Historical Events May 23 Giampietro Caraffa elected Pope Paul IV Famous Deaths May 1 Marcellus II [Marcello Cervini], Italian humanist and Pope (1555, 22 days), dies at 53 May 25 Gemma Frisius [Jemme Reinerszoon], Frisian physician, mathematician and instrument maker (created globe), dies at 46 May 25 Henry II of Navarre (b. 1503) 1554 History by Year 1556