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The May 31st is the 151e Jour of the Année (152e in the event of Leap year) of the Gregorian Calendrier.

Events

1 to 1900

20th century

  • 1902 : The war which opposed the Britanniques to the States boers of the Transvaal and of Orange (Southern Africa) is completed with the signature of the Traité of Vereeniging (Transvaal). This document recognizes the annexation with the British Empire of the free Orange State and Transvaal.

  • 1910 : Independence of the South Africa.
  • 1916 : The Battle of Jutland, to broad of the Denmark, opposes 37 British ships to 21 German ships .
  • 1945 : reception of Louis de Broglie (prince then duke of Broglie) (1892-1987) with the French Academy. The speech of welcome was made by his/her brother and fellow-member academician, the duke Maurice de Broglie, which had never arrived in three centuries of receptions under the Cupola.
  • 1961 : the South Africa becomes a République.
  • 1970 : A Seism of a magnitude 7,7 key the North of the Peru and causes the death of 66  000 people.
  • 1991 :
    • Signature of an peace agreement in Angola.
    • Canal+ takes the financial control of the Paris-Saint-Germain.

21e century

Births

Death

Celebrations

Catholic and orthodoxe saints of the day

  • Holy Selve (Holy Sylve) Bishop of Toulouse, (360 - 400), companion of Holy Pothin

See too

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