Explore 4336 historical events from 1930–1939.
Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler was a German botanist. He worked on plant taxonomy and phytogeography, such as Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien, edited with Karl A. E. von Prantl. His…
Adolf Engler, German botanist and academic (born 1844)
Thomas Alexander Harrison, was an American marine painter who spent most of his career in France.
T. Alexander Harrison, American painter and educator (born 1853)
Samuel van Houten was a Dutch liberal politician, who served as Minister of the Interior from 1894 to 1897.
Samuel van Houten, Dutch lawyer and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior (born 1837)
Waldemar Mordechai Wolff Haffkine, born Vladimir Aronovich (Markus-Volf) Khavkin was a Russian-French bacteriologist known for his pioneering work in vaccines.
Waldemar Haffkine, Russian-Swiss physician and microbiologist (born 1860)
Harry Payne Whitney was an American businessman, thoroughbred horse breeder, and member of the prominent Whitney family.
Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman and horse breeder (born 1872)
Ellen Amanda Hayes was an American mathematician and astronomer. She was a controversial figure, both for being a female college professor and for embracing many radical causes.
Ellen Hayes, American mathematician and astronomer (born 1851)
Victoria Mary, Lady Nicolson, CH, usually known as Vita Sackville-West, was an English author and garden designer.
Vita Sackville-West and her husband Harold Nicolson purchased the Kent property they would transform into Sissinghurst C
Herbert Henry Dow was an American chemical industrialist who founded the American multinational conglomerate Dow Chemical. A graduate of the Case School of Applied Science in Cleve…
Herbert Henry Dow, Canadian-American businessman, founded the Dow Chemical Company (born 1866)
The 1930 Salmas earthquake occurred on 7 May at 01:34:26 IRST in West Azerbaijan province, Iran. The earthquake, which was among Iran's largest, measured 7.1 on the moment magnitud…
An earthquake struck northwestern Iran and southeastern Turkey, killing up to 3,000 people
Amy Johnson was a pioneering English pilot who was the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia.
English aviator Amy Johnson landed in Darwin, becoming the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia
The Chrysler Building is a 1,046-foot-tall (319 m), Art Deco skyscraper in the East Midtown neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States. Located at the intersection of …
Standing at 1,047 ft (319 m), New York City's Chrysler Building opened as the world's tallest building before it was sur
The 1930 FIFA World Cup was the first FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams. It took place in Uruguay from 13 to 30 July 1930. FIFA, football's i…
The first FIFA World Cup was opened in Uruguay.
Montevideo, is the capital and largest city of Uruguay. As of the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,287,452, making up about 36.8% of the country's total populatio…
In Montevideo, the Uruguay national football team (team pictured) won the inaugural FIFA World Cup, defeating…
The Brazilian military junta of 1930, also known as the Pacification Junta, seized power during the Revolution of 1930 and governed Brazil from 24 October to 3 November 1930, when …
The Pacification Junta deposed Brazillian president Washington Luís, ending the Brazilian Revolution of 1930.
The Supreme Court of the State of New York is the superior court in the Judiciary of New York. It is vested with unlimited civil and criminal jurisdiction, although in many countie…
New York Supreme Court judge Joseph Force Crater disappeared in Manhattan, in a case that was never solved.
Juan Hipólito del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Yrigoyen was an Argentine politician of the Radical Civic Union who served as President of Argentina from 1916 to 1922 and again from 192…
Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen was deposed in a military coup by José Félix Uriburu.