Famous Birthdays May 3 Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theorist and composer, born in Leipzig, Electorate of Saxony (d. 1776) Born in 1708 Famous Deaths May 6 François de Laval, French clergyman, 1st Roman Catholic bishop of Québec, and saint, dies at 85 May 11 Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect, dies at 62 May 12 Adolf Friedrich II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1658) May 27 Jacques Danican Philidor, French composer, dies at 51 Apr 1708 History by Year Jun 1708 Famous People Who Were Authors Dictators Explorers Outlaws Queens Spies
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