Editing May 29 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[363]] &ndash; The [[Roman emperor]] [[Julian (emperor)|Julian]] defeats the [[Military of the Sasanian Empire|Sasanian army]] in the [[Battle of Ctesiphon (363)|Battle of Ctesiphon]], under the walls of the [[Sasanian Empire|Sasanian]] capital, but is unable to take the city.
*[[1108]] &ndash; [[Battle of Uclés (1108)|Battle of Uclés]]: [[Almoravid dynasty|Almoravid]] troops under the command of Tamim ibn Yusuf defeat a [[Kingdom of Castile|Castile]] and [[Kingdom of León|León]] alliance under the command of Prince [[Sancho Alfónsez]].
*[[1167]] &ndash; [[Battle of Monte Porzio]]: A [[Commune of Rome|Roman]] army supporting [[Pope Alexander III]] is defeated by [[Christian I (archbishop of Mainz)|Christian of Buch]] and [[Rainald of Dassel]].
*[[1176]] &ndash; [[Battle of Legnano]]: The [[Lombard League]] defeats [[Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor Frederick I]].
*[[1233]] &ndash; [[Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty|Mongol–Jin war]]: The [[Mongol Empire|Mongols]] entered [[Kaifeng]] after a [[Siege of Kaifeng (1232)|successful siege]] and began looting in the fallen capital of the [[Jin dynasty (1115–1234)|Jin dynasty]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Twitchett |first1=Denis C. |last2=Franke |first2=Herbert |last3=Fairbank |first3=John King |title=The Cambridge History of China: Volume 6, Alien Regimes and Border States, 907-1368 |year=1978 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-521-24331-5 |page=264 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iN9Tdfdap5MC&q=arrived+26+February+1233+29+May++city+gates+were+opened |access-date=28 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1328]] &ndash; [[Philip VI of France|Philip VI]] is crowned [[List of French monarchs|King of France]].
*[[1416]] &ndash; [[Battle of Gallipoli (1416)|Battle of Gallipoli]]: The [[Republic of Venice|Venetians]] under [[Pietro Loredan (admiral)|Pietro Loredan]] defeat a much larger [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] fleet off [[Gelibolu|Gallipoli]].<ref>{{EI2 | last = İnalcık | first = Halil | authorlink = Halil İnalcık | volume=2 | title = Gelibolu  | pages = 983–987 | url =http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2/gelibolu-SIM_2431 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last=Melville-Jones | first=J. | year=2017 | title=The Battle of Gallipoli 1416: a detail rescued from a chronicle | journal=The Medieval Chronicle | volume=11 | pages=213–219 | doi=10.1163/9789004351875_012 | isbn=9789004351875 }}</ref>
*[[1453]] &ndash; [[Fall of Constantinople]]: [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] armies under [[Sultan]] [[Mehmed the Conqueror|Mehmed II]] capture [[Constantinople]] after a 53-day [[siege]], ending the [[Roman Empire]] after over 2,000 years.<ref>{{cite wikisource |last1=Brodribb |first1=William Jackson |last2=Besant |first2=Walter |title=Constantinople: A Sketch of its History from its Foundation to its Conquest by the Turks in 1453 |date=1879 |publisher=Seeley, Jackson & Halliday |location=London |pages=264-266 |wslink=Constantinople: A Sketch of its History from its Foundation to its Conquest by the Turks in 1453/Chapter 12 |wspages=264 |author-link2=Walter Besant}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1658]] &ndash; [[Battle of Samugarh]]: decisive battle in the struggle for the throne during the [[Mughal war of succession (1658–1659)]].
*[[1660]] &ndash; [[Restoration (England)|English Restoration]]: [[Charles II of England|Charles II]] is restored to the throne of [[England]], [[Scotland]] and [[Ireland]].
*[[1733]] &ndash; The right of settlers in [[New France]] to [[Slavery in Canada (New France)|enslave natives]] is upheld at [[Quebec City]].
*[[1780]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: At the [[Waxhaws Massacre]], the British continue attacking after the Continentals lay down their arms, killing 113 and critically wounding all but 53 that remained.
*[[1790]] &ndash; [[Rhode Island]] becomes the last of North America's original [[Thirteen Colonies]] to ratify the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]] and become one of the [[United States]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_FAv39yCUYcC&pg=PA170|year=1855|publisher=Published for John Conrad and Company|pages=170}}</ref>
*[[1798]] &ndash; [[Irish Rebellion of 1798|United Irishmen Rebellion]]: Between 300 and 500 [[Society of United Irishmen|United Irishmen]] [[Gibbet Rath massacre|are executed as rebels]] by the British Army in [[County Kildare]], Ireland.
*[[1807]] &ndash; [[Mustafa IV]] became [[Sultan of the Ottoman Empire]] and [[Caliph of Islam]].
