This Day in History: 30th January

Today in History (Important Events of January 30 from world history): The month of January is the first month of the year. The 31 days in this month are very important from the historical point of view. Many important events have taken place on this very day, which has ensured a secure place for this day in the pages of history.

In the year 1349, on this very day, a very tragic event took place. The Jews of Freilsburg were massacred. On this day, in the year 1487, bell chimes were invented and they are still very common all throughout the world. In the year 1647, on this day, something very important took place in the history of England. On this very day, in the year 1647, King Charles I was handed over to the English parliament, by the Scotts against a payment of 400 pounds.

In the year 1713, on this day, England and the Netherlands signed an agreement which is known in history as the 2nd Anti-French Boundary Treaty. On this day, in the year 1774, Captain James Cook reached very close to the South Pole and that was the farthest any man has gone till then. In the year 1797, on this very day, the United States Congress refused to accept the first petition submitted by the American Blacks.

In the year 1815, on this very day, the Library of Congress was re-established in the United States. The library was enriched by the addition of Jefferson's personal collection of 6,500 volumes. The library was burnt in an accident and it took many years to finally re-establish it.

In the year 1847, on this day of the year, Yerba Buena was renamed as San Francisco. In the year 1894, the Pneumatic Hammer was patented by Charles King of Detroit on this very day. In the year 1913, on this day, the House of Lords rejected the Irish Home Rule Bill.

In the year 1934, something very dramatic took place on this very day. On this day in the year 1934, Adolph Hitler produced his proclamation on the Unified German States. On this day itself, in the year 1939, Hitler has asked his army to exterminate all the Jews in Europe. This day is also important in the history of Italy. On this very day in the year 1954, the Fanfani government had resigned in Italy. Just two years later, in the year 1956, on this day, the house of Martin Luther King Jr. was bombed.

On this very day in the year 1882, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born. He went on to become the 32nd President of the United States. The well known Indian politician C Subramaniam was also born on this very day in the year 1910.