^B{^#!16!3 May^N! Feast day of St Glywys, St Juvenal of Narni, Saints Alexander, Eventius, and Theodulus, and Saints Timothy and Maura.
^B{1381^B} the weavers of Ghent, led by Philip van Artevelde, take Bruges; other Flemish towns revolt. ^B{1493^B} Pope Alexander VI published the first bull ^I{Inter cetera^I} dividing the New World between Spain and Portugal. ^B{1497^B} An uprising broke out in Cornwall, England, provoked by taxation; James Tutchet, Lord Audley, led an army of 15,000 from Taunton through the southern counties to attack London. ^B{1747^B} The Battle of Cape Finisterre took place, at which the British defeated the French. ^B{1808^B} A duel was fought from two hot-air balloons over Paris, the first of its kind. ^B{1841^B} New Zealand was declared a British colony. ^B{1898^B} Bread riots in Milan were put down with heavy loss of life. ^B{1906^B} The Sinai Peninsula became Egyptian territory after Turkey renounced its claims. ^B{1951^B} British King George VI opened the Festival of Britain. ^B{1958^B} US President Eisenhower proposes demilitarisation of Antarctica, subsequently accepted by the countries concerned.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Niccol≤ Machiavelli, Italian politician, ^B{1469^B}; John Scott Haldane, Scottish physiologist, ^B{1860^B}; Golda Meir, Russian-born Israeli prime minister, ^B{1898^B}; Sugar Ray Robinson, US boxer, ^B{1920^B}; Norman Thelwell, English cartoonist, ^B{1923^B}; James Brown, US singer, ^B{1933^B}; Henry Cooper, English boxer, ^B{1934^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Eglon van der Neer, Dutch painter, ^B{1703^B}; Thomas Hood, English poet, ^B{1845^B}; Henry Cornelius, South African-born film director, ^B{1958^B}; Karl Freund, Czech-born US film cameraman and photographer, ^B{1969^B}.
