Historical Events
- May 21 Mary Campbell is abducted from her home in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War
Famous Birthdays
Maximilien Robespierre (1758-1794)
May 6 French revolutionary (President of the National Convention, Member of Committee of Public Safety), born in Arras, France
- May 17 John St Aubyn, British fossil collector, born in Golden Square, London (d. 1839)
Famous Deaths
- May 3 Benedict XIV [Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini], Italian Pope (1740-58), dies at 83
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