Saturday 30 May 2020

ON THIS DAY MAY 30th - JUST FOR FUN

1848- Mexico ratifies treaty giving US; New Mexico, California & parts of Nevada, Utah, Arizona & Colorado in return for $15 million.

1913- Treaty of London signed by the Great Powers, the Ottoman Empire and the victorious Balkan League (Serbia, Greece, Kingdom of Bulgaria, and Montenegro) bringing an end to the First Balkan War.

1806 - Future US President Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel after Dickinson accused Jackson's wife of bigamy.

1431- Joan of Arc was charged with heresy and witchcraft and, on this day in 1431, was burned at the stake.

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