Historical Events May 5 Marie de Camargo (16) premieres at Opera of Paris May 9 Three men arrested during a February raid on Mother Clap's molly-house (a coffee house catering to homosexuals) in London are executed by hanging at Tyburn, England Famous Birthdays May 20 Francis Cotes, English painter (d. 1770) May 25 Giuseppe Paolucci, Italian composer, born in Siena, Italy (d. 1776) Famous Deaths May 10 Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, English soldier, dies at 56 May 14 John B Wellekens, poet/painter (Wedding Guests), dies May 14 Moshe Darshan, Rabbi/author (Torat Ahsam), dies 1725 History by Year 1727 What Happened in 1726 Murder Most Foul in Olde England March 26, 1726