July 30th in History
July 30th
1538 St Augustine's Abbey, one of the most important monasteries in England, is dissolved as its Abbot John Essex and 30 monks leave voluntarily before it is ransacked.
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David Morgan (born c. 1695) from the Penygraig Estate near Quakers Yard, was executed on 30th July 1746 for his involvement in the Jacobite rising of 1745.
Morgan, who attended Christ Church, Oxford and was trained in the law, supported the Jacobian cause of restoring the line of James II to the throne of England. He was closely associated with the senior Welsh Jacobites, Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn in North Wales and Sir John Philipps of Picton Castle in South Wales.
When Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) launched an attempt to regain the British throne in 1745, Welsh Jacobites initially held the position that they would only rise up, on the intervention of the French. Morgan, however, decided to join Charles' invasion of England at Preston where he obtained a captain's commission in the Jacobite army. When the invasion reached Derby, the Jacobite Council of War felt they were overstretched and not knowing that London was in a state of panic and that King George II was ready to flee to the Continent, decided to retreat. Morgan did not support this decision and went on the run. He was captured shortly afterwards, found guilty of treason and sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered. After the execution, Morgan's head displayed on Temple Bar in London and his remains are thought to have been buried in the burying ground attached to the Foundling Hospital, now St George's Gardens, Bloomsbury.
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1775 Captain James Cook with HMS Resolution safely returns to England at the end of his second voyage.
1935 First Penguin Books published, starting the paperback revolution.
On 30th July 1942, a German Heinkel 111 crashed on Pwllheli beach, killing three crew members. The pilot survived and was captured.
1963 Soviet officials announce they have granted political asylum to British spy Kim Philby after his escape to Moscow.
30 Jul 1968
The Beatles closed their Apple Boutique in London after seven months of business, giving away all the stock to passers-by and Apple staff. John Lennon's friend Peter Shotton managed the store which was a financial disaster because theft was endemic and customers helped themselves to the stock, as did staff members.
1538 St Augustine's Abbey, one of the most important monasteries in England, is dissolved as its Abbot John Essex and 30 monks leave voluntarily before it is ransacked.
…
David Morgan (born c. 1695) from the Penygraig Estate near Quakers Yard, was executed on 30th July 1746 for his involvement in the Jacobite rising of 1745.
Morgan, who attended Christ Church, Oxford and was trained in the law, supported the Jacobian cause of restoring the line of James II to the throne of England. He was closely associated with the senior Welsh Jacobites, Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn in North Wales and Sir John Philipps of Picton Castle in South Wales.
When Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) launched an attempt to regain the British throne in 1745, Welsh Jacobites initially held the position that they would only rise up, on the intervention of the French. Morgan, however, decided to join Charles' invasion of England at Preston where he obtained a captain's commission in the Jacobite army. When the invasion reached Derby, the Jacobite Council of War felt they were overstretched and not knowing that London was in a state of panic and that King George II was ready to flee to the Continent, decided to retreat. Morgan did not support this decision and went on the run. He was captured shortly afterwards, found guilty of treason and sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered. After the execution, Morgan's head displayed on Temple Bar in London and his remains are thought to have been buried in the burying ground attached to the Foundling Hospital, now St George's Gardens, Bloomsbury.
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1775 Captain James Cook with HMS Resolution safely returns to England at the end of his second voyage.
1935 First Penguin Books published, starting the paperback revolution.
On 30th July 1942, a German Heinkel 111 crashed on Pwllheli beach, killing three crew members. The pilot survived and was captured.
1963 Soviet officials announce they have granted political asylum to British spy Kim Philby after his escape to Moscow.
30 Jul 1968
The Beatles closed their Apple Boutique in London after seven months of business, giving away all the stock to passers-by and Apple staff. John Lennon's friend Peter Shotton managed the store which was a financial disaster because theft was endemic and customers helped themselves to the stock, as did staff members.
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