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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1430]] &ndash; [[Joan of Arc]] is captured at the [[Siege of Compiègne]] by troops from the [[Duchy of Burgundy|Burgundian faction]].<ref>{{cite book|author=David Green|title=The Hundred Years War: A People's History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LhU2BQAAQBAJ&pg=PA210|date=1 January 2014|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0-300-13451-3|pages=210}}</ref>
*[[1498]] &ndash; [[Girolamo Savonarola]] is burned at the stake in [[Florence]], Italy.
*[[1533]] &ndash; The marriage of [[List of English monarchs#House of Tudor|King]] [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]] to [[Catherine of Aragon]] is declared null and void.
*[[1568]] &ndash; Dutch rebels led by [[Louis of Nassau]], defeat [[Jean de Ligne, Duke of Arenberg]], and his loyalist troops in the [[Battle of Heiligerlee (1568)|Battle of Heiligerlee]], opening the [[Eighty Years' War]].
===1601–1900===
*[[1609]] &ndash; Official ratification of the [[Second Virginia Charter]] takes place.
*[[1618]] &ndash; The [[Defenestrations of Prague|Second Defenestration of Prague]] precipitates the [[Thirty Years' War]].
*[[1706]] &ndash; [[John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough]], defeats a French army under [[Marshal of France|Marshal]] [[François de Neufville, duc de Villeroy]] at the [[Battle of Ramillies]].<ref>Falkner, James. Ramillies 1706: Year of Miracles. Pen & Sword Books Ltd, (2006). {{ISBN|1-84415-379-7}}</ref>
*[[1788]] &ndash; [[South Carolina]] became the eighth state to ratify the [[United States Constitution]].
*[[1793]] &ndash; [[Battle of Famars]] during the [[Low Countries theatre of the War of the First Coalition|Flanders Campaign]] of the [[War of the First Coalition]].
*[[1829]] &ndash; [[Accordion]] patent granted to [[Cyrill Demian]] in [[Vienna]], [[Austrian Empire]].
*[[1844]] &ndash; [[Báb]]: A merchant of Shiraz announces that he is a Prophet and founds a religious movement. He is considered to be a forerunner of the [[Baháʼí Faith]].
*[[1846]] &ndash; [[Mexican–American War]]: President [[Mariano Paredes (President of Mexico)|Mariano Paredes]] of Mexico unofficially declares war on the United States.
*[[1863]] &ndash; The [[General German Workers' Association]], a precursor of the modern [[Social Democratic Party of Germany]], is founded in [[Leipzig]], [[Kingdom of Saxony]].
*[[1873]] &ndash; The Canadian Parliament establishes the [[North-West Mounted Police]], the forerunner of the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]].
*[[1900]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: Sergeant [[William Harvey Carney]] is awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] for his heroism in the [[Assault on the Battery Wagner]] in 1863.
===1901–present===
*[[1905]] &ndash; Sultan [[Abdul Hamid II]] publicly announces the creation of the [[Ullah millet]] for the [[Aromanians]] of the empire, which had been established one day earlier. For this reason, the [[Aromanian National Day]] is usually celebrated on May 23,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.armanami.org/blog/nikola-minov-why-dont-all-aromanians-celebrate-may-23-as-their-national-day/|title=Nikola Minov: Why don't all Aromanians celebrate May 23 as their national day?|publisher=[[Trâ Armânami Association of French Aromanians]]|date=24 May 2020|access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref> although some do so on [[May 22]] instead.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.academia.edu/34296221|title=The ethnicity of Aromanians after 1990: the identity of a minority that behaves like a majority|first=Thede|last=Kahl|author-link=Thede Kahl|journal=Ethnologia Balkanica|volume=6|pages=145–169|year=2002}}</ref>
*[[1907]] &ndash; The [[Unicameralism|unicameral]] [[Parliament of Finland]] gathers for its first plenary session.
*[[1911]] &ndash; The [[New York Public Library]] is dedicated.
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: Italy joins the [[Allies of World War I|Allies]], fulfilling its part of the [[Treaty of London (1915)|Treaty of London]].
*[[1932]] &ndash; In [[Brazil]], four students are shot and killed during a manifestation against the Brazilian dictator [[Getúlio Vargas]], which resulted in the outbreak of the [[Constitutionalist Revolution]] several weeks later.
