![]() 1918 – World War I: The Ottoman Empire signs the Armistice of Mudros with the Allies.1905 – Czar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto, nominally granting the Russian peoples basic civil liberties and the right to form a duma.1888 – The Rudd Concession is granted by Matabeleland to agents of Cecil Rhodes.1864 – The Treaty of Vienna is signed, by which Denmark relinquishes one province each to Prussia and Austria.1863 – Danish Prince Vilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as George I, King of the Hellenes.1831 – Nat Turner is arrested for leading the bloodiest slave rebellion in United States history. ![]() 1817 – Simón Bolívar becomes President of the Third Republic of Venezuela.1806 – War of the Fourth Coalition: Convinced that he is facing a much larger force, Prussian General von Romberg, commanding 5,300 men, surrenders the city of Stettin to 800 French soldiers.1657 – Anglo-Spanish War: Spanish forces fail to retake Jamaica at the Battle of Ocho Rios.1340 – Reconquista: Portuguese and Castilian forces halt a Muslim invasion at the Battle of Río Salado.1270 – The Eighth Crusade ends by an agreement between Charles I of Anjou (replacing his deceased brother King Louis IX of France) and the Hafsid dynasty of Tunis, Tunisia.1137 – Ranulf of Apulia defeats Roger II of Sicily at the Battle of Rignano, securing his position as duke until his death two years later.758 – Guangzhou is sacked by Arab and Persian pirates.637 – Arab–Byzantine wars: Antioch surrenders to the Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of the Iron Bridge.October 30 is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar 62 days remain until the end of the year.
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