Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 30
August 30: St. Rose of Lima's Day in Peru; Victory Day in Turkey.
- 1800: Gabriel Prosser attempted a slave rebellion in Virginia, United States.
- 1813: Napoleonic Wars: An Austrian-Prussian-Russian alliance defeated the French forces in the Battle of Kulm.
- 1862: American Civil War: James Longstreet and Stonewall Jackson led their Confederate troops to a decisive victory in the Second Battle of Bull Run.
- 1992: Michael Schumacher won his first Formula One race at the Belgian Grand Prix.
- 1999: The people of East Timor voted for independence from Indonesia in a referendum.