Historical Events
- May 14 Turkish Grand Vizier Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed attacks 120,000 Donau soldiers
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- May 30 Giulio Alberoni, Spanish-Italian minister and cardinal, born in Piacenza, Duchy of Parma and Piacenza (now Italy) (d. 1752)
Famous Deaths
- May 21 Elizabeth Poole, English born Puritan American settler, first woman to found a town (Taunton), dies at 65
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