What Happened in May 1706

Historical Events

May 23 Battle of Ramillies during War of the Spanish Succession.: John Churchill (1st Duke of Marlborough) defeats French; 17,000 killed

May 17 Andreas Felix von Oefele, German historian and librarian, born in Munich (d. 1780)
May 20 Seth Pomeroy, American gunsmith and soldier (d. 1777)