Events in History May 13 Construction of the Red Fort at Delhi is completed. May 15 Treaty of Munster ratified by Spain & Netherlands May 16 Battle of Zhovti Vody: Bohdan Chmielricki's cosacks defeat Polish King John Casimir after 18 days of battle May 17 Emperor Ferdinand III defeats Maximilian I of Bavaria Deaths in History May 20 Władysław IV Vasa, King of Poland (1632-48), dies of kidney stones at 52 May 23 Luis de Nain, painter, dies May 26 Vincent Voiture, French poet (b. 1597) 1647 On This Day in History 1649