Editing May 30 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 70|70]] &ndash; [[Siege of Jerusalem (AD 70)|Siege of Jerusalem]]: [[Titus]] and his [[Roman legion]]s breach the Second Wall of [[Jerusalem]]. Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a [[Investment (military)|circumvallation]], cutting down all trees within {{convert|15|km|spell=in}}.
*[[1381]] &ndash; Beginning of the [[Peasants' Revolt]] in England.<ref>{{cite web |title=A summary of the Peasants' Revolt - The Peasants' Revolt - KS3 History Revision |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z2c2pv4/revision/1 |website=BBC Bitesize |access-date=30 May 2021}}</ref>
*[[1416]] &ndash; The [[Council of Constance]], called by [[Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor|Emperor Sigismund]], a supporter of [[Antipope John XXIII]], burns [[Jerome of Prague]] following a trial for [[Heresy in Christianity|heresy]].
*[[1431]] &ndash; [[Hundred Years' War]]: In [[Rouen]], France, the 19-year-old [[Joan of Arc]] is [[Death by burning|burned at the stake]] by an English-dominated tribunal.
*[[1434]] &ndash; [[Hussite Wars]]: [[Battle of Lipany]]: Effectively ending the war, [[Utraquist]] forces led by Diviš Bořek of Miletínek defeat and almost annihilate [[Taborite]] forces led by [[Prokop the Great]].
*[[1510]] &ndash; During the reign of the [[Zhengde Emperor]], [[Ming dynasty]] rebel leader [[Zhu Zhifan]] is defeated by commander Qiu Yue, ending the [[Prince of Anhua rebellion]].
*[[1536]] &ndash; King [[Henry VIII of England]] marries [[Jane Seymour]], a [[lady-in-waiting]] to his first two wives.<ref>{{cite book|last=O'Day|first=Rosemary|title=The Routledge Companion to the Tudor Age|location=New York|publisher=Routledge|date=2010|isbn=9780203850466|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PgKSouk9fHUC|page=134}}</ref>
*[[1539]] &ndash; In [[Florida]], [[Hernando de Soto]] lands at [[Tampa Bay]] with 600 soldiers with the goal of finding [[gold]].
*[[1574]] &ndash; [[Henry III of France|Henry III]] becomes King of France.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sutherland |first1=Nicola Mary |title=Henry IV of France and the Politics of Religion: 1572 - 1596 |date=2002 |publisher=Intellect Books |isbn=978-1-84150-701-9 |page=15 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RVYfAcvMMBUC&pg=PA15 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1588]] &ndash; The last ship of the [[Spanish Armada]] sets sail from [[Lisbon]] heading for the [[English Channel]].

===1601–1900===
*[[1631]] &ndash; Publication of ''[[Gazette de France]]'', the first French newspaper.
*[[1635]] &ndash; [[Thirty Years' War]]: The [[Peace of Prague (1635)|Peace of Prague]] is signed.
*[[1642]] &ndash; From this date all honors granted by [[Charles I of England]] are retroactively [[List of Ordinances and Acts of the Parliament of England, 1642–60|annulled by Parliament]].
*[[1723]] &ndash; [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] assumed the office of [[Thomaskantor]] in Leipzig, presenting his first new cantata, {{lang|de|[[Die Elenden sollen essen, BWV 75|''Die Elenden sollen essen'', BWV 75]]|italic=unset}}, in the St. Nicholas Church on the first Sunday after [[Trinity Sunday|Trinity]].<ref>{{cite book | last1 = Dürr| first1 = Alfred| author1-link = Alfred Dürr| last2 = Jones| first2 = Richard D. P.| author2-link = Richard D. P. Jones| chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=m9JuwslMcq4C&pg=PA384 | chapter = Die Elendenden sollen essen| title = The Cantatas of J. S. Bach: With Their Librettos in German-English Parallel Text| publisher = [[Oxford University Press]] | date = 2006| pages = 381–387| isbn = 978-0-19-929776-4}}</ref>
*[[1796]] &ndash; [[War of the First Coalition]]: In the [[Battle of Borghetto]], [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] manages to cross the [[Mincio River]] against the Austrian army. This crossing forces the Austrians to abandon Lombardy and retreat to the Tyrol, leaving the fortress of Mantua as the sole remaining stronghold in Northern Italy.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.napoleon-empire.net/en/battles/borghetto.php | title=Battle of Borghetto }}</ref>
*[[1806]] &ndash; Future U.S. President [[Andrew Jackson]] kills [[Charles Dickinson (historical figure)|Charles Dickinson]] in a duel.
