16th » The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolution e.g American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called The "War of the Regulation e.g Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1771
11th » Laskarina Bouboulina, Greek commander (d. 1825)
14th » Robert Owen, Welsh social reformer (d. 1858)