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May1622

What Happened in May 1622

Historical Events

May 25 English merchant ship Tryall wrecks on the Montebello Islands, north western Australia - first English to land on Australian soil and the country's oldest European shipwreck [1]

Famous Birthdays

May 8 Claes Rålamb, Swedish statesman, born in Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1698)

Louis de Buade de Frontenac (1622-1698)

May 22 French soldier and Governor General of New France (1672-82, 1689-98), born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France

Louis de Buade de Frontenac

Famous Deaths

May 3 Pedro Páez, Spanish Jesuit missionary to Ethiopia, dies at about 57
May 15 Peter Plancius, Flemish-Dutch vicar and cartographer for the Dutch East India Company, dies at about 69
May 20 Osman II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1618-22), dies at 17

Famous People Who Were