Events in History
- May 21 Mary Campbell is abducted from her home in Pennsylvania by Lenape during the French and Indian War.
Birthdays in History
Maximilien Robespierre
May 6 Maximilien Robespierre, French revolutionary (President of the National Convention, Member of Committee of Public Safety), born in Arras, France (d. 1794)

Maximilien Robespierre
- May 17 John St Aubyn, British fossil collector, born in Golden Square, London (d. 1839)
Deaths in History
- May 3 Benedict XIV [Prospero L Lambertini], Pope (1740-58), dies at 83