April 30th in History
April 30th
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The Treaty of Woodstock;
On 30th April 1247, Llywelyn ap Gruffydd and his brother Owain Goch ap Gruffydd came to terms with King Henry III of England at his royal residence of Woodstock Pace in Oxfordshire. Gwynedd was divided, with Llywelyn and Owain gaining joint control of Gwynedd Uwch Conwy, the part of Gwynedd west of the River Conwy and Henry himself taking control of Gwynedd Is Conwy, east of the river.
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On 30th April 1417, Owain Glyndŵr's son, Maredudd, declined the offer of a pardon from King Henry V for both himself and his father. In the later stages of the uprising, Maredudd had increasingly been seen as its leader by the English and in 1416 he appears to have been in North Wales, attempting to rally support with a force of Scots.
In 1416 Maredudd had refused a pardon for himself suggesting that Owain was still alive, however, he did accept a Royal Pardon in 1421 and subsequently served with Henry in France.
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Llanidloes' 'Five Days of Freedom'
On 30th April 1839, three Chartist members were arrested by constables drafted in from London and imprisoned at the Trewythen Arms in Llanidloes prior to a meeting at the Long Bridge. This prompted the crowd to head to the hotel to release the imprisoned men only to find it protected by special constables of tenants of a local landowner, TE Marsh, armed with wooden staves. The Chartists then stormed the hotel and released the imprisoned men, during which time, the interior of the hotel was wrecked and a policeman severely beaten. For the following five days, Llanidloes remained under the control of the Chartists.
The authorities put up "wanted" posters offering rewards for the capture of the Chartist ringleaders and called upon the Lord Lieutenant at Powis Castle for assistance to control the situation, resulting in a force of 200 Yeoman Cavalry and Infantrymen from Brecon arriving in the town on 4th May. The military encountered no resistance and the town was sealed off with over thirty Chartists arrested and sent to Montgomery jail.
Following their trial, three Llanidloes men, Abraham Owen, Lewis Humphreys, and James Morris, a nineteen year old weaver, were transported to Australia and others were imprisoned at Montgomery for up to one year. A military garrison was maintained in the town until the summer of 1840.
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1513Edmund de la Pole, Yorkist pretender to the English throne, was executed on the orders of Henry VIII.
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1821The first iron steamship, Aaron Manby, named after the proprietor of the Staffordshire ironworks at which she had been made, was completed. She weighed 116 tons and after trials on the River Thames made her maiden voyage across the Channel.
…. 2008: Two skeletal remains found near Yekaterinburg, Russia, are confirmed by Russian scientists to be the remains of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia and Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna, one of his sisters.
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1965 The Kinks began their first headlining tour of the British Isles, with The Yardbirds serving as their opening act. Neither band had enjoyed a hit record yet, but would reach the UK chart later in the year.
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The Treaty of Woodstock;
On 30th April 1247, Llywelyn ap Gruffydd and his brother Owain Goch ap Gruffydd came to terms with King Henry III of England at his royal residence of Woodstock Pace in Oxfordshire. Gwynedd was divided, with Llywelyn and Owain gaining joint control of Gwynedd Uwch Conwy, the part of Gwynedd west of the River Conwy and Henry himself taking control of Gwynedd Is Conwy, east of the river.
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On 30th April 1417, Owain Glyndŵr's son, Maredudd, declined the offer of a pardon from King Henry V for both himself and his father. In the later stages of the uprising, Maredudd had increasingly been seen as its leader by the English and in 1416 he appears to have been in North Wales, attempting to rally support with a force of Scots.
In 1416 Maredudd had refused a pardon for himself suggesting that Owain was still alive, however, he did accept a Royal Pardon in 1421 and subsequently served with Henry in France.
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Llanidloes' 'Five Days of Freedom'
On 30th April 1839, three Chartist members were arrested by constables drafted in from London and imprisoned at the Trewythen Arms in Llanidloes prior to a meeting at the Long Bridge. This prompted the crowd to head to the hotel to release the imprisoned men only to find it protected by special constables of tenants of a local landowner, TE Marsh, armed with wooden staves. The Chartists then stormed the hotel and released the imprisoned men, during which time, the interior of the hotel was wrecked and a policeman severely beaten. For the following five days, Llanidloes remained under the control of the Chartists.
The authorities put up "wanted" posters offering rewards for the capture of the Chartist ringleaders and called upon the Lord Lieutenant at Powis Castle for assistance to control the situation, resulting in a force of 200 Yeoman Cavalry and Infantrymen from Brecon arriving in the town on 4th May. The military encountered no resistance and the town was sealed off with over thirty Chartists arrested and sent to Montgomery jail.
Following their trial, three Llanidloes men, Abraham Owen, Lewis Humphreys, and James Morris, a nineteen year old weaver, were transported to Australia and others were imprisoned at Montgomery for up to one year. A military garrison was maintained in the town until the summer of 1840.
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1513Edmund de la Pole, Yorkist pretender to the English throne, was executed on the orders of Henry VIII.
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1821The first iron steamship, Aaron Manby, named after the proprietor of the Staffordshire ironworks at which she had been made, was completed. She weighed 116 tons and after trials on the River Thames made her maiden voyage across the Channel.
…. 2008: Two skeletal remains found near Yekaterinburg, Russia, are confirmed by Russian scientists to be the remains of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia and Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna, one of his sisters.
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1965 The Kinks began their first headlining tour of the British Isles, with The Yardbirds serving as their opening act. Neither band had enjoyed a hit record yet, but would reach the UK chart later in the year.
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