FRIDAY, MAY 31, 2019

1531 — "Women’s Revolt" in Amsterdam: wool house in churchyard aborted

1634 — Massachusetts Bay annexes Maine colony

1744 — French troops conquer Kortrijk

1790 — U.S. copyright law enacted

1821 — Cathedral of Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary, first U.S. Catholic cathedral, is dedicated in Baltimore

1849 — Last edition of Orange sheet "Journal de La Haye"

1861 — Mint at New Orleans closes

1862 Battle of Seven Pines VA (Fair Oaks); North defeats South

1878 — U.S. Congress accept decrease in dollar circulation

1891 — Work on trans-Siberian railway begins

1905 — Emperor Wilhelm II lands in Tanger