Tuesday, October 30, 2018

On This Day in History

October 30, 2018

 Historical Events

1340  Battle of Rio Salado Battle (or Tarifa): King Afonso IV of Portugal and King Alfonso XI of Castile defeat Sultan Abu al-Hasan 'Ali of Morocco and Yusuf I of Granada, last Marīnids invasion of Iberian Peninsula
1899  Battle of Ladysmith, Natal: Boers defeat the British, leading to the Siege of Ladysmith
1905  "October Manifesto" Russian Tsar Nicholas II grants civil liberties and accepts the first Duma (Parliament)
1917  British government gives final approval to Balfour Declaration
1973  The Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosporus for the first time
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