Famous Birthdays May 3 Johann Adolph Scheibe, German music theorist and composer, born in Leipzig, Germany (d. 1776) Famous Deaths May 6 François de Laval, first Roman Catholic bishop of Quebec, dies at 85 May 11 Jules Hardouin Mansart, French architect, dies at 62 May 12 Adolf Friedrich II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1658) May 27 Jacques Danican Philidor, French composer, dies at 51 1707 History by Year 1709