Events in History
Victory in Battle
May 1 Kamehameha, King of Hawaiʻi defeats Kalanikupule and conquors island of Oʻahu at Battle of Nuʻuanu (approx. date)
Kamehameha I
- May 16 Hedges Treaty: Bataafse Republic becomes French vassal state
Birthdays in History
- May 7 Gerhard Moritz Roentgen, Dutch industrialist (founder of Fijenoord dockyard), born in Esen, East Frisia (d. 1852)
- May 10 Jacques-Nicolas-Augustin Thierry, historian
- May 13 Joshua Ratoon Sands, American Rear Admiral (Union Navy), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1883)
- May 13 Gérard Paul Deshayes, French geologist (d. 1875)
- May 19 Johns Hopkins, philanthropist, founded Johns Hopkins University
- May 23 Charles Barry, British architect, born in London (d. 1860)