*[[1825]] &ndash; The [[Coronation of Charles X]] of France takes place in [[Reims Cathedral]], the last ever coronation of a French monarch.<ref>* Price, Munro. ''The Perilous Crown: France Between Revolutions, 1814-1848''. Pan Macmillan, 2010. p.119</ref>
*[[1851]] &ndash; [[Sojourner Truth]] delivers her famous ''[[Ain't I a Woman?]]'' speech at the Woman's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Walker |first=Malea |date=2021-04-07 |title=Sojourner Truth's Most Famous Speech {{!}} Headlines and Heroes |url=https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2021/04/sojourner-truths-most-famous-speech/ |access-date=2022-08-04 |website=blogs.loc.gov}}</ref>
*[[1852]] &ndash; [[Jenny Lind]] leaves [[New York City|New York]] after her [[Jenny Lind tour of America, 1850–52|two-year American tour]].
*[[1861]] &ndash; The [[Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce]] is founded, in Hong Kong.
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Emperor of Mexico|Emperor]] [[Maximilian I of Mexico]] arrives in Mexico for the first time.
*[[1867]] &ndash; The [[Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867]] ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the [[Austria-Hungary|Austro-Hungarian Empire]].
*[[1886]] &ndash; The [[pharmacist]] [[John Pemberton]] places his first [[advertising|advertisement]] for [[Coca-Cola]], which appeared in ''[[The Atlanta Journal]]''.
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[N'Djamena]] is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander [[Émile Gentil]].

===1901–present===
*[[1903]] &ndash; In the [[May Coup (Serbia)|May Coup]], [[Alexander I of Serbia|Alexander I]], King of Serbia, and [[Draga Mašin|Queen Draga]], are [[Assassination|assassinated]] in Belgrade by the [[Black Hand (Serbia)|Black Hand]] (''Crna Ruka'') organization.
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Igor Stravinsky]]'s [[ballet]] score ''[[The Rite of Spring]]'' receives its premiere performance in [[Paris|Paris, France]], provoking a riot.
*[[1914]] &ndash; The [[Ocean liner]] {{RMS|Empress of Ireland}} sinks in the [[Gulf of Saint Lawrence]] with the loss of 1,012 lives.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wreck of RMS Empress of Ireland National Historic Site of Canada |url=https://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_nhs_eng.aspx?id=12391 |website=Parks Canada |access-date=22 June 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Armenia]] defeats the [[Military of the Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Army]] in the [[Battle of Sardarabad]].
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Albert Einstein]]'s theory of [[general relativity]] [[Eddington experiment|is tested]] (later confirmed) by [[Arthur Eddington]] and [[Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin]].
*[[1920]] &ndash; The [[Louth flood of 1920]] was a severe flash flooding in the [[Lincolnshire]] market town of [[Louth, Lincolnshire|Louth]], resulting in 23 fatalities in 20 minutes. It has been described as one of the most significant flood disasters in the United Kingdom during the 20th century.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Nobbs|first1=Patrick|title=The Story of the British and Their Weather: From Frost Fairs to Indian Summers|year=2015|publisher=Amberley |isbn=978-1445644523}}</ref>
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Michele Schirru]], a [[Citizenship of the United States|citizen of the United States]], is executed by a [[Royal Italian Army]] firing squad for intent to kill [[Benito Mussolini]].
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[World War I]] [[veteran]]s begin to assemble in [[Washington, D.C.]], in the [[Bonus Army]] to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.
*[[1935]] &ndash; First flight of the [[Messerschmitt Bf 109]] fighter aeroplane.
*[[1945]] &ndash; First [[combat]] mission of the [[Consolidated B-32 Dominator]] [[heavy bomber]].
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[United Airlines Flight 521]] crashes at [[LaGuardia Airport]], killing 43.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-4 NC30046 New York-La Guardia Airport, NY (LGA) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19470529-1 |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[United Nations Truce Supervision Organization]] is founded.
*[[1950]] &ndash; The ''[[St. Roch (ship)|St. Roch]]'', the first ship to [[Circumnavigation|circumnavigate]] North America, arrives in [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]], Canada.
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Edmund Hillary]] and [[Sherpa people|Sherpa]] [[Tenzing Norgay]] become the [[1953 British Mount Everest expedition|first people to reach the summit]] of [[Mount Everest]], on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.<ref>{{cite news |title=TENZING NORKAY, 72, IS DEAD: CLIMBED EVEREST WITH HILLARY |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/10/obituaries/tenzing-norkay-72-is-dead-climbed-everest-with-hillary.html |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=10 May 1986}}</ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; The [[Arab League]] meets in [[East Jerusalem]] to discuss the Palestinian question, leading to the formation of the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]].
