August 30 is the 242nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (243rd in leap years), with 123 days remaining.
August 30 - Events.
711 - K'inich K'an Joy Chitam, king of the Maya city of Palenque, disappears from history. He was probably taken prisoner by a rivalling city state.
1574 - Guru Ram Das became the Fourth Sikh Guru/Master
1590 - Tokugawa Ieyasu enters Edo Castle. (Traditional Japanese date: August 1, 1590)
1813 - Battle of Kulm: Fr ...