What happened on 30 September?

6 events from the Ever-When timeline, ranked by how much they mattered.

1. 1520 Reign of Suleiman the Magnificent Ottoman empire at its height; conquests in Hungary, North Africa, Mesopotamia; Topkapı reformed; Mimar Sinan's mosques.
2. 1791 Mozart's The Magic Flute premieres Singspiel mixing fairy tale, Masonic allegory, and unforgettable arias.
3. 1938 Munich Agreement Chamberlain returns from Munich proclaiming "peace for our time" after ceding Sudetenland to Hitler; appeasement at its peak.
4. 1935 Gershwin's Porgy and Bess Opera set in a Black tenement in Charleston; classic American folk-opera.
5. 1571 Nobunaga burns Mount Hiei The warrior monks of Mount Hiei had defied warlords for six centuries from their mountain of temples above Kyoto. Nobunaga surrounds it, burns all three thousand buildings, and kil
6. 1399 Henry IV deposes Richard II Bolingbroke returns from exile, captures Richard II at Flint Castle, and has him deposed by Parliament; opens the Lancastrian dynasty.