Editing May 31 (section)

===1601–1900===
*[[1610]] &ndash; The pageant ''[[London's Love to Prince Henry]]'' on the [[River Thames]] celebrates the creation of [[Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales|Prince Henry]] as [[Prince of Wales]].<ref>David M. Bergeron, 'Creating Entertainments for Prince Henry's Creation (1610)', ''Comparative Drama'', vol. 42, No. 4 (Winter 2008), pp. 433–449.</ref>
*[[1669]] &ndash; Citing poor eyesight as a reason, [[Samuel Pepys]] records the last event in [[Samuel Pepys#The diary|his diary]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Samuel Pepys |title=The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Vol. 10: Companion |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J-JSalViBrMC&pg=PA178 |date=29 March 2001 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-22715-6 |pages=178–}}</ref>
*[[1775]] &ndash; [[American Revolution]]: The [[Mecklenburg Resolves]] are adopted in the [[Province of North Carolina]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Hugh Talmage Lefler |title=North Carolina History Told by Contemporaries |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8L6OAAAAIAAJ |year=1956 |publisher=University of North Carolina Press |page=100}}</ref>
*[[1790]] &ndash; [[Manuel Quimper]] explores the [[Strait of Juan de Fuca]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=Dennis Reinhartz |author2=Gerald D. Saxon |title=Mapping and Empire: Soldier-Engineers on the Southwestern Frontier |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MRTUAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT54 |date=1 January 2010 |publisher=University of Texas Press |isbn=978-0-292-77441-4 |page=54}}</ref>
*  1790   &ndash; The United States enacts its first [[Copyright law of the United States|copyright statute]], the [[Copyright Act of 1790]].
*[[1795]] &ndash; [[French Revolution]]: The [[Revolutionary Tribunal]] is suppressed.
*[[1805]] &ndash; French and Spanish forces begin the [[Battle of Diamond Rock|assault]] against British forces occupying [[Diamond Rock]], Martinique.
*[[1813]] &ndash; In Australia, [[William Lawson (explorer)|William Lawson]], [[Gregory Blaxland]] and [[William Wentworth]] reach [[Mount Blaxland, New South Wales|Mount Blaxland]], effectively marking the end of a route across the [[Blue Mountains (New South Wales)|Blue Mountains]].
*[[1859]] &ndash; The clock tower at the [[Palace of Westminster|Houses of Parliament]], which houses [[Big Ben]], starts keeping time.
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Peninsula Campaign]]: Confederate forces under [[Joseph E. Johnston]] and [[Gustavus Woodson Smith|G.W. Smith]] [[Battle of Seven Pines|engage]] Union forces under [[George B. McClellan]] outside the Confederate capital of [[Richmond, Virginia]].
*[[1864]] &ndash; American Civil War: [[Overland Campaign]]: [[Battle of Cold Harbor]]: The [[Army of Northern Virginia]] engages the [[Army of the Potomac]].
*[[1879]] &ndash; Gilmore's Garden in New York City is renamed [[Madison Square Garden (1879)|Madison Square Garden]] by [[William Henry Vanderbilt]] and is opened to the public at 26th Street and [[Madison Avenue]].
*[[1884]] &ndash; The arrival at [[Plymouth]] of [[Tāwhiao]], King of [[Māori people|Maoris]], to claim the protection of [[Queen Victoria]].
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Johnstown Flood]]: Over 2,200 people die after a dam fails and sends a 60-foot (18-meter) wall of water over the town of [[Johnstown, Pennsylvania]].