May 6 Leon VII Spanish poet's first poem is published: La Cocina
May 8 Pierre Dugua de Monts reaches Cap La Hève (La Have) on the Nova Scotia coast, on his way to establish Arcadia, the first successful permanent settlement in New France
May 12 Spanish garrison of Aardenburg surrenders to Mauritius
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