Historical Events
- May 15 Jodocus Badius Ascensius publishes Christiern Pedersen's Latin version of Saxo's "Gesta Danorum" (Deeds of the Danes), in Paris
Charter for the Thames
May 20 English King Henry VIII grants a charter to the Corporation of Trinity House to regulate pilotage on the river Thames in London (still in existence) [1]
Famous Birthdays
- May 3 Bartholomaeus of Braga [Fernandez], Dominican theologian and Archbishop Emeritus of Braga, born in Mártires, Santa Maria Maior, Lisbon (d. 1590)
Famous Weddings
Francis I of France
May 18 Francis, Duke of Valois, later Francis I, King of France, marries Claude, Duchess of Brittany
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