Historical Events
- May 5 Dutch politician Nicolaas Witsen visits the politically powerful Patriarch Nikon, head of the Russian Orthodox church in Moscow
Jansenism
May 15 Pope Alexander VII appoints committee to investigate Jansenism
- May 31 Jerusalem's rabbi Sjabtai Tswi proclaims himself Messiah
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