Historical Events May 10 Church reformer John Pistorius caught in the Hague May 12 Battle at Biblingen: Zwabische Union beats rebel Wurttemberg farmers May 15 The battle of Frankenhausen: German peasant army surrounded, 5,000 slaughtered ; ends the peasants' uprising May 17 Battle at Zabern: duke of Lutherans beats rebels Famous Deaths May 5 Frederick III [Frederick the Wise], Elector of Saxony (1486-25) who protected his subject Martin Luther, dies at 62 May 27 Thomas Muentzer, German rebel leader 1524 History by Year 1526