10th » England, with troops under the command of William Penn (admiral) e.g Admiral William Penn and Robert Venables known as General Robert Venables, annexes Jamaica from Spain.
19th » The Invasion of Jamaica begins during the Anglo-Spanish War (1654–60) known as Anglo-Spanish War.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1655
4th » Bartolomeo Cristofori, Italian instrument maker, invented the piano (d. 1731)