^B{^#!16!5 May^N! Feast day of St Hydroc, St Hilary of Arles, St Hilary of Galeata, St Angelo, St Jutta, St Avertinus, and St Mauruntius.
^B{1525^B} The Peasants' Revolt in south Germany was suppressed and the Anabaptist preacher Thomas Mⁿnzer was hanged a few days later. ^B{1751^B} Portuguese foreign secretary Sebastia∩ Pombal curbed the power of the Inquisition in Portugal by decreeing that no auto da fΘ should take place without government approval. ^B{1762^B} The Treaty of St Petersburg was signed between Russia and Prussia; Russia restored all territory taken and formed an alliance with Prussia. ^B{1816^B} Carl August of Saxe-Weimar granted the first German constitution. ^B{1863^B} In the American Civil War, Confederate troops defeated Federal forces at the Battle of Chancellorsville, but 'Stonewall' Jackson died of his wounds five days later. ^B{1864^B} The indecisive Battle of the Wilderness was fought in Virginia, between Federal troops under Ulysses S Grant and Confederate troops under Robert E Lee. ^B{1865^B} A revolt in San Domingo forced Spain to renounce sovereignty.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Godfrey of Bouillon, Norman crusader, first king of Jerusalem, ^B{1061^B}; Gerardus Mercator (Gerhard Kremer), German cartographer, ^B{1512^B}; Leopold III, Holy Roman Emperor, ^B{1747^B}; George Borrow, English author, ^B{1803^B}; S÷ren Kierkegaard, Danish philosopher, ^B{1813^B}; Karl Marx, German philosopher and author, ^B{1818^B}; Archibald, Lord Wavell, British soldier, ^B{1883^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Charles, Duke of Bourbon, ^B{1527^B}; Edward Young, English poet, ^B{1765^B}; Napoleon Bonaparte, French emperor, ^B{1821^B}; Francis Bret Harte, US author, ^B{1902^B}.
