What Happened in May 1593

Historical Events

May 18 Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe

May 29 John Penry, Welsh protestant martyr (Marprelate tracts), executed for sedition at about 30
May 30 Christopher Marlowe, English dramatist and poet (Tamburlaine the Great), stabbed to death in a pub brawl in Deptford at about 29