March 30 in History

Surrenders the garrison castle of Berwick to Edward I

Most of the male inhabitants of the Berwick are killed

Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury

Appoints Thomas Cranmer Archbishop of Canterbury

Cranmer is consecrated as Archbishop in St Stephens Chapel

Appointed Archbishop of Canterbury

Cranmer is consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury and Convocation immediately declares the King's marriage to Katherine unlawful

Cranmer is recognized by the Pope to placate Henry VIII but will not grant a divorce

Cranmer is consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury and Convocation immediately declares the King's marriage to Katherine unlawful

Cranmer is consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury and Convocation immediately declares the King's marriage to Katherine unlawful

Members of both Houses are required to swear an oath accepting the Act of Succession. All the King's subjects are required to swear to the legitimacy of his marriage and to accept the King's new powers and the break from Rome

The Appointment of Bishops Act transfers control of episcopal appointments from papal provision to royal procedures.

All the King's subjects are required to swear to the legitimacy of his marriage and to accept the King's new powers and the break from Rome

Members of both Houses are required to swear an oath accepting the Act of Succession

Parliament ends Peter's Pence and other payments formerly made from England to Rome.

All the King's subjects are required to swear to the legitimacy of his marriage and to accept the King's new powers and the break from Rome

Members of both Houses are required to swear an oath accepting the Act of Succession

All the King's subjects are required to swear to the legitimacy of his marriage and to accept the King's new powers and the break from Rome

Members of both Houses are required to swear an oath accepting the Act of Succession

Parliament confirms the Submission of the Clergy and limits independent ecclesiastical legislation.

All the King's subjects are required to swear to the legitimacy of his marriage and to accept the King's new powers and the break from Rome

Members of both Houses are required to swear an oath accepting the Act of Succession

Parliament gives statutory force to Henry VIII's new dynastic settlement after the break with Catherine of Aragon.

Princess Elizabeth is recognised as heir presumptive after the birth of Anne Boleyn's daughter.

Princess Mary is excluded from the succession after the annulment of Henry's marriage to Catherine of Aragon.

The Act declares Henry VIII's marriage to Catherine of Aragon invalid for purposes of the royal succession.

The Act excludes Mary from the succession and recognises Elizabeth as heir presumptive.

The First Succession Act gives statutory force to Henry VIII's marriage settlement and succession through Anne Boleyn.

The First Succession Act receives royal assent, settling the succession on the children of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn.

The First Succession Act recognises Anne Boleyn as Henry VIII's lawful wife and her children as legitimate heirs.

Has Ibrahim Pasha assassinated at the instigation of his wife

Robert Ferrar is burned as Marian persecution reaches Wales.

Captures Aberdeen for the Covenanters

Captures Aberdeen for the Covenanters

Captures Aberdeen for the Covenanters

Parisians agree to lay down their arms. Agrees to restore the Bastille to the crown for an amnesty & Louis to return to Paris

Alexandre de Beauharnais was elected as a noble deputy for the bailliage of Blois to the Estates General.

Begins surveying the boundaries of the federal district

Danton and his allies are arrested after criticism of the Terror and the Committee of Public Safety

Danton and his allies are arrested after criticism of the Terror and the Committee of Public Safety.

Leaves Toulon as part of Napoleon's naval concentration plan.

Learns Villeneuve has escaped Toulon and begins the pursuit.

Marmont surrenders Paris

Maiden speech on the Manchester Gas Light Bill

The Henri de Brouckere Government ends in Brussels, concluding this period as head of the Belgian government.

Begins the Pieter de Decker Government in Brussels and serves as head of the Belgian government.

Dost Mohammad signs a treaty of peace and friendship with British India.

Cedes territory near the mouth of the Danube.

Accepts neutralisation of the Black Sea under the peace settlement.

Supports creation of an international Danube commission.

Regains Kars through the Treaty of Paris settlement.

The "Four Points" plan is largely adhered to, most notably Russia's special privileges relating to the Danubian Principalities are transferred to the Great Powers.

The Tsar and the Sultan agree not to establish any naval or military arsenal on the coast of the Black Sea. The Treaty of Paris stands until 1871, when France is crushed by Prussia in the Franco-Prussian War.

