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What Happened in May 1591

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Historical Events

  • May 30 Spanish troops in Zutphen surrender to Dutch and English forces under Maurice of Nassau

Famous Birthdays

  • May 26 Dirck Janszoon Sweelinck, Dutch composer, baptized in Amsterdam, Republic of the Seven United Netherlands (d. 1652)
Born in 1591

Famous Deaths

  • May 15 Dmitry Ivanovitch, youngest son of Russian Tsar Ivan IV, murdered at 8
  • May 17 Jost Amman, Swiss cartoonist, graphic artist and illustrator, dies at 51

Famous People Who Were

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