Editing January 30 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1018]] &ndash; [[Poland]] and the [[Holy Roman Empire]] conclude the [[Peace of Bautzen]].<ref>{{cite book|title=The Cambridge Medieval History volumes 1-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9lHeh36S8ooC&pg=PT1076|publisher=Plantagenet Publishing|pages=1076–|id=GGKEY:G636GD76LW7}}</ref>
*[[1287]] &ndash; King [[Wareru]] founds the [[Hanthawaddy Kingdom]], and proclaims independence from the [[Pagan Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite book | last=Pan Hla | first=Nai | title=Razadarit Ayedawbon | language=my | year=1968 | edition=8th printing, 2005 | location=Yangon | publisher=Armanthit Sarpay | page=24| title-link=Razadarit Ayedawbon }}</ref>
===1601–1900===
*[[1607]] &ndash; An estimated 200 square miles (51,800 ha) along the coasts of the [[Bristol Channel]] and [[Severn Estuary]] in England are destroyed by [[1607 Bristol Channel floods|massive flooding]], resulting in an estimated 2,000 deaths.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bryant  |first1=Edward  |last2=Haslett  |first2=Simon |year=2002 |url=http://ro.uow.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1100&context=scipapers |title=Was the AD 1607 Coastal Flooding Event in the Severn Estuary and Bristol Channel (UK) Due to a Tsunami |journal=Archaeology in the Severn Estuary |issue=13 |pages=163&ndash;167 |issn=1354-7089}}</ref>
*[[1648]] &ndash; [[Eighty Years' War]]: The [[Peace of Münster|Treaty of Münster and Osnabrück]] is signed, ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Bardo Fassbender|author2=Anne Peters|author3=Simone Peter|author4=Daniel Högger|title=The Oxford Handbook of the History of International Law|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PI9nw2tQu4IC&pg=PA80|date=November 2012|publisher=OUP Oxford|isbn=978-0-19-959975-2|pages=80}}</ref>
*[[1649]] &ndash; [[Charles I of England]] is executed in Whitehall, London.<ref name=CharlesI>{{cite web |title=BBC - History - King Charles I |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/charles_i_king.shtml |website=www.bbc.co.uk |access-date=18 January 2022}}</ref>
*[[1661]] &ndash; [[Oliver Cromwell]], [[Lord Protector#Cromwellian republican Commonwealth|Lord Protector]] of the [[Commonwealth of England]], is [[posthumous execution|ritually executed]] more than two years after his death, on the 12th anniversary of the execution of [[Charles I of England|the monarch]] he himself deposed.<ref>{{cite book|author=Laura Lunger Knoppers|title=Constructing Cromwell: Ceremony, Portrait, and Print 1645-1661|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A7_D1t3JMUwC&pg=PA182|date=22 June 2000|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-66261-1|pages=182}}</ref>
*[[1667]] &ndash; [[Truce of Andrusovo|The Truce of Andrusovo]] is signed, ending the [[Russo-Polish War (1654–1667)|Russian-Polish War of 1654-1667]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Truce of Andrusovo signed |url=https://www.prlib.ru/en/history/619017 |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=Presidential Library |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Truce of Andrusovo {{!}} Virtual Shtetl |url=https://sztetl.org.pl/en/glossary/truce-andrusovo |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=sztetl.org.pl}}</ref>
*[[1789]] &ndash; [[Tây Sơn dynasty|Tây Sơn]] forces [[Battle of Ngọc Hồi-Đống Đa|emerge victorious]] against [[Qing dynasty|Qing]] armies and liberate the capital [[Thăng Long]].
*[[1806]] &ndash; The original [[Lower Trenton Bridge]] (also called the Trenton Makes the World Takes Bridge), which spans the [[Delaware River]] between [[Morrisville, Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Morrisville, Pennsylvania]] and [[Trenton, New Jersey]], is opened.
*[[1820]] &ndash; [[Edward Bransfield]] sights the [[Trinity Peninsula]] and claims the discovery of [[Antarctica]].
*[[1826]] &ndash; The [[Menai Suspension Bridge]], considered the world's first modern suspension bridge, connecting the [[Isle of Anglesey]] to the north West coast of Wales, is opened.
*[[1835]] &ndash; In the first assassination attempt against a President of the United States, [[Richard Lawrence (failed assassin)|Richard Lawrence]] attempts to shoot president [[Andrew Jackson]], but fails and is subdued by a crowd, including several congressmen as well as Jackson himself.
*[[1847]] &ndash; [[Yerba Buena, California]] is renamed [[San Francisco, California]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=San Francisco History - Past, Present & Future |url=https://www.sanfrancisco.net/history |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=www.sanfrancisco.net |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1858]] &ndash; The first Hallé concert is given in [[Manchester]], England, marking the official founding of [[The Hallé]] orchestra as a full-time, professional orchestra.
