^B{^#!16!21 May^N! Feast day of St Godric, St Collen, St Andrew Bobola, and St Theophilus of Corte.
^B{1662^B} Charles II married Catherine de Braganza, daughter of John IV of Portugal. ^B{1674^B} John Sobieski was elected King of Poland as John III. ^B{1767^B} Townshend introduced taxes on imports of tea, glass, paper, and dyestuffs in American colonies to provide revenue for colonial administration. ^B{1840^B} Britain claimed complete sovereignty over New Zealand. ^B{1851^B} Gold was first discovered in Australia. ^B{1894^B} The official opening of the Manchester Ship Canal tool place. ^B{1927^B} Charles Lindbergh completed the first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic in his monoplane, The Spirit of St. Louis. ^B{1946^B} A world wheat shortage led to bread rationing in Britain.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}King Philip II of Spain, ^B{1527^B}; Alexander Pope, English poet and satirist, ^B{1688^B}; Francis Egerton, Duke of Bridgwater, builder of Britain's first canal, ^B{1736^B}; Elizabeth Fry, English prison reformer, ^B{1780^B}; Fats Waller, US jazz pianist and composer, ^B{1904^B}; Harold Robbins, US novelist, ^B{1916^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}King Henry VI of England, ^B{1471^B}; Tomaso Campanella, Italian philosopher, ^B{1639^B}; James, Marquess of Montrose, Scottish general, ^B{1650^B}; Edward Montagu, Earl of Manchester, Parliamentarian leader in the English Civil War, ^B{1671^B}; Robert Harley, Earl of Oxford, British politician, ^B{1724^B}; Karl Wilhelm Scheele, Swedish chemist, ^B{1786^B}; Geoffrey de Havilland, British aircraft designer, ^B{1965^B}.
