What happend on 31st May

30.05
01.06
1775

Patriots in Charlotte, North Carolina adopt the Mecklenburg Resolutions urging the American Colonies to declare independence from Great Britain.

1759

The Province of Pennsylvania bans all theater productions.

1678

The Godiva procession through Coventry begins.

1669

Citing poor eyesight, Samuel Pepys records the last event in his diary.

1578

Martin Frobisher sails from Harwich, England to Frobisher Bay, Canada, eventually to mine fool's gold, used to pave streets in London.