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On This Day · The 150th day of the year

May 30

May 30 carries 10 recorded events spanning between 1431 and 2024. Hundred Years' War: In Rouen, France, the 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal.

♊ZodiacGemini ◈BirthstoneEmerald ❀Birth flowerLily of the Valley

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed July 13, 2026

What happened on May 30?

May 30 is the 150th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1431 and 2024. Famous people born on May 30 include CeeLo Green, Emperor Renzong of Song and Marissa Mayer.

The shape of the day

May 30's record stretches 593 years, from 1431 to 2024. Its center of gravity is the 20th century, and conflict is a recurring thread.

Gemini is the sign for May 30 — read more on the Gemini page, or see May's birthstone & birth flower.

Released on May 30

Movies, games, albums & shows

2026

  • TV Reborn Rookie

2025

  • Game Elden Ring Nightreign
  • Game F1 25

2024

  • Game Skald: Against the Black Priory
  • Game Tiny Terry's Turbo Trip
  • Game Astor: Blade of the Monolith

2023

  • Game Friends vs. Friends

2022

  • TV Majhi Manasa

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1431

    Hundred Years' War

    Hundred Years' War: In Rouen, France, the 19-year-old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal.

  2. 1723

    Johann Sebastian Bach

    Johann Sebastian Bach assumes the office of Thomaskantor in Leipzig, presenting his first new cantata, Die Elenden sollen essen, BWV 75, in the St. Nicholas Church on the first Sunday after Trinity.

  3. 1854

    Kansas–Nebraska Act

    The Kansas–Nebraska Act becomes law, establishing the U.S. territories of Kansas and Nebraska.

  4. 1866

    Bedřich Smetana

    Bedrich Smetana's comic opera The Bartered Bride premieres in Prague.

  5. 1922

    Lincoln Memorial

    The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.

  6. 1941

    World War II

    World War II: Manolis Glezos and Apostolos Santas climb the Athenian Acropolis and tear down the German flag.

  7. 1959

    Auckland Harbour Bridge

    The Auckland Harbour Bridge, crossing the Waitemata Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand, is officially opened by Governor-General Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham.

  8. 1963

    Buddhist crisis

    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.

  9. 2008

    Convention on Cluster Munitions

    Convention on Cluster Munitions is adopted.

  10. 2024

    Donald Trump

    Donald Trump is 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.

Famous birthday twins

Born on May 30

CeeLo Green

b. 1975

American singer-songwriter

Emperor Renzong of Song

b. 1010

Chinese emperor

Marissa Mayer

b. 1975

American computer scientist and businesswoman

Mikhail Bakunin

b. 1814

Russian philosopher and theorist

Amadeo I of Spain

b. 1845

Spanish king

Eugène Charles Catalan

b. 1814

Belgian-French mathematician and academic

Tonya Pinkins

b. 1962

American actress and singer

Benny Goodman

b. 1909

American clarinet player, songwriter, and bandleader

Deaths

  • 2014Joan Lorring
  • 1975Tatsuo Shimabuku
  • 1778Voltaire
  • 1640Peter Paul Rubens
  • 1431Joan of Arc

Holidays & observances

  • —Anguilla Day, commemorates the beginning of the Anguillian Revolution in 1967. (Anguilla)
  • —Canary Islands Day (Spain)
  • —Christian feast day: Basil the Elder and Emmelia of Caesarea
  • —Christian feast day: Dymphna
  • —Christian feast day: Ferdinand III of Castile and León
  • —Christian feast day: Isaac of Dalmatia
  • —Christian feast day: Joan of Arc
  • —Christian feast day: Joseph Marello

Historical facts, event summaries, and biographical lines above are adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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