*[[1814]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Paris (1814)|First Treaty of Paris]] is signed, returning the French frontiers to their 1792 extent, and restoring the [[House of Bourbon]] to power.
*[[1815]] &ndash; The [[East Indiaman]] ''[[Arniston (East Indiaman)|Arniston]]'' is wrecked during a storm at [[Waenhuiskrans]], near [[Cape Agulhas]], in present-day South Africa, with the loss of 372 lives.
*[[1834]] &ndash; Minister of Justice [[Joaquim António de Aguiar]] issues a law seizing "all convents, monasteries, colleges, hospices and any other houses" from the [[Catholic religious order]]s in Portugal, earning him the nickname of "The Friar-Killer".
*[[1842]] &ndash; John Francis attempts to murder [[Queen Victoria]] as she drives down [[Constitution Hill, London|Constitution Hill]] in London with [[Albert, Prince Consort|Prince Albert]].
*[[1845]] &ndash; The ''[[Fatel Razack]]'' coming from [[British Raj|India]], lands in the [[Gulf of Paria]] in [[Trinidad and Tobago]] carrying the first [[Indo-Trinidadians|Indians]] to the country.
*[[1854]] &ndash; The [[Kansas–Nebraska Act]] becomes law establishing the [[U.S. territories]] of [[Kansas]] and [[Nebraska]].
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: The [[Siege of Corinth]] ends in a [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] victory, with General [[Henry Halleck]] capturing the critical rail junction of [[Corinth, Mississippi]] from retreating [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] forces under General [[P. G. T. Beauregard]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Siege of Corinth - First Battle of Corinth|url=https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war/battles/siege-corinth|publisher=American Battlefield Trust|website=battlefields.org|access-date=May 3, 2025}}</ref>
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Bedrich Smetana]]'s comic opera ''[[The Bartered Bride]]'' premiered in [[Prague]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|author-link=John Tyrrell (musicologist)|last=Tyrrell|first=John|editor-first=Laura|editor-last=Macy|title=''The Bartered Bride'' (''Prodaná nevěsta'')|encyclopedia=[[Grove Music Online]]}} {{Subscription required}}</ref>
*[[1868]] &ndash; Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern "[[Memorial Day]]") is observed in the United States for the first time after a proclamation by [[John A. Logan]], head of the [[Grand Army of the Republic]] (a veterans group).
*[[1876]] &ndash; Ottoman sultan [[Abdülaziz]] is deposed and succeeded by his nephew [[Murad V]].
*[[1876]] &ndash; The secret decree of [[Ems Ukaz]], issued by Russian Tsar [[Alexander II of Russia|Alexander II]] in the German city of [[Bad Ems]], was aimed at stopping the printing and distribution of [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian-language]] publications in the [[Russian Empire]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Ukraine under direct imperial Russian rule |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Ukraine/Ukraine-under-direct-imperial-Russian-rule#ref404490 |website=britannica.com |access-date=1 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ems Ukase |url=https://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CE%5CM%5CEmsUkase.htm |website=encyclopediaofukraine.com |access-date=4 April 2024}}</ref>  
*[[1883]] &ndash; In New York City, 12 people are killed in a stampede on the recently opened [[Brooklyn Bridge]].
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Pearl Hart]], a female outlaw of the [[American frontier|Old West]], robs a stage coach 30 miles southeast of [[Globe, Arizona]].

