Historical Events
Famous Birthdays
- May 5 John Archer, American Congressman who received the 1st medical diploma issued on US continent (1768), born near Churchville, Maryland (d. 1810)
- May 10 Johann Michael Schmidt, German composer and theologian, born in Meiningen, Thuringia (d. 1799)
- May 17 John Penn, American attorney (signed US Declaration of Independence), born in Port Royal, Caroline County, Virginia (d. 1788)
- May 23 Andrea Lucchesi, Italian composer, born in Motta di Livenza, Italy (d. 1801)
- May 29 Johann Gottfried Krebs, German composer, born in Zwickau, Germany (d. 1814)
Famous Deaths
- May 25 Daniel Ernst Jablonski, German Protestant theologian, dies at 80