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The first American [[ironclad warship]], the {{USS|Monitor}} is launched.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of the USS Monitor {{!}} Monitor National Marine Sanctuary |url=https://monitor.noaa.gov/about/history.html#:~:text=Construction%20immediately%20began%20at%20the,River,%20ready%20to%20do%20battle. |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=monitor.noaa.gov}}</ref>
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Archduke]] [[Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria]], heir to the [[Austria-Hungary|Austro-Hungarian]] crown, is found dead with his mistress [[Baroness Mary Vetsera]] in the [[Mayerling Incident|Mayerling]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1964-01-26 |title=Mayerling Remains A Mystery |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/01/26/archives/mayerling-remains-a-mystery.html |access-date=2023-08-27 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2006-03-04 |title=Crown Prince Rudolf Of Austria & the Mayerling Incident |url=https://www.virtualvienna.net/crown-prince-rudolf-of-austria/ |access-date=2023-08-27 |website=Virtual Vienna |language=en}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1902]] &ndash; The first [[Anglo-Japanese Alliance]] is signed in [[London]].
*[[1908]] &ndash; Indian pacifist and leader [[Mahatma Gandhi|Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi]] is released from prison by [[Jan C. Smuts]] after being tried and sentenced to two months in jail earlier in the month.
*[[1911]] &ndash; The destroyer {{USS|Terry|DD-25|6}} makes the first [[airplane]] rescue at sea saving the life of [[John Alexander Douglas McCurdy|Douglas McCurdy]] {{convert|10|mile|km|order=flip}} from [[Havana, Cuba]].
*[[1920]] &ndash; Japanese carmaker [[Mazda]] is founded, initially as a [[Cork (plug)|cork]]-producing company.<ref>{{Cite web|title=MAZDA: 1920-1979 {{!}} History|url=https://www.mazda.com/en/about/profile/history/1920-1979/|access-date=2021-05-17|website=www.mazda.com}}</ref>
*[[1925]] &ndash; The Government of [[Turkey]] expels [[Constantine VI of Constantinople|Patriarch Constantine VI]] from [[Istanbul]].
*[[1930]] &ndash; The [[Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union]] orders the confiscation of lands belonging to the Kulaks in a campaign of [[Dekulakization]], resulting in the executions and forced deportations of millions.<ref>Stalin: A Biography by Robert Service, page 267</ref>
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Adolf Hitler's rise to power]]: Hitler takes office as the Chancellor of Germany.
*[[1939]] &ndash; During a [[30 January 1939 Reichstag speech|speech]] in the [[Reichstag (Nazi Germany)|Reichstag]], [[Adolf Hitler]] makes a [[Hitler's prophecy|prediction]] about the end of the [[Jews|Jewish race]] in Europe if another [[world war]] were to occur.<ref>{{cite web |title=Reichstag Speech |url=https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/timeline-event/holocaust/1939-1941/hitler-speech-to-german-parliament |website=Holocaust Encyclopedia |access-date=2023-01-23}}</ref>
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: Japanese forces [[Battle of Ambon|invade the island of Ambon]] in the [[Dutch East Indies]]. Some 300 captured Allied troops are killed after the surrender. One-quarter of the remaining POWs remain alive at the end of the war.
*[[1944]] &ndash; World War II: The [[Battle of Cisterna]], part of [[Operation Shingle]], begins in central Italy.
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: The ''[[KdF Ship Wilhelm Gustloff|Wilhelm Gustloff]]'', overfilled with German [[refugee]]s, sinks in the [[Baltic Sea]] after being [[torpedo]]ed by a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Soviet submarine S-13|submarine]], killing approximately 9,500 people.
*  1945   &ndash; World War II: [[Raid at Cabanatuan]]: One hundred and twenty-six American Rangers and Filipino resistance fighters liberate over 500 Allied prisoners from the Japanese-controlled Cabanatuan POW camp.<ref>{{cite book|author=Richard S. Roper|title=Brothers of Paul: Activities of Prisoner of War Chaplains in the Philippines During WWII|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NXjzAAAAMAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Revere Printing|page=182}}</ref>
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[British South American Airways]]' [[BSAA Star Tiger disappearance|Tudor IV Star Tiger disappears]] over the [[Bermuda Triangle]]. 
*  1948   &ndash; Following the [[assassination of Mahatma Gandhi]] in his home compound, [[India]]'s prime minister, [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], broadcasts to the nation, saying "[[The light has gone out of our lives]]".<ref>{{cite book|author=Jawaharlal Nehru|title=Jawaharlal Nehru's Speeches: Sept. 1946-May 1949|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DhROAQAAMAAJ|year=1958|publisher=Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India|page=31}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Oratory Club Of India|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?235283|accessdate=8 March 2013|newspaper=Outlook|date=13 August 2007}}</ref> The date of the assassination becomes observed as "[[Martyrs' Day (India)|Martyrs' Day]]" in India.
*[[1956]] &ndash; In the United States, [[Civil Rights Movement]] leader [[Martin Luther King Jr.]]'s home is bombed in retaliation for the [[Montgomery bus boycott]].
