Famous Birthdays
- May 10 George Ross, American judge and US Founding Father (signed US Declaration of Independence), born in New Castle, Delaware (d. 1779)
Charles Watson-Wentworth (1730-1782)
May 13 2nd Marquis of Rockingham, British Prime Minister (Whig: 1765-66, 1782), born in Wentworth, Yorkshire, England
- May 29 William Jackson [Jackson of Exeter], English composer and organist, born in Exeter, England (d. 1803)
Famous Deaths
- May 30 Arabella Churchill, mistress of James II of England, sister of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (b. 1648)
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