Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/May 30
On May 30:
- 1431 - In Rouen, France, 19-year old Joan of Arc was burned at the stake.
- 1539 - In Florida, Hernando de Soto landed at Tampa Bay.
- 1854 - The Kansas-Nebraska Act became law, establishing the U.S. territories of Nebraska and Kansas.
- 1883 - A rumor that the newly-opened Brooklyn Bridge was going to collapse caused a stampede that killed twelve people.
- 1967 - The Nigerian state of Biafra seceded, sparking a civil war.