Historical Events
- May 11 Peter Stuyvesant arrives in New Amsterdam
- May 23 William II Prince of Orange sworn in as Stadtholder of Holland
- May 26 Alse Young becomes the first person executed as a witch in the American colonies, when she is hanged in Hartford, Connecticut
- May 26 Massachusetts disallows priest access to colony
Famous Birthdays
- May 3 Joannes Antonides van der Goes, Dutch poet (Bellone aen bant), born in Goes, Netherlands (d. 1684)
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