Births on May 30

Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire

Born on May 30, 1718

Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician, Secretary of State for the Colonies (d. 1793)

Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, (30 May 1718 – 7 October 1793), known as The 2nd Viscount Hillsborough from 1742 to 1751 and as The 1st Earl of Hillsborough from 1751 to 1789, was a British politician of the Georgian era.

Best known in North America as the Earl of Hillsborough, he served as Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1768 to 1772, a critical period leading toward the American War of Independence.

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Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire
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7 May

Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville
The city of New Orleans is founded by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville.
22 Nov

Blackbeard
Off the coast of North Carolina, British pirate Edward Teach (best known as "Blackbeard") is killed in battle with a boarding party led by Royal Navy Lieutenant Robert Maynard.