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May 30: Voltaire the Rebel

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1431  Hundred Years' War: 19 year old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English-dominated tribunal in Rouen, France

1539  Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto's expedition of 10 ships and 700 men lands in Florida

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

1868  "Decoration Day", later called Memorial Day is first observed in Northern US states

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

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May 30: Voltaire: Writer, Wit, Philosopher and Rebel


They burned his books, sent him to the Bastille and into exile, but Voltaire, who died on this day, remained rich, successful – and defiant.
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