Warships of all nations are perpetually excluded from the Black Sea, once the home to the Russian fleet (which had been destroyed in the course of the war). Treaty settlement of the Congress of Paris.

Signs the Treaty of Paris as an Ottoman plenipotentiary at the peace congress.

Signs the Treaty of Paris as an Austrian plenipotentiary.

Represents Prussia in the final Paris arrangements and signs the peace treaty.

Treaty settlement of the Congress of Paris.

Signs the Treaty of Paris for Russia.

Signs the Treaty of Paris for the Ottoman Empire.

Treaty settlement of the Congress of Paris.

The Treaty of Paris is signed.

Signs the Treaty of Paris for Sardinia alongside Cavour.

Signs the Treaty of Paris for Britain.

Signs the Treaty of Paris as one of Britain's plenipotentiaries at the peace congress.

Wins a vote of confidence in the Commons and the Lords after the Treaty of Paris.

Wins parliamentary support after the Treaty of Paris.

The National Assembly elects Prince William of Denmark as King George I.

The postwar settlement restricting Russian naval power in the Black Sea is overturned in 1871.

Russian forces seize Panjdeh, prompting an Anglo-Russian crisis over Afghanistan's northern frontier.

With the support of the Irish Nationalists Asquiths Budget is passed by the Commons

Promises if the Lords reject the budget the King will create peers before an election. Declares the Lords should not have the right to reject or a Bill more than 2X. Declares that Parliament should be restricted to terms 5 years

Promises if the Lords reject the budget the King will create peers before an election

Proposes limiting the maximum life of Parliament to five years.

Irish Nationalist support helps the Budget pass the Commons.

Warns that peers may be created if the Lords block the Budget.

Abdelhafid abdicates in favor of his brother Yusef after signing the Treaty of Fez, which makes Morocco a French protectorate

France establishes a full protectorate over Morocco, ending what remained of the countrys formal independence

France establishes a full protectorate over Morocco, ending what remained of the countrys formal independence

France establishes a full protectorate over Morocco, ending what remained of the countrys formal independence

Succeeds Seely at the War Office during the Curragh crisis and threat of Irish civil conflict.

Successor to Seely during the "Curragh Mutiny" & threat of Irish civil war

Appointed Secretary of State for War

Temporarily assumes the War Office during the Curragh crisis.

The German 8th Army heads towards Amiens

The Second Zahle Premiership ends in Copenhagen, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Denmark.

Begins the Liebe Caretaker Government in Copenhagen and serves as Prime Minister of Denmark.

Secures Reichstag approval of the emergency budget for 1922 while deputies debate Allied reparations demands.

Averescu begins his third and final term as prime minister.

German bishops withdraw their ban on Nazism

Agrees Chamberlains proposal of a unilateral British guarantee of Polish independence

Agrees Chamberlains proposal of a unilateral British guarantee of Polish independence

The Lithuanian Parliament approves the convention returning Memel to Germany unanimously and without abstention

Rejects the Japanese-sponsored collaborationist government established at Nanjing under Wang Jingwei and continues resistance from Chongqing.

At a General Staff meeting says Germany must destroy the Red Army & the Soviet State

At a General Staff meeting orders destruction of the Red Army & the Soviet State

At a General Staff meeting says Germany must destroy the Red Army & the Soviet State. At a General Staff meeting orders destruction of the Red Army & the Soviet State

Second phase of the siege attacks eastern strongpoints

Faces repression as emergency powers restrict political activity.

Leads tens of thousands from Langa toward central Cape Town.

Is detained during the state of emergency crackdown.

Is detained with thousands of activists during the emergency.

Is caught in the government crackdown on ANC leadership.

Emergency regulations expand government powers following Sharpeville.

Emergency powers permit mass detention and restrictions on meetings.

Persuades the huge crowd to disperse peacefully after negotiations.

Joins thousands imprisoned following the Sharpeville crisis.

Government declares a state of emergency after Sharpeville.

Remains imprisoned as opposition leaders are detained.

Is detained after the government declares a state of emergency.

Remains imprisoned while Treason Trial proceedings continue.

Serves as governor-general during the declaration of emergency.

