Historical Events
Gregory Conquers Julius Caesar
May 12 Drenthe adopts Gregorian calendar (yesterday is 4/29/1701)
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- May 15 The War of the Spanish Succession begins
Execution
May 23 Captain William Kidd is hanged in London after being convicted of piracy and the murder of William Moore
William Kidd
Famous Birthdays
- May 14 William Emerson, English mathematician (d. 1782)
Famous Deaths
William Kidd
May 23 William Kidd, Scottish pirate legend, hanged at London's execution Dock at about 56
William Kidd