Historical Events
Battle of Goodwin Sands
May 29 Battle of Goodwin Sands, off Folkestone, Kent: English 'General at Sea' Robert Blake drives out Dutch fleet under Lieutenant Admiral Maarten Tromp
Famous Birthdays
- May 14 Johann Philipp Förtsch, German Baroque composer, statesman, and physician, born in Wertheim am Main, Wertheim County, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1732)
- May 27 Elisabeth Charlotte "Liselotte", German-French duchess of Orleans, born in Heidelberg Castle, Heidelberg, Electoral Palatinate, Holy Roman Empire (d. 1722)
Famous Weddings
- May 2 Daughter of the Prince of Orange, Albertine Agnes marries William Frederick Prince of Nassau-Dietz
Famous Deaths
- May 27 Jacques Huyn, French baroque composer, dies at 39