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 Sultan Selim 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 Famous People Who Were.. Abolitionists Dictators Explorers Outlaws Queens Spies