Historical Events May 20 Duke of Albany leaves Scotland Famous Birthdays Selim II May 28 Selim II "the blonde", 11th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1566-74, born in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (d. 1574) Ottoman SultanSelim II Famous Deaths May 21 Thomas Howard 2nd duke of Norfolk, general/premier, dies at about 80 May 23 Ismail I, Shah of Persia, converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah, dies at 36 1523 History by Year 1525
