What happened on October 30 ?

1459 - Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italian humanist (b. 1380)

1522 - Jean Mouton, French composer

1553 - Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (b. 1489)

1602 - Jean-Jacques Boissard, French poet (b. 1528)

1611 - King Charles IX of Sweden (b. 1550)

1626 - Willebrord Snell, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (b. 1580)

1632 - Henri II de Montmorency, French naval officer and Governor of Languedoc (b. 1595)

1654 - Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (b. 1633)

1680 - Antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic (b. 1616)

1685 - Michel le Tellier, French statesman (b. 1603)

1816 - Frederick I of Württemberg (b. 1754)

1842 - Allan Cunningham, Scottish poet and author (b. 1784)

1853 - Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer (b. 1786)

1883 - Robert Volkmann, German composer (b. 1815)

1893 - John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, third Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1821)

1899 - William Henry Webb, American industrialist and philanthropist (b. 1816)

1910 - Henry Dunant, Swiss founder of the Red Cross, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1828)

1912 - James S. Sherman, Vice President of the United States (b. 1855)

1915 - Charles Tupper, sixth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1821)

1968 - Rose Wilder Lane, American journalist and author (b. 1886)

1968 - Ramon Novarro, Mexican actor (b. 1899)

1969 - Pops Foster, American musician (b. 1892)

1975 - Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)

1978 - Edgar Bergen, American ventriloquist (b. 1903)

1979 - Barnes Wallis, British aeronautical engineer (b. 1887)

1979 - Donna Rachele Mussolini, Italian, wife of Benito Mussolini (b. 1890)

2000 - Steve Allen, American comedian, author, and composer (b. 1921)

2002 - Jam Master Jay, American rapper and musician (Run DMC) (murdered) (b. 1965)

2004 - Peggy Ryan, American actress (b. 1924)

2005 - Al Lopez, baseball player and manager (b. 1908)

2005 - Shamsher Singh Sheri, Indian revolutionary leader (b. 1942)