Friday, Oct 30, 2026
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701 - John VI begins his reign as Catholic Pope.
1270 - 8th and last crusade is launched.
1466 - Death of Johann Fust, a financial backer of Johannes Gutenberg.
1611 - Sweden's King Karl IX dies at Nyköping.
1626 - Willebord van Roijen dutch mathematician, dies at age 35.
1735 - Birth of John Adams in Braintree, Massachusettes, USA; second US president (1797-1801) (dies 1826).
1751 - Birth of Richard Brinsley Sheridan playwright (School for Scandal).
1801 - A meteorite strikes a house near Horringer-mill, Suffolk, England, burning it and a stable to the ground.
1821 - Birth of Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski; Russian novelist and short-story writer (Crime and Punishment).
1830 - Birth of John S Bowen Major-General (Confederate).