Appointed interim President of Ecuador

State funeral ceremonies begin in Washington, including procession to the United States Capitol where he lies in state.

The Legal Framework Order sets representation and constitutional rules for the election.

Yahya Khan issues the Legal Framework Order governing the forthcoming general election.

Yahya Khan's order requires the elected assembly to draft a constitution within a fixed period.

Participates in the 24th CPSU Congress as a senior Soviet leader.

Supports Brezhnev's party line during the 24th CPSU Congress.

The top rate of tax is reduced to 75%. Selective employment tax is halved. Child allowances & old age pensions are increased

Hanoi refuses concessions & launches the Easter Offensive

Helps direct the North Vietnamese 1972 offensive

PAVN divisions strike across the DMZ and from Laos

Backs the major conventional offensive against South Vietnam

A reduced campaign-intelligence program received approval, clearing the way for operations that eventually included illegal entry into Democratic offices.

The Viet Cong strike Quang Tri province, Kontum-Pleiku & Binh Long province. JCS increase the monthly sortie rate to 1,800

North Vietnam launches the Nguyen Hue Campaign as a major conventional offensive

JCS increase the monthly sortie rate to 1,800

PAVN opens coordinated attacks across northern South Vietnam

Commands communist forces in the southern theater during the offensive

Releases Ooh La La with Faces during growing tension between group and solo commitments.

Danang falls to the Communists

CPK Central Committee appoints Khieu Samphan as President of the State Presidium

Healey receives 38 votes in the second ballot but is eliminated from the leadership contest.

Killed by a car bomb in the House of Commons

Voting begins in a national referendum on replacing the monarchy with an Islamic Republic

Voting begins in a referendum on replacing the monarchy with an Islamic Republic

A national referendum begins on replacing the monarchy with an Islamic Republic

Wounded alongside President Reagan in an assassination attempt

Attempts to assassinate President Reagan. Arrested for shooting President Reagan & 2 of his aides

President Reagan & 3 aides are shot in an assassination attempt in Washington

Israeli authorities bar West Bank Palestinians from entering Israel after two traffic police officers were shot to death

Lush's Lovelife reaches number eight on the UK albums chart.

Walkaway reaches number nine on the UK singles chart, giving Cast a major Britpop-era hit.

Alexei Yagudin wins his third title in the World Figure Skating Championships

Beriz Belkic becomes Bosniak member of the Presidency

Calls for implementation of a ceasefire and Israeli withdrawal from Palestinian cities

Release the compilation Then and Now.

Henry Paulson proposes sweeping reforms to banking controls

Henry Paulson proposes sweeping reforms to banking controls

Presidency combines head of state and head of government powers

Than Shwe hands power to the new civilian-style government

Thein Sein becomes President under the 2008 constitution

Brown's thirty-two-year service in the House of Commons comes to an end.

Sarraj and Presidency Council members arrive by sea to begin governing from Tripoli.

Thein Sein leaves office after the transition to an NLD-led government

Htin Kyaw becomes President after the NLD election victory

Win Myint becomes President after parliamentary election

Wins the presidential election.

Ghana imposes restrictions in Accra and Kumasi.

Mexico declares a health emergency over COVID-19.

Parliament grants the government emergency powers during the pandemic.

Orders strict measures as Laos responds to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Highlights Paycheck Protection Program for small businesses.

Kais Saied dissolved the suspended Assembly of the People's Representatives.

Welch leads the Hubble discovery of Earendel, a gravitationally magnified star seen from within the universe's first billion years.

Addresses Norway's Parliament and asks for support against Russian aggression and energy coercion.

Birth of Eric Patrick Clapton

Has Ibrahim Pasha assassinated at the instigation of his wife

Death of Victor-Francois de Broglie

Death of Leon Blum

Death of Airey Neave, assassinated

Fairfax suffers a severe defeat while withdrawing Parliamentarian infantry toward Leeds.

Defeats the Greeks at the 2nd Battle of Inonu

Defeats the rebellious Ikhwan and secures central royal authority.

Supports government forces during the campaign against the Ikhwan rebellion.

Manstein was informed by OKH that he had been relieved of command

The communist assault on Dien Bien Phu begins