Historical Events
- May 30 (-31st) The first battle of Öland (between the islands of Gotland and Öland): Lübeck & Denmark beat Sweden
Famous Deaths
- May 2 Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (b. 1500)
John Calvin (1509-1564)
May 27 Protestant religious reformer and theologian (Calvinism), dies at 54 (b. 1509)
