WHAT HAPPENED ON 31. MAY
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Ramesses II (The Great) (19th dynasty) becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. (31. May 1279. BC)

Emperor Petronius Maximus is stoned to death by an angry mob while fleeing Rome. (31. May 455)

A devastating earthquake strikes Antioch, Turkey, killing 250,000. (31. May 526)

Mongol invasion of the Cumans: Battle of the Kalka River – Mongol armies of Genghis Khan led by Subutai defeat Kievan Rus' and Cumans. (31. May 1223)

Martin Frobisher sails from Harwich in England to Frobisher Bay in Canada, eventually to mine fool's gold, used to pave streets in London. (31. May 1578)

King Henry III lays the first stone of the Pont Neuf (New Bridge), the oldest bridge of Paris, France. (31. May 1578)

Citing poor eyesight, Samuel Pepys records the last event in his diary. (31. May 1669)

Lady Godiva's procession through Coventry begins. (31. May 1678)

American Revolution: The Mecklenburg Resolves are allegedly adopted in the Province of North Carolina. (31. May 1775)

Manuel Quimper explores the Strait of Juan de Fuca. (31. May 1790)

The United States enacts its first copyright statute, the Copyright Act of 1790. (31. May 1790)

French Revolution: the Revolutionary Tribunal is suppressed. (31. May 1795)

French and Spanish forces begin the assault against British forces occupying Diamond Rock. (31. May 1805)

In Australia, William Lawson, Gregory Blaxland and William Wentworth reach Mount Blaxland, effectively marking the end of a route across the Blue Mountains. (31. May 1813)

The civil death procedure is abolished in France. (31. May 1854)

The clock tower at the Houses of Parliament, which houses Big Ben, starts keeping time. (31. May 1859)

American Civil War Peninsula Campaign: Battle of Seven Pines or (Battle of Fair Oaks) – Confederate forces under Joseph E. Johnston & G.W. Smith engage Union forces under George B. McClellan outside Richmond, Virginia. (31. May 1862)

American Civil War Overland Campaign: Battle of Cold Harbor – The Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E. Lee engages the Army of the Potomac under Ulysses S. Grant and George Meade. (31. May 1864)

In the Fenian Invasion of Canada, John O'Neill leads 850 Fenian raiders across the Niagara River at Buffalo, New York/Fort Erie, Ontario, as part of an effort to free Ireland from the United Kingdom. Canadian militia and British regulars repulse the invaders in over the next three days, at a cost of 9 dead and 38 wounded to the Fenian's 19 dead and about 17 wounded. (31. May 1866)

Gilmores Garden in New York, New York is renamed Madison Square Garden by William Henry Vanderbilt and is opened to the public at 26th Street and Madison Avenue. (31. May 1879)