WHAT HAPPENED ON 30. NOVEMBER
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Earliest believed record of an eclipse. (30. November 3340. BC)

The second Siege of Pensacola comes to end with the failure of the British to capture Pensacola, Florida. (30. November 1707)

Swedish king Charles XII dies during a siege of the fortress of Fredriksten in Norway. (30. November 1718)

American Revolutionary War: Treaty of Paris – In Paris, representatives from the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain sign preliminary peace articles (later formalized as the 1783 Treaty of Paris). (30. November 1782)

The Grand Duchy of Tuscany, under Pietro Leopoldo I, becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty (later commemorated as Cities for Life Day). (30. November 1786)

In New Orleans, Louisiana, Spanish representatives officially transfer the Louisiana Territory to a French representative. Just 20 days later, France transfers the same land to the United States as the Louisiana Purchase. (30. November 1803)

The Democratic-Republican-controlled United States Senate begins an impeachment trial of Federalist Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase. (30. November 1804)

Ground is broken at Allanburg, Ontario, for the building of the first Welland Canal. (30. November 1824)

First Welland Canal opens for a trial run, 5 years to the day from the ground breaking. (30. November 1829)

Crimean War: Battle of Sinop – The Imperial Russian Navy under Pavel Nakhimov destroys the Ottoman fleet under Osman Pasha at Sinop, a sea port in northern Turkey. (30. November 1853)

American Civil War: Battle of Franklin – The Confederate Army of Tennessee led by General John Bell Hood mounts a dramatically unsuccessful frontal assault on Union positions commanded by John McAllister Schofield around Franklin, Tennessee, with Hood losing six generals and almost a third of his troops. (30. November 1864)

A statue of King Charles XII of Sweden is inaugurated in Stockholm's Kungsträdgården. (30. November 1868)

The first-ever international football match takes place at Hamilton Crescent, Glasgow, between Scotland and England. (30. November 1872)

The Folies Bergère stages its first revue. (30. November 1886)

American Old West: Kid Curry Logan, second-in-command of Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch gang, is sentenced to 20 years imprisonment with hard labor. (30. November 1902)

A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154. (30. November 1908)

Costa Rica signs the Buenos Aires Convention, a copyright treaty. (30. November 1916)

The LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman becomes the first steam locomotive to be authenticated as reaching 100 mph. (30. November 1934)

In London, the Crystal Palace is destroyed by fire. (30. November 1936)

Winter War: Soviet forces cross the Finnish border in several places and bomb Helsinki and several other Finnish cities, starting the war. (30. November 1939)