Events in History May 8 France & Bavaria sign Covenant of Nymphenburg May 28 Spain and Bavaria sign treaty Birthdays in History May 5 John Archer, American Congressman who received the 1st medical diploma issued on US continent (1768), born near Churchville, Maryland (d. 1810) May 17 John Penn, American attorney (signed US Declaration of Independence), born in Port Royal, Caroline County, Virginia (d. 1788) Deaths in History May 25 Daniel Ernst Jablonski, German Protestant theologian, dies at 80 1740 On This Day in History 1742