*[[1934]] &ndash; American [[Bank robbery|bank robbers]] [[Bonnie and Clyde]] are ambushed by police and killed in [[Bienville Parish, Louisiana]].
*  1934   &ndash; The [[Auto-Lite strike]] culminates in the "Battle of Toledo", a five-day melée between 1,300 troops of the [[Ohio National Guard]] and 6,000 picketers.
*[[1939]] &ndash; The [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] [[submarine]] [[USS Sailfish (SS-192)|USS ''Squalus'']] sinks off the coast of [[New Hampshire]] during a test dive, causing the death of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians. The remaining 32 sailors and one civilian naval architect are rescued the following day.
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: [[Heinrich Himmler]], head of the [[Schutzstaffel]], commits suicide while in [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] custody.<ref>{{cite news|last=MacDonald|first=James|title=Arch Criminal Dies|work=The New York Times|date=May 25, 1945|pages=1, 8}}</ref>
*  1945   &ndash; World War II: Germany's [[Flensburg Government]] under [[Karl Dönitz]] is dissolved when its members are arrested by British forces.
*[[1946]] &ndash; The start of a [[Tornado outbreak of May 23–24, 1946|two-day tornado outbreak]] across the Central United States that spawned at least 15 significant tornadoes.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Grazulis |first1=Thomas P. |title=Significant tornadoes, 1680–1991: A Chronology and Analysis of Events |date=1993 |publisher=Environmental Films |location=St. Johnsbury, Vermont |isbn=1-879362-03-1 |pages=922–925}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Severe Local Storms for May 1946 |journal=Monthly Weather Review |date=May 1946 |volume=74 |issue=5 |pages=90–91 |doi=10.1175/1520-0493(1946)074<0090:SLSFM>2.0.CO;2 |publisher=U.S. Weather Bureau |bibcode=1946MWRv...74...90. |issn=1520-0493|doi-access=free }}</ref>
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Thomas C. Wasson]], the US Consul-General, is assassinated in [[Jerusalem]], [[Israel]].
*[[1949]] &ndash; Cold War: The Western [[Allied-occupied Germany|occupying]] powers approve the [[Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany|Basic Law]] and establish a new German state, the [[West Germany|Federal Republic of Germany]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Barchet|first1=Bruno Aguilera|last2=Fajardo|first2=M. I. Fajardo|title=A History of Western Public Law: Between Nation and State|location=Madrid|publisher=Springer|date=2015|isbn=9783319118024|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zUsIBgAAQBAJ|page=708}}</ref>
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Tibet]]ans sign the [[Seventeen Point Agreement]] with China.
*[[1960]] &ndash; A [[tsunami]] caused by [[1960 Valdivia earthquake|an earthquake in Chile]] the previous day kills 61 people in [[Hilo, Hawaii]].<ref>Gates, Alexander E.; Ritchie, David. (2009). [https://books.google.com/books?id=b1sXfJCiCHQC&pg=PA49 ''Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes'']. Ed. Infobase Publishing. {{ISBN|9780816072705}}. p. 49</ref>
*[[1971]] &ndash; Seventy-eight people are killed when [[Aviogenex Flight 130]] crashes on approach to [[Rijeka Airport]] in present-day [[Rijeka]], [[Croatia]] (then the [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia]]).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-134A YU-AHZ Rijeka Airport (RJK)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19710523-0|access-date=2021-05-21|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*  1971   &ndash; The [[Grand Hotel Bucharest|Intercontinental Hotel]] in [[Bucharest]] opens, becoming the second-tallest building in the city.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.wall-street.ro/slideshow/Lifestyle/48620/Brunch-pe-Bulevard-Muzica-jazz-live-vin-spumos-si-bufet-sofisticat/3/Istoria-hotelului-InterContinental-Bucuresti.html | title=Brunch pe Bulevard: Muzica jazz live, vin spumos si bufet sofisticat | date=19 September 2008 }}</ref>
*  [[1978]] &ndash; A [[Tupolev Tu-144]] [[1978 Yegoryevsk Tu-144 crash|crashes]] near the Russian town of [[Yegoryevsk]], killing two.<ref name="I">{{cite web |title=Crash of a Tupolev TU-144D in Kladkovo: 2 killed |url=https://www.baaa-acro.com/aircraft/tupolev-tu-144 |accessdate=14 Nov 2021 |publisher=Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives}}</ref>
*  [[1991]] &ndash; [[Aeroflot Flight 8556]] crashes at [[Pulkovo Airport]], killing 13.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Tupolev Tu-154B-1 CCCP-85097 Leningrad-Pulkovo Airport (LED) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19910523-0 |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref>
*[[1992]] &ndash; Italy's most prominent anti-mafia judge [[Giovanni Falcone]], his wife and three body guards are killed by the [[Corleonesi Mafia clan|Corleonesi clan]] with a half-ton bomb near [[Capaci]], [[Sicily]]. His friend and colleague [[Paolo Borsellino]] will be assassinated less than two months later, making 1992 a turning point in the history of [[Sicilian Mafia|Italian Mafia]] prosecutions.
