Events in History
- May 2 Uprising against French occupation begins in Madrid
The Third of May 1808
May 3 Day depicted by Spanish painter Goya in his "The Third of May", painted 1814
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Napoléon Bonaparte
Birthdays in History
Deaths in History
- May 5 Pierre Jean George Cabanis, French physiologist, dies at 50
- May 18 Jacob Albright, German-American Christian leader, founder of Albright's People (Evangelical Association), dies at 49
- May 18 Elijah Craig, American minister & inventor, dies at 70
- May 28 Richard Hurd, English bishop and writer (b. 1720)