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May 30 1423

Georg Purbach German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1461)

May 30 1524

Selam II Sari the blonde sultan of Turkey (1566-74)

May 30 1623

Wallerand Vaillant painterengraver baptized

May 30 1623

John Egerton 2nd Earl of Bridgewater English politician (d. 1686)

May 30 1653

Claudia Felicitas of Austria Empress consort of Germany (d. 1676)

May 30 1713

Princess Caroline Elizabeth of Great Britain (d. 1757)

May 30 1718

Wills Hill 1st Marquess of Downshire British politician (d. 1793)

May 30 1800

Karl W Feuerbach German mathematician (Position of Feuerbach)

May 30 1812

John Alexander McClernand American politician and Major General (Union Army) born in Breckinridge County Kentucky (d. 1900)

May 30 1814

Eugne Charles Catalan Belgian mathematician (d. 1894)

May 30 1819

William McMurdo British army officer (d. 1894)

May 30 1820

Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau French Canadian politician (d. 1890)

May 30 1830

Edward Winslow Hinks American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Bucksport Maine (d. 1894)

May 30 1832

George Doherty Johnston Brigadier General (Confederate Army)

May 30 1835

Alfred Austin Leeds England poet laureate of England (Garden)

May 30 1845

AmadeusAmadeo I duke of Aosta and King of Spain (1870-73)

May 30 1846

Peter Carl Faberg Russian goldsmith and jeweler (d. 1920)

May 30 1847

Alice Stopford Green Irish historian and proponent of Irish independence born in Kells Ireland (d. 1929)

May 30 1853

Andries Andre Dutch actor and husband of Geertruida Meeuwissen (Trumpeter-Major) born (d. 1890)

May 30 1859

Pierre Marie Felix Janet French psychologistneurologist

May 30 1867

Arthur Vining Davis Sharon Mass CEO (Alcoa-1910-57)

May 30 1871

Olga Engl Austrian actress (Phantom) born in Prague Bohemia Austria-Hungary (d. 1946)

May 30 1875

Giovanni Gentile Italian philosopher (d. 1944)

May 30 1878

Mike Donlin American baseball player (d. 1933)

May 30 1879

Colin Blythe English cricketer (outstanding slow lefty pre-WWI) born in Deptford (d. 1917)

May 30 1881

Georg von Kchler German field marshal (d. 1968)

May 30 1887

Alexander Archipenko Ukraine sculptorlithographer

May 30 1887

Gino Tagliapietra Italian pianist and composer (Antologia di musica antica e moderna per pianoforte) born in Ljubljana Slovenia (d. 1954)

May 30 1891

Iman J van den Bosch Belgian resistance fighter

May 30 1894

Hubertus J van Mook Dutch minister of Colonies (1942-45)

May 30 1895

Maurice Tate cricketer (great England pace bowler of 20s)

May 30 1896

Howard Hawks American director and producer (Rio Bravo Scarface) born in Goshen Indiana (d. 1977)

May 30 1899

Irving Thalberg American film producer (MGM) born in Booklyn New York (d. 1936)

May 30 1035 Boudouin V van Rijsel becomes earl of Flanders

May 30 1416 Jerome of Prague burned at the stake for heresy by church Council of Constance

May 30 1434 The Battle of Lipany (also called the Battle of esky Brod) ending Taborites influence

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