Events in History
- May 8 Only known deaths by hailstones in US (Winnsborough, South Carolina)
- May 11 Britain & Tippu Sahib of Mysore sign peace treaty
- May 12 Ratified copies of the Treaty of Paris, ending the Revolutionary War exchanged between US and Great Britain, in Paris
- May 20 Britain & Netherlands sign peace treaty (Peace of Paris)
- May 22 Ceylonese student leader Pieter Quint Ondaatje demands democracy
- May 25 Jews are expelled from Warsaw by Marshall Mniszek
Deaths in History
- May 12 Abraham Trembley, Swiss naturalist (first to study freshwater polyps or hydra), dies at 73
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