August 30

August 30 is the 242nd day of the year (243rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 123 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600 70 ??? Titus ends the siege of Jerusalem after destroying Herod's Temple. 1060 ??? The Mirdasids defeat the Fatimid Caliphate at the Battle of al-Funaydiq, signalling the definitive loss of Aleppo for the Fatimids. 1282 ??? Peter III of Aragon lands at Trapani to intervene in the War of the Sicilian Vespers. 1363 ??? The five-week Battle of Lake Poyang begins, in which the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders (Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang) meet to decide who will supplant the Yuan dynasty. 1464 ??? Pope Paul II succeeds Pope Pius II as the 211th pope. 1574 ??? Guru Ram Das becomes the Fourth Sikh Guru/Master. 1590 ??? Tokugawa Ieyasu enters Edo Castle. (Traditional Japanese date: August 1, 1590)...

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