Historical Events
Queen of Scots Defeated
May 13 Mary Queen of Scots is defeated at Battle of Langside
- May 16 Defeated at the Battle of Langside, Mary Queen of Scots flees to England in the hope Elizabeth I will help her regain her throne who instead detains her at Carlisle Castle
Elizabeth I Arrests Mary
May 19 English Queen Elizabeth I arrests Mary, Queen of Scots
- May 23 Battle of Heiligerlee, Groningen: Dutch rebels beat Spanish, thousands killed
- May 23 The Netherlands declares independence from Spain
Famous Birthdays
- May 11 Christian I, German Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg who led an army of 21,000 Bohemians at the Battle of White Mountain, born in Bernburg (d. 1630)
Famous Deaths
- May 23 Adolf van Nassau, German son of William I and Juliana of Stolberg, dies in battle at 27
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