===1901–present===
*[[1911]] &ndash; At the [[Indianapolis Motor Speedway]], the first [[Indianapolis 500]] ends with [[Ray Harroun]] in his [[Marmon Wasp|Marmon ''Wasp'']] becoming the first winner of the 500-mile auto race.
*[[1913]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of London (1913)|Treaty of London]] is signed, ending the [[First Balkan War]]; [[Albania]] becomes an independent nation.
*[[1914]] &ndash; The new, and then the largest, [[Cunard Line|Cunard]] [[ocean liner]] {{RMS|Aquitania}}, 45,647 tons, sets sails on her maiden voyage from [[Liverpool]], England, to New York City.
*[[1922]] &ndash; The [[Lincoln Memorial]] is dedicated in Washington, D.C..
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[May Thirtieth Movement]]: [[Shanghai Municipal Police]] Force shoot and kill 13 protesting workers.
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Memorial Day massacre of 1937|Memorial Day massacre]]: Chicago police shoot and kill ten labor demonstrators.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Graf |first1=John |last2=Skorpad |first2=Steve |title=Chicago's Monuments, Markers, and Memorials |date=2002 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-0-7385-2002-5 |page=36 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2MnSgzx-iGsC&pg=PA36 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Manolis Glezos]] and [[Apostolos Santas]] climb the Athenian [[Acropolis]] and tear down the German flag.
*[[1942]] &ndash; World War II: One thousand British bombers launch a [[Bombing of Cologne in World War II|90-minute attack on Cologne]], Germany.
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[The Holocaust]]: [[Josef Mengele]] becomes chief medical officer of the ''Zigeunerfamilienlager'' ([[Romani people|Romani]] family camp) at [[Auschwitz concentration camp]].
*[[1948]] &ndash; A dike along the [[1948 Columbia River flood|flooding]] [[Columbia River]] breaks, obliterating [[Vanport, Oregon]] within minutes. Fifteen people die and tens of thousands are left homeless.
*[[1958]] &ndash; Memorial Day: The remains of two unidentified American servicemen, killed in action during World War II and the [[Korean War]] respectively, are buried at the [[Tomb of the Unknowns|Tomb of the Unknown Soldier]] in [[Arlington National Cemetery]].
*[[1959]] &ndash; The [[Auckland Harbour Bridge]], crossing the [[Waitematā Harbour|Waitemata Harbour]] in [[Auckland]], New Zealand, is officially opened by [[Governor-General of New Zealand|Governor-General]] [[Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham]].
*[[1961]] &ndash; The long-time Dominican dictator [[Rafael Trujillo]] is assassinated in [[Santo Domingo]], Dominican Republic.
*  1961   &ndash; [[Viasa Flight 897]] crashes after takeoff from [[Lisbon Airport]], killing 61.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-8-53 PH-DCL Fonte da Telha |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19610530-0 |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1963]] &ndash; A protest against pro-Catholic discrimination during the [[Buddhist crisis]] is held outside [[South Vietnam]]'s National Assembly, the first open demonstration during the eight-year presidency of [[Ngo Dinh Diem]].
*[[1966]] &ndash; Former [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congolese]] Prime Minister, [[Évariste Kimba]], and several other politicians are publicly executed in [[Kinshasa]] on the orders of President [[Mobutu Sese Seko|Joseph Mobutu]].
*[[1967]] &ndash; The [[Nigeria]]n Eastern Region declares independence as the [[Biafra|Republic of Biafra]], sparking a [[Nigerian Civil War|civil war]].
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Charles de Gaulle]] reappears publicly after his flight to [[Baden-Baden]], West Germany, and dissolves the French National Assembly by a radio appeal. Immediately after, less than one million of his supporters march on the [[Champs-Élysées]] in Paris. This is the turning point of [[May 1968 events in France]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Birch |first1=Jonah |title=How Beautiful It Was |url=https://jacobin.com/2018/05/how-beautiful-it-was |access-date=6 December 2022 |magazine=[[Jacobin (magazine)|Jacobin]] |issue=29 |date=23 May 2018 |pages=46–48 |issn=2470-6930}}</ref>
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Mariner program]]: ''[[Mariner 9]]'' is launched to map 70% of the surface, and to study temporal changes in the atmosphere and surface, of [[Mars]].
