Historical Events
- May 2 Battle of Long Sault begins between 17 French colonist militia, their Huron and Algonquin allies and a large Iroquois army (credited with saving settlement of Ville-Marie) [1]
- May 3 Sweden, Poland, Brandenburg & Austria sign Peace of Oliva
- May 7 Isaack B Fubine of Savoy, in The Hague, patents macaroni
Parliament Proclaims Charles II King
May 8 English Parliament proclaims Charles II, King of England and invites him to return
- May 23 King Charles II returns from exile sails from Scheveningen to England
- May 24 English king Charles II visits Netherlands
- May 25 King Charles II of England lands at Dover harbour on his way to London during the Restoration
- May 27 Denmark & Sweden sign The Treaty Of Copenhagen, ends Second Northern War
- May 29 On his 30th birthday Charles II returns to London from exile in the Netherlands to claim the English throne after the Puritan Commonwealth comes to an end
Famous Birthdays
George I (1660-1727)
May 28 King of Great Britain and Ireland (1714-27), born in Hanover, Holy Roman Empire
Famous Deaths
- May 29 Frans van Schooten, Dutch mathematician (b. 1615)
- May 29 Gyorgy Rákóczi II, prince of Transylvania, dies in battle
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