*[[1964]] &ndash; Having [[January 1964 South Vietnamese coup|deposed them in a January coup]] South Vietnamese leader [[Nguyễn Khánh]] had rival Generals [[Tran Van Don|Trần Văn Đôn]] and [[Le Van Kim|Lê Văn Kim]] convicted of "lax morality".<ref>{{cite news|work=[[New York Times]] |date=31 May 1964 |page=2 |title=KHANH RELEASES 4 RIVAL GENERALS; Key Men in Diem's Ouster Are Freed in Vietnam |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/05/31/archives/khanh-releases-4-rival-generals-key-men-in-diems-ouster-are-freed.html |access-date=13 February 2024}}</ref><ref name=l>{{cite book | title = Our Vietnam: The War, 1954–1975 | author = Langguth, A. J. | author-link = A. J. Langguth | year = 2000 | publisher = Simon and Schuster | isbn = 0-684-81202-9 | location = New York City | url = https://archive.org/details/unset0000unse_f6q3 |pages= 289–291}}</ref>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Tom Bradley (American politician)|Tom Bradley]] is elected the first black [[Mayor of Los Angeles|mayor]] of [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]].
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Seta (organization)|SETA]], a Finnish [[LGBT]] rights organisation, is founded in [[Helsinki]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://seta.fi/2019/05/29/seta-taytti-45-vuotta-minidokumentti-julkaistiin/|title=Seta täytti 45 vuotta – minidokumentti julkaistiin|publisher=Seta|date=29 May 2019|access-date=29 May 2024|language=fi}}</ref>
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Pope John Paul II]] becomes the first pontiff to visit [[Canterbury Cathedral]]. 
*  1982   &ndash; [[Falklands War]]: the [[British Army]] defeats the [[Argentine Army]] at the [[Battle of Goose Green]].
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Heysel Stadium disaster]]: Thirty-nine [[association football]] fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses.
*  1985   &ndash; [[Amputation|Amputee]] [[Steve Fonyo]] completes [[Canada|cross-Canada]] [[marathon]] at [[Victoria, British Columbia]], after 14 months.
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] begins his first visit to the [[Soviet Union]] when he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with the Soviet leader [[Mikhail Gorbachev]].
*[[1989]] &ndash; Signing of an agreement between [[Egypt]] and the United States, allowing the manufacture of parts of the [[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon|F-16]] jet fighter plane in Egypt.
*[[1990]] &ndash; The [[Congress of People's Deputies of Russia|Congress of People's Deputies]] of [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russia]] elects [[Boris Yeltsin]] as [[President of the RSFSR|President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic]].
*[[1993]] &ndash; The Miss Sarajevo beauty pageant is held in war-torn [[Sarajevo]] drawing global attention to the plight of its citizens.
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Olusegun Obasanjo]] takes office as [[President of Nigeria]], the first elected and civilian [[head of state]] in [[Nigeria]] after 16 years of military rule.
*  1999   &ndash; [[Space Shuttle Discovery|Space Shuttle ''Discovery'']] completes the [[STS-96|first docking]] with the [[International Space Station]].
*[[2001]] &ndash; The [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] rules that the disabled golfer [[Casey Martin]] can use a cart to ride in tournaments.
*[[2004]] &ndash; The [[National World War II Memorial]] is dedicated in [[Washington, D.C.]]
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[France]] rejects the [[Constitution of the European Union]] in a [[2005 French European Constitution referendum|national referendum]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=European Union Fast Facts|url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/06/06/world/europe/european-union-fast-facts/index.html |access-date=12 January 2022 |work=CNN|date=6 June 2013 }}</ref> 
*[[2008]] &ndash; A [[2008 Iceland earthquake|doublet earthquake]], of combined [[Moment magnitude scale|magnitude]] 6.1, strikes [[Iceland]] near the town of [[Selfoss (town)|Selfoss]], injuring 30 people.
*[[2012]] &ndash; A 5.8-magnitude [[2012 Northern Italy earthquakes#29 May earthquake|earthquake]] hits northern Italy near [[Bologna]], killing at least 24 people.
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[One World Observatory]] at [[One World Trade Center]] opens.
*[[2021]] &ndash; A [[Cessna Citation I|Cessna Citation I/SP]] [[2021 Percy Priest Lake Cessna Citation crash|crashes]] into [[Percy Priest Lake]] in [[Tennessee]], killing all six people on board, including actor [[Joe Lara]] and his wife [[Gwen Shamblin Lara]].<ref name="USAToday_May20212">{{cite news |last1=Bacon |first1=John |last2=Sharon |first2=Keith |date=30 May 2021 |title=Plane carrying diet guru Gwen Lara, 6 others crashes into Tennessee lake; all on board presumed dead |work=USA Today |publisher=Gannett |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/05/30/tennessee-plane-crash-plane-carrying-gwen-lara-crashes-into-lake/5271725001/ |access-date=31 May 2021}}</ref>