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[The Angry Brigade]] goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout the United Kingdom.
*  1972   &ndash; In [[Ben Gurion Airport]] (at the time: [[Lod]] Airport), [[Israel]], members of the [[Japanese Red Army]] carry out the [[Lod Airport massacre]], killing 24 people and injuring 78 others.
*[[1974]] &ndash; The [[Airbus A300]] passenger aircraft first enters service.
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[European Space Agency]] is established.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Peaslee |first1=Amos Jenkins |title=International Governmental Organizations: Constitutional Documents |date=1979 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-247-2087-3 |page=166 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tl4Ed_7rAZIC&pg=PA166 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Downeast Flight 46]] crashes on approach to [[Knox County Regional Airport]] in [[Rockland, Maine]], killing 17.<ref name="ASN">{{Cite web|title=ASN Aircraft accident de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 200 N68DE Rockland, ME|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19790530-0|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref>
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Cold War]]: [[Spain]] joins [[NATO]].
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989]]: The 10-metre high "[[Goddess of Democracy]]" [[statue]] is unveiled in [[Tiananmen Square]] by student demonstrators.
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Croatian Parliament]] is constituted after the first free, multi-party elections, today celebrated as the [[National Day]] of [[Croatia]].
*[[1998]] &ndash; The 6.5 {{M|w}} [[May 1998 Afghanistan earthquake|Afghanistan earthquake]] shook the [[Takhar Province]] of northern [[Afghanistan]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of VII (''Very strong''), killing around 4,000–4,500.
*  1998   &ndash; [[Nuclear weapons testing|Nuclear Testing]]: Pakistan conducts an [[Chagai-II|underground test]] in the [[Kharan Desert]]. It is reported to be a [[plutonium]] device with yield of 20kt [[TNT equivalent]].
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Depayin massacre]]: At least 70 people associated with the [[National League for Democracy]] are killed by government-sponsored mob in [[Burma]]. [[Aung San Suu Kyi]] flees the scene, but is arrested soon afterwards.
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Convention on Cluster Munitions]] is adopted.
*  2008   &ndash; [[TACA Flight 390]] overshoots the runway at [[Toncontín International Airport]] in [[Tegucigalpa]], Honduras and crashes, killing five people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20080530-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Airbus A320-233 EI-TAF Tegucigalpa-Toncontin Airport (TGU)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-10-17}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; Former [[Liberia]]n president [[Charles Taylor (Liberian politician)|Charles Taylor]] is sentenced to 50 years in prison for his role in atrocities committed during the [[Sierra Leone Civil War]].
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Nigeria]] passes a law [[Same-sex marriage in Nigeria|banning same-sex marriage]].
*[[2020]] &ndash; The [[Crew Dragon Demo-2]] launches from the [[Kennedy Space Center]], becoming the first crewed orbital spacecraft to launch from the [[United States]] since 2011 and the first commercial flight to the [[International Space Station]].<ref name="NYT-20200530">{{cite news|last=Chang|first=Kenneth|date=30 May 2020|title=SpaceX Lifts NASA Astronauts to Orbit, Launching New Era of Spaceflight – The trip to the space station was the first from American soil since 2011 when the space shuttles were retired|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/30/science/spacex-nasa-astronauts.html|access-date=31 May 2020}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Donald Trump]] is [[Prosecution of Donald Trump in New York|convicted of falsifying business records in his New York trial]], the first time a former [[President of the United States]] has been found guilty in a criminal case.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/05/30/trump-hush-money-criminal-trial/merchan-thanks-jurors-00160786 | title=Merchan thanks jurors | website=[[Politico]] | date=30 May 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-31 |title=Donald Trump found guilty on all 34 felony counts in hush money trial: Highlights |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/live-blog/trump-trial-jury-deliberations-hush-money-case-rcna154607 |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref>