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Christian feast day: Narcisa de Jesús

Name: Christian feast day: Narcisa de Jesús
Start: 2000-08-30
End: 2000-08-30
Location: Histories Today Editorial Team

On August 30, in the year 0, Christian feast day: Narcisa de Jesús. This event is recorded as a Holidays event in the history of August 30, one of 427 recorded events on this date across all of history.

Narcisa de Jesús Martillo Morán was an Ecuadorian virgin and Dominican tertiary in the Roman Catholic Church. Martillo was known for her charitable giving and strict devotion to Jesus Christ while living a virginal and austere life of prayer and penance. Her devotion to prayer and the mortification of the flesh was strong and it led her to the decision to live as a member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic in Patrocínio (Peru), where she died on 8 December 1869. Narcisa de Jesús was beatified on 25 October 1992.

Key Facts

This event took place on August 30, 0 (AD era).
It is categorised as a Holidays event in recorded history.
Referenced in 1 Wikipedia article.
Wikipedia source last updated on 14 July 2026.

On This Date in History 427

Type	Year	Date	Event
Selected Events	2025	Aug 30	Ukrainian politician Andriy Parubiy (pictured) was assassinated in Lviv, Ukraine.
Notable Deaths	2024	Aug 30	Tūheitia Paki, Māori King (born 1955)
Notable Deaths	2024	Aug 30	Fatman Scoop, American rapper, hype man and radio personality (born 1971)
Historical Events	2023	Aug 30	Gabonese coup d'état: After Ali Bongo Ondimba's reelection, a military coup ousts him, ending 56 years of Bongo family…
Notable Deaths	2022	Aug 30	Mikhail Gorbachev, 8th and final leader of the Soviet Union (born 1931)
Historical Events	2021	Aug 30	The last remaining American troops leave Afghanistan, ending U.S. involvement in the war.
Notable Deaths	2019	Aug 30	Valerie Harper, American actress and writer (born 1939)
Notable Deaths	2017	Aug 30	Louise Hay, American motivational author (born 1926)
Notable Deaths	2017	Aug 30	Skip Prokop, Canadian drummer, guitarist and keyboardist (born 1943)
Notable Deaths	2015	Aug 30	Wes Craven, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor (born 1939)
Notable Deaths	2015	Aug 30	Edward Fadeley, American lawyer and politician (born 1929)
Notable Deaths	2015	Aug 30	M. M. Kalburgi, Indian scholar, author, and academic (born 1938)
Notable Deaths	2015	Aug 30	Marvin Mandel, American lawyer and politician, 56th Governor of Maryland (born 1920)
Notable Deaths	2015	Aug 30	Oliver Sacks, English-American neurologist, author, and academic (born 1933)
Historical Events	2014	Aug 30	Prime Minister of Lesotho Tom Thabane flees to South Africa as the army allegedly stages a coup.
Notable Deaths	2014	Aug 30	Charles Bowden, American non-fiction author, journalist and essayist (born 1945)
Notable Deaths	2014	Aug 30	Bipan Chandra, Indian historian and academic (born 1928)
Notable Deaths	2014	Aug 30	Igor Decraene, Belgian cyclist (born 1996)
Notable Deaths	2014	Aug 30	Andrew V. McLaglen, English-American director and producer (born 1920)
Notable Deaths	2014	Aug 30	Felipe Osterling, Peruvian lawyer and politician (born 1932)
Notable Deaths	2013	Aug 30	William C. Campbell, American golfer (born 1923)
Notable Deaths	2013	Aug 30	Howie Crittenden, American basketball player and coach (born 1933)
Notable Deaths	2013	Aug 30	Allan Gotthelf, American philosopher and academic (born 1942)
Notable Deaths	2013	Aug 30	Seamus Heaney, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1939)
Notable Deaths	2013	Aug 30	Leo Lewis, American football player and coach (born 1933)
Notable Deaths	2010	Aug 30	J. C. Bailey, American wrestler (born 1983)
Notable Deaths	2010	Aug 30	Alain Corneau, French director and screenwriter (born 1943)
Notable Deaths	2010	Aug 30	Myrtle Edwards, Australian cricketer and softball player (born 1921)
Notable Deaths	2010	Aug 30	Francisco Varallo, Argentine footballer (born 1910)
Notable Deaths	2009	Aug 30	Klaus-Peter Hanisch, German footballer (born 1952)
Historical Events	2008	Aug 30	A Conviasa Boeing 737 crashes into Illiniza Volcano in Ecuador, killing all three people on board.
Notable Deaths	2008	Aug 30	Brian Hambly, Australian rugby player and coach (born 1937)
Notable Deaths	2008	Aug 30	Killer Kowalski, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (born 1926)
Notable Deaths	2007	Aug 30	Michael Jackson, English author and journalist (born 1942)
Notable Deaths	2007	Aug 30	Charles Vanik, American soldier and politician (born 1918)
Selected Events	2007	Aug 30	A heavy bomber that had been unintentionally loaded with nuclear missiles flew them from North Dakota to Louisiana…
Notable Deaths	2006	Aug 30	Robin Cooke, Baron Cooke of Thorndon, New Zealand lawyer and judge (born 1926)
Notable Deaths	2006	Aug 30	Glenn Ford, Canadian-American actor and producer (born 1916)
Notable Deaths	2006	Aug 30	Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)
Notable Deaths	2004	Aug 30	Fred Lawrence Whipple, American astronomer and academic (born 1906)
Notable Deaths	2003	Aug 30	Charles Bronson, American actor and soldier (born 1921)
Notable Deaths	2003	Aug 30	Donald Davidson, American philosopher and academic (born 1917)
Historical Events	2002	Aug 30	Rico Linhas Aéreas Flight 4823 crashes on approach to Rio Branco International Airport, killing 23 of the 31 people on…
Notable Births	2002	Aug 30	Fábio Carvalho, Portuguese footballer
Notable Births	2002	Aug 30	Drake Maye, American football player
Notable Deaths	2002	Aug 30	J. Lee Thompson, English-Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1914)
Notable Deaths	2001	Aug 30	Govan Mbeki, ANC activist and father of President of South Africa Thabo Mbeki (born 1910)
Notable Deaths	1999	Aug 30	Reindert Brasser, Dutch discus thrower (born 1912)
Notable Deaths	1999	Aug 30	Raymond Poïvet, French illustrator (born 1910)
Historical Events	1998	Aug 30	Second Congo War: Armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and their Angolan and Zimbabwean allies…