Events in History
- May 18 Willem Barents leaves Amsterdam for Novaya Zemlya
- May 26 England, France & Netherlands sign Drievoudig Covenant against Spain
Birthdays in History
- May 9 Abraham van Diepenbeeck, Dutch painter, baptized in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (d. 1675)
Deaths in History
- May 27 Tibaldi II, Italian painter/sculptor/architect, dies