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Xavier Reaches Old Goa
May 6 Francis Xavier reaches Old Goa, then capital of Portuguese India
Famous Deaths
Hernando de Soto (c. 1500-1542)
May 21 Spanish conquistador and 1st European to discover the Mississippi River, dies of a fever while searching for gold, near the Mississippi River at about 46
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