*[[1959]] &ndash; The forces of the Sultanate of Muscat occupy the last strongholds of the Imamate of Oman, [[Saiq]] and Shuraijah, marking the end of [[Jebel Akhdar War]] in [[Oman]].<ref name=OmansInsurgencies>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wkUhBQAAQBAJ&q=patrol+occupied+sayq+and+shurayjah+by+the+evening+of+30+january%2C&pg=PT59|title=Oman's Insurgencies: The Sultanate's Struggle for Supremacy|first=J. E.|last=Peterson|date=2 January 2013|publisher=Saqi|access-date=29 April 2018|via=Google Books|isbn=9780863567025}}</ref>
*[[1959]] &ndash; {{ship|MS|Hans Hedtoft}}, specifically designed to operate in icebound seas, strikes an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sinks, killing all 95 aboard.
*[[1960]] &ndash; The [[African National Party]] is founded in [[Chad]], through the merger of traditionalist parties.
*[[1964]] &ndash; In a bloodless coup, General [[Nguyễn Khánh]] [[January 1964 South Vietnamese coup|overthrows]] General [[Dương Văn Minh]]'s military junta in [[South Vietnam]].
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: [[Tet Offensive]] launch by forces of the [[Viet Cong]] and [[People's Army of Vietnam|North Vietnamese Army]] against South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies.<ref name=Chase2022>{{cite book |title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2022: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months |date=15 November 2021 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-64143-504-8 |pages=105–106 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xThCEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA106 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[The Beatles]]' last public performance, on the roof of [[Apple Records]] in London. The [[The Beatles' rooftop concert|impromptu concert]] is broken up by the police.<ref name=Chase2022 />
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[The Troubles]]: [[Bloody Sunday (1972)|Bloody Sunday]]: [[Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)|British paratroopers]] open fire on anti-internment marchers in [[Derry]], Northern Ireland, killing 13 people; another person later dies of injuries sustained.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bloody Sunday victims should get 'substantial sum' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-45630880 |website=BBC News |access-date=25 May 2022 |date=24 September 2018}}</ref>
*  1972   &ndash; [[Pakistan]] leaves the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] in protest of its recognition of breakaway [[Bangladesh]].
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Pan Am Flight 806]] crashes near [[Pago Pago International Airport]] in [[American Samoa]], killing 97.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 707-321B N454PA Pago Pago International Airport (PPG)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19740130-0|access-date=2022-01-29|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1975]] &ndash; The [[Monitor National Marine Sanctuary]] is established as the first [[United States National Marine Sanctuary]].
*1975   &ndash; [[Turkish Airlines Flight 345]] crashes into the [[Sea of Marmara]] near [[Atatürk Airport|Istanbul Yeşilköy Airport]], killing 42.<ref name="asn">{{cite web |title=Aircraft accident Fokker F-28 Fellowship 1000 TC-JAP Istanbul-Yeşilköy Airport (IST) [Marmara Sea] |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19750130-0 |accessdate=2009-10-03 |publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; A [[Varig]] [[Boeing 707-323C]] freighter, flown by the same commander as [[Varig Flight 820|Flight 820]], [[Varig Flight 967|disappears over the Pacific Ocean]] 30 minutes after taking off from Tokyo.
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Richard Skrenta]] writes the first PC [[Computer virus|virus]] code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an [[Apple Computer|Apple]] boot program called "[[Elk Cloner]]".
*[[1989]] &ndash; The American [[Embassy of the United States, Kabul|embassy]] in [[Kabul]], [[Democratic Republic of Afghanistan|Afghanistan]] is closed.
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Hydroxycarbamide]] becomes the first approved preventive treatment for [[sickle cell disease]].
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Kenya Airways Flight 431]] crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of [[Ivory Coast]], killing 169.
*[[2006]] &ndash; The [[Goleta postal facility shootings]] occur, killing seven people before the perpetrator took her own life.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.independent.com/2013/01/31/goleta-postal-murders/ | title=The Goleta Postal Murders | date=31 January 2013 }}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Microsoft Corporation]] releases [[Windows Vista]], a major release of the operating system [[Microsoft Windows]] and the NT based kernel.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.microsoft.com/2007/01/29/microsoft-launches-windows-vista-and-microsoft-office-2007-to-consumers-worldwide/ | title=Microsoft launches Windows Vista to consumers worldwide | date= 29 January 2007 }}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Naro-1]] becomes the first [[Launch vehicle|carrier rocket]] launched by South Korea.
*[[2020]] &ndash; The [[World Health Organization]] declares the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] to be a [[Public Health Emergency of International Concern]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=9 August 2021 |title=Covid-19 Pandemic Timeline Fast Facts |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/09/health/covid-19-pandemic-timeline-fast-facts/index.html |access-date=2022-01-11 |website=[[CNN]]}}</ref>