Historical Events
Hugo Grotius Sentenced
May 18 Dutch jurist and scholar Hugo Grotius sentenced to life in prison in Loevestein Castle in the Netherlands (later escapes in a book chest)
Famous Birthdays
- May 24 Philips Wouwerman, Dutch painter, born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1668)
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