AUGUST 30 IN HISTORY
1256 – First documentary mention of the city of Hunedoara
1535 – Completion of the St. Demetrius Church of Suceava (construction started in August 10, 1534), foundation of Moldovan ruler Petru Rares (1527-1538; 1541-1546)
1698 – Publication, in Iasi, of „Divanul sau Galceava inteleptului cu lumea sau Giudetul sufletului cu trupul” [The Divan or The Wise Man’s Parley with the World or The Judgment of the Soul with the Body] by Dimitrie Cantemir (October 26, 1673 – August 21, 1723; ruler of Moldova 1710-1711), the first Romanian philosophical writing
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1848 – Birth of Gheorghe Bengescu, diplomat and publicist, member of the Romanian Academy (d. August 23, 1921)
1877 – Romanian War of Independence: Third Battle of Plevna, one of the largest battles in the war, sees the participation of units and subunits of the 3rd Infantry Division (attacking small fort Grivita 1) and the 4th Infantry Division (attacking small fort Grivita 2). After a fierce battle, Romanian huntsmen and dorobanti [regulars] conquer, on their fourth assault, the Grivita 1 small fort. The Romanian Army loses 53 officers and 1983 soldiers, dead or wounded
1891 – Death of Emanoil Bacaloglu, physicist, chemist and mathematician, member and Vice President of the Romanian Academy (b. April 29, 1830)
1910 – Birth of literary historian Augustin Z. N. Pop (d. April 1, 1988)
1913 – Birth of neurologist Vlad Voiculescu, member of the Romanian Academy (d. 22 February 2001)
1914 – First representation of the Marioara Voiculescu-Bulandra theatre company (Oscar Wilde’s „An Ideal Husband”). The company was later renamed Bulandra-Manolescu-Maximilian-Storin and operated until 1941, with only 2 years of interruption during World War I; it was one of Bucharest’s most important theatres
1927 – Birth of chemist Victor Emanuel Sahini, member of the Romanian Academy (d. July 14, 2017)
1929 – Death of physician, pharmacologist Emanoil Riegler, a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy (b. 5 November 1854)
1940 – Second Vienna Award (Vienna Diktat). The northeastern part of Transylvania is taken from Romania and „awarded” to Hungary
1944 – World War II: Romania breaks diplomatic ties with Horthyst Hungary
1950 – Death of Alexandru Lapedatu, historian and politician, president of the Romanian Academy (b. September 14, 1876)
1964 – Death of historian Scarlat Lambrino, a corresponding member of the Romanian Academy, established after 1947 in Lisbon, Portugal (b. 16 August 1891)
1965 – Birth of A.G. Weinberger, composer and jazz performer
1982 – Birth of Alina Alexandra Dumitru, Olympic champion in judo at the 2008 Beijing Olympics
1989 – Death of economist Costin Murgescu, corresponding member of the Romanian Academy (b. October 27, 1919)
1998 – The XII International Meeting „People and Religions” takes place in Bucharest, with the theme „Peace is the Name of God. God, man, the peoples.” The Patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Ethiopia, Abuna Paulos, the Catholicos of Cilicia of Armenia, Aram I, the President of the International Council of the Christians and Jews of Israel, Sigmund Sternberg, attended among others
2012 – Death of director Cornel Todea, director of the Ion Creanga Theater (b. November 18, 1935)
2014 – Death of scenographer Ion Oroveanu (b. 16 April 1927)
2015 – Death of baritone Dan Iordachescu (b. 2 June 1930).
