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Famous Birthdays
- May 1 George Guest, English organist and composer, born in Broseley, England (d. 1831)
- May 9 Antoine-Charles Glachant, French violinist, composer, and artillery commander, born in Paris, France (d. 1851)
- May 14 Robert Owen, Welsh factory owner and utopian socialist, born in Newtown, Wales (d. 1858)
- May 19 Rahel Varnhagen von Ense-Levin, German literary hostess, born in Berlin, Prussia (d. 1833)
Famous Weddings
Louis XVIII
May 14 King of France Louis XVIII weds princess Maria Giuseppina of Savoy at the Palace of Versailles
Famous Deaths
- May 21 Christopher Smart, English poet and journalist (Ceremony of Carols), dies at 49
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