Events in History
- May 1 Jacob van Neck's merchant fleet departs for Java, modern day Indonesia
- May 2 France & Spain sign Peace of Vervins
- May 6 Archduke Albrecht & Isabella become rulers of the Southern Netherlands
Birthdays in History
- May 23 Claude Mellan, French engraver, cartoonist and painter, born in Abbeville, France (d. 1688)