Historical Events
Appointment of Interest
May 19 Christopher Columbus selects his son Diego Columbus as sole heir
Famous Weddings
- May 29 Earl Willem I van Nassau-Dillenburg weds countess Walburg van Egmont
Famous Deaths
- May 4 Husayn Bayqarah, ruler of Herat (b. 1438)
Christopher Columbus
May 20 Christopher Columbus, Italian explorer and navigator who discovered the "New World" for Spain and initiated European colonization, dies around the age of 54
Abolitionists
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