May

• Execution of five of the members of the Cato Street Conspiracy

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• Coronation of Æthelred II (the Unready), king of England

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• Birth of Robert Peary, American explorer

• Death of Edward VII, king of the United Kingdom
• Accession of George V, king of the United Kingdom

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• Restoration of Charles II as king of England

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• Death of Paul Revere, American silversmith and revolutionary hero

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• Coronation of Edgar, king of England

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• Coronation of George VI, king of the United Kingdom

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• Restoration of Charles II as king of Scots

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• Death of Henry VI, king of England

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• Death of David I, king of Scots

• Resignation of Richard Cromwell as lord protector of England, Scotland and Ireland

• Birth of George III, king of Great Britain / United Kingdom

• Birth of Victoria, queen of the United Kingdom

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• Death of Edmund I, king of England

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• Inauguration of Malcolm IV, king of Scots

• Coronation of John, king of England

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• Birth of George I, king of Great Britain

• Death of Edward VIII, king of the United Kingdom

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• Birth of Charles II, king of England and Scots

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