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What Happened in May 1567

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Famous Birthdays

  • May 1 Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt, Dutch royal painter, born in Delft, Netherlands (d. 1641)
  • May 15 Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer and pioneer in development of opera (L'Orfeo, espro della Beata Vergine), baptized in Cremona, Italy (d. 1643)
Born in 1567

Famous Weddings

Mary, Queen of Scots

May 15 Mary, Queen of Scots marries James Hepburn, Earl of Bothwell

Mary, Queen of Scots

Famous Deaths

  • May 2 Marin Drzic, Croatian playwright (Dundo Maroje), dies
  • May 3 Leonhard Paminger, Bavarian composer, dies at 72
  • May 19 Juan Bautista de Toledo, Spanish architect (El Escorial), dies (b. c. 1515)
  • May 31 Guido de Bres, Belgian theologian (b. 1522)
  • May 31 Pereguin de la Grange, French minister, martyr of Reform, dies

Famous People Who Were

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