This Day In European History

30th July

Events
1419: The first 'Defenestration of Prague', when seven council members are killed; causes the Hussite wars.
1918: The first parachute jump from an aircraft performed by Frenchmen Sarret.
1935: The first sale of Penguin paperback books, in Britain.

Births
1511: Giorgio Vasari, Italian painter and art historian.
1818: Emily Brontë, English novelist.
1898: Henry Moore, British sculptor.

Deaths
1715: Nahum Tate, British poet laureate.
1718: William Penn, English founder of Pennsylvania.
1784: Denis Diderot, French philosopher.
1898: Otto von Bismarck, German chancellor and imperial founder.

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