Famous Birthdays
- May 8 Claude-Louis-Hector de Villars, Marshal of France, born in Moulins, France (d. 1734)
- May 21 Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria, queen consort of Poland and Lithuania (d. 1697)
- May 30 Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Empress consort of Germany, born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (now Italy) (d. 1676)
Famous Deaths
- May 10 John Bicker, ship builder/merchant/regent, dies at 61
- May 18 Carel Reyniersz, Governor General of the Dutch East Indies, dies at 48
- May 19 Carel Reyniersz, Dutch colonial administrator and Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (1650-53), dies at 48
- May 26 Robert Filmer, English writer (b. 1588)
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