5 May 1818
200th anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx.
8 May 1903
115th anniversary of the birth of the painter Paul Gauguin.
19 May 1593
425th anniversary of the birth of the painter Jacob Jordaens.
19 May 1918
100th anniversary of the death of the painter Ferdinand Hodler.
22 May 1938
80th anniversary of the death of the painter William Glackens.
23 May 1618
400th anniversary from the start of the Thirty Years War.
24 May 1543
475th anniversary of the death of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus.
