Historical Events
Carthusian Martyrs Executed
May 4 Five Carthusian monks from London Charterhouse monastery hung, drawn and quartered at Tyburn, London, for refusing to acknowledge Henry VIII as head of the Church of England
Cartier's Second Voyage
May 19 French explorer Jacques Cartier leaves France on his second voyage of discovery to Newfoundland for Francis I, with three ships [1]
Famous Birthdays
- May 31 Alessandro Allori, Italian painter and carpet designer, born in Florence (d. 1607)
Famous Deaths
- May 4 John Houghton, English monk, first of the Carthusian Martyrs, hung, drawn and quartered at the Tower of London
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