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Shakespeare's Sonnets Published
May 20 Shakespeare's Sonnets are first published in London, perhaps illicitly, by publisher Thomas Thorpe
- May 23 Official ratification of the Second Charter of Virginia takes place
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Infante Ferdinand (1609-1641)
May 16 Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, Cardinal of the Holy Catholic Church and military commander during the Thirty Years' War, born in San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain
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