina Antonova
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2020
George H. W. Bush
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2018
Jim Nabors
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American actor and comedian (born 1930)
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2017
Surin Pitsuwan
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Thai politician and diplomat (born 1949)
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2017
Marina Popovich
Marina Popovich
Soviet pilot, engineer and military officer (born 1931)
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2017
Alfie Curtis
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2017
Pío Caro Baroja
Spanish director and screenwriter (born 1928)
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2015
Minas Hatzisavvas
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2015
Marcus Klingberg
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2015
Fatema Mernissi
Fatema Mernissi
Moroccan sociologist and author (born 1940)
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2015
Shigeru Mizuki
Shigeru Mizuki
Japanese author and illustrator (born 1922)
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2015
Eldar Ryazanov
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Russian director and screenwriter (born 1927)
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2015
Nigel Buxton
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2015
Qayyum Chowdhury
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2014
Jarbom Gamlin
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2014
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Notable birthdays on this date include Jane Paknia, Grant Williams, Lancey Foux.

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Notable deaths on this date include Lou Carnesecca, Alistair Darling, Shane MacGowan.

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On November 30, one notable event in history was 2022: The AI chatbot ChatGPT is launched by OpenAI..

This date currently highlights 41 recorded events on thisDay.info, spanning 883 – 2022.

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