May1670

What Happened in May 1670

Historical Events

Hudson's Bay Company Incorporated

May 2 King Charles II gives a royal charter to the Hudson's Bay Company

King of England Charles II

Famous Birthdays

May 8 Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier (d. 1726)
May 12 Frederick Augustus I/ August II, the Strong, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland (reputed to have sired 355 children) (d. 1733)

Famous Deaths

May 21 Niccolò Zucchi, Italian astronomer, dies at 83
May 23 Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b. 1610)
May 24 Ferdinand II, ruler of Toscane, dies at 59

Famous People Who Were

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