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August 30: Crossbow Outlawed, Nehru Requests Independence and the Siege of Leningrad Begins

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August 30, 2020

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1146  European leaders outlaw crossbow, intending to end war for all time

1363  Beginning of the Battle of Lake Poyang; two Chinese rebel leaders Chen Youliang and Zhu Yuanzhang are pitted against each other in what was one of the largest naval battles in history during Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty

1590  Tokugawa Ieyasu enters Edo Castle (Traditional Japanese date: August 1, 1590)

1682  William Penn leaves England to sail to the New World

1928  Jawaharlal Nehru requests independence of India

1941  Siege of Leningrad by German troops begins during WWII

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