Historical Events
Historic Event
May 13 English colonists led by John Smith make a second landing near James River in Virginia
- May 14 English colonists establish the 1st permanent English settlement in America at Jamestown. Unknown to them they have landed amidst the worst drought in 800 years.
Famous Deaths
- May 21 John Rainolds, English scholar (b. 1549)
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