On This Day: January 30th

Edward Bransfield sights the Trinity Peninsula and claims the discovery of Antarctica.

The original Lower Trenton Bridge (also called the Trenton Makes the World Takes Bridge), which spans the Delaware River between Morrisville, Pennsylvania and Trenton, New Jersey, is opened.

Tây Sơn forces emerge victorious against Qing armies and liberate the capital Thăng Long.

The Truce of Andrusovo is signed, ending the Russian-Polish War of 1654-1667.

Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, is ritually executed more than two years after his death, on the 12th anniversary of the execution of the monarch he himself deposed.

Charles I of England is executed in Whitehall, London.

Eighty Years' War: The Treaty of Münster and Osnabrück is signed, ending the conflict between the Netherlands and Spain.

An estimated 200 square miles (51,800 ha) along the coasts of the Bristol Channel and Severn Estuary in England are destroyed by massive flooding, resulting in an estimated 2,000 deaths.

King Wareru founds the Hanthawaddy kingdom, and proclaims independence from the Pagan Kingdom.

Poland and the Holy Roman Empire conclude the Peace of Bautzen.