*[[1995]] &ndash; The first version of the [[Java (programming language)|Java programming language]] is released.
*[[1998]] &ndash; The [[Good Friday Agreement]] is accepted in a [[referendum]] in [[Northern Ireland]] with roughly 75% voting yes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Good Friday Agreement |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Good-Friday-Agreement |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. |access-date=17 June 2019}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; The "55 parties" clause of the [[Kyoto Protocol]] is reached after its ratification by [[Iceland]].
*[[2006]] &ndash; Alaskan [[stratovolcano]] [[Mount Cleveland (Alaska)|Mount Cleveland]] erupts.
*[[2008]] &ndash; The [[International Court of Justice]] (ICJ) awards [[Middle Rocks]] to [[Malaysia]] and [[Pedra Branca, Singapore|Pedra Branca]] (Pulau Batu Puteh) to [[Singapore]], ending a 29-year [[Pedra Branca dispute|territorial dispute]] between the two countries.
*[[2013]] &ndash; A freeway bridge carrying [[Interstate 5 in Washington|Interstate 5]] over the [[Skagit River]] [[I-5 Skagit River Bridge collapse|collapses]] in [[Mount Vernon, Washington]].
*[[2014]] &ndash; Seven people, including the perpetrator, are killed and another 14 injured in [[2014 Isla Vista killings|a killing spree]] near the campus of [[University of California, Santa Barbara]].
*[[2015]] &ndash; At least 30 people are killed as a result of [[2015 Texas–Oklahoma flood and tornado outbreak|floods and tornadoes]] in Texas, Oklahoma, and northern Mexico.
*[[2016]] &ndash; Two suicide bombings, conducted by the [[Islamic State of Iraq and Syria]], kill at least 45 potential army recruits in [[Aden]], [[Yemen]].
*  2016   &ndash; Eight bombings are carried out by the [[Islamic State of Iraq and Syria]] in [[Jableh]] and [[Tartus]], coastline cities in [[Syria]]. One hundred eighty-four people are killed and at least 200 people injured.
*[[2017]] &ndash; Philippine President [[Rodrigo Duterte]] declares [[martial law]] in [[Mindanao]], following the [[Maute group|Maute's]] [[Battle of Marawi|attack in Marawi]].
*[[2021]] &ndash; A [[Stresa–Mottarone cable car crash|cable car falls]] from a mountain near [[Lake Maggiore]] in northern Italy, killing 14 people.
*  2021   &ndash; [[Ryanair Flight 4978]] is forced to land by [[Belarus]]ian authorities to detain dissident journalist [[Roman Protasevich]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-06-04|title=Belarus Ryanair flight diverted: Passengers describe panic on board|work=BBC|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57180275}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Anthony Albanese]] of the [[Australian Labor Party]] is sworn in as the 31st [[Prime Minister of Australia]] after winning the [[2022 Australian federal election]], ending 9 years of [[Coalition_(Australia)|conservative rule]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 May 2022 |title=Anthony Albanese and four senior frontbenchers sworn in ahead of Quad trip |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-23/anthony-albanese-sworn-in-australian-prime-minister/101089902 |access-date=23 May 2022 |website=ABC Australia |publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]}}</ref>