Historical Events
Event of Interest
May 31 Citing poor eyesight, English civil servant Samuel Pepys records the last event in his famous diary
Samuel Pepys
Famous Birthdays
- May 26 Sébastien Vaillant, French botanist, born in Vigny, Île-de-France, France (d. 1722)
Famous Deaths
- May 2 Pieter Jansz Post, master builder (Waag, Gouda), dies at 61
- May 14 Georges de Scudéry, French writer and dramatist (L'Amour tyrannique), dies at 65
- May 16 Pietro da Cortona, [Berrettini], painter/architect, dies
- May 16 Reyer Anslo, writer/poet, dies at about 42
- May 20 Joris van der Hagen, landscape painter, dies
- May 24 Pieter Cuypers, South Neth lawyer, dies at 48