Historical Events
Battle of Chotusitz
May 17 Battle of Chotusitz: Prussia led by Frederick the Great defeats Austria
- May 28 1st indoor swimming pool opens (Goodman's Fields, London)
Famous Birthdays
Famous Deaths
- May 13 Ludwig IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1719)
- May 14 Dominique Marie Valet, French Roman Catholic bishop and missionary (Diocese of Quebec), dies at 64
- May 21 Lars Roberg, Swedish physician, natural science researcher, and educator, dies at 78
- May 26 Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossack starshina and diplomat, dies at 69