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* '''May 2''' - Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and [[witchcraft]]. ''(1536)''
* '''May 2''' - Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is imprisoned on charges of adultery, incest, treason and [[witchcraft]]. ''(1536)''
* '''May 2''' - German Jesuit scholar and author '''[[Athanasius Kircher]]''' is born. ''(1602)''
* '''May 2''' - German Jesuit scholar and author '''[[Athanasius Kircher]]''' is born. ''(1602)''
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* '''May 8''' - '''[[Joan of Arc]]''' lifts the Siege of Orléans, turning the tide of the Hundred Years' War. ''(1429)''
* '''May 8''' - '''[[Joan of Arc]]''' lifts the Siege of Orléans, turning the tide of the Hundred Years' War. ''(1429)''
* '''May 9''' - Austrian painter '''[[Christoph Haizmann]]''' successfully retrieves his [[diabolical pact]] from [[Satan]] with the help of an [[exorcist]]. ''(1678)''
* '''May 9''' - Austrian painter '''[[Christoph Haizmann]]''' successfully retrieves his [[diabolical pact]] from [[Satan]] with the help of an [[exorcist]]. ''(1678)''
* '''May 9''' - Doug Headrick, a 12-year-old boy, disappears from '''[[Devil's Gate Dam]]''' in Pasadena, California. ''(1960)''
* '''May 10''' - '''[[Antoine Court de Gébelin]]''', author who wrote an early treatise on the [[Tarot]], dies in Paris. ''(1784)''
* '''May 10''' - '''[[Antoine Court de Gébelin]]''', author who wrote an early treatise on the [[Tarot]], dies in Paris. ''(1784)''
* '''May 12''' - The '''[[Donner Party]]''' departs Independence, Missouri for California, on what will become a year-long journey of hardship and cannibalism. ''(1846)''
* '''May 13''' - Psychic '''[[Jeane Dixon]]''' predicts the assassination of John F. Kennedy in an issue of ''Parade Magazine''. ''(1956)''
* '''May 13''' - Psychic '''[[Jean Dixon]]''' predicts the assassination of John F. Kennedy in an issue of ''Parade Magazine''. ''(1956)''
* '''May 15''' - French author '''[[Jean-Baptiste Pitois]]''', who coined the terms [[Major Arcana]] and [[Minor Arcana]], is born. ''(1811)''
* '''May 16''' - In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes '''[[Joan of Arc]]'''. ''(1920)''
* '''May 16''' - In Rome, Pope Benedict XV canonizes '''[[Joan of Arc]]'''. ''(1920)''
* '''May 19''' - '''[[Arthur Edward Waite]]''', creator of the [[Rider-Waite Tarot]], dies. ''(1942)''
* '''May 19''' - '''[[Arthur Edward Waite]]''', creator of the [[Rider-Waite Tarot]], dies. ''(1942)''
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* '''May 24''' - '''[[Nicolaus Copernicus]]''' dies. ''(1543)''
* '''May 24''' - '''[[Nicolaus Copernicus]]''' dies. ''(1543)''
* '''May 26''' - '''