Saturday, May 30, 2026

Tuesday, May 30, 1876. Coup in Constantinople, Ems Ukaz in the Russian Empire.

A bloodless military coup d'état deposed Ottoman Sultan Abdulaziz, and resulted in the the appointment of Murad V as the Sultan. Midhat Pasha would preside over a constitutional committee for the next two years, a period known as the First Constitutional Era.

Czar Alexander IIsigned the Ems Ukaz to eliminate the Ukrainian language from the cultural sphere and limited it with domestic use.

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Monday, May 29, 1876. Start of the Yellowstone Expedition.

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