Editing May 30 (section)

===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]].