Historical Events May 11 Peter Stuyvesant arrives in New Amsterdam May 23 Willem II sworn in as viceroy of Holland May 26 Massachusetts disallows priest access to colony May 26 Alse Young becomes the first person executed as a witch in the American colonies, when she is hanged in Hartford, Connecticut Famous Birthdays May 3 Joannes Antonides van der Goes, Dutch poet (Bellone aen bant), born in Goes, Netherlands (d. 1684) Famous Deaths May 19 Sebastian Vrancx, Flemish painter (captain of vigilante), dies May 21 Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft, poet/playwright (Warenar), dies at about 65 1646 History by Year 1648