On This Day in History August 30, 2022

Historical Events 1146  European leaders outlaw the crossbow, intending to end war for all time 1363  Beginning of the Battle of Lake Poyang; two Chinese rebel leaders Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang are pitted against each other in what was one of the largest naval battles in history during Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty 1590  Tokugawa Ieyasu enters Edo Castle (Traditional Japanese date: August 1, 1590) 1682  William Penn leaves England to sail to the New World 1862  Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, Virginia, ends with a Confederate victory over Union forces 1914  Battle of Tannenberg (WWI) in East Prussia ends in destruction of the Russian Second Army with 122,000-170,000 killed, injured or captured by the German 8th Army led by Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff 1928  Jawaharlal Nehru requests independence of India More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Alexander Lukashenko 68th Birthday Mary Shelley 1797 - 1851 Peter the Cruel 1334 - 1369 Vic Seixas 99th Birthday More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Charles Bronson 1921 - 2003 Vera-Ellen 1921 - 1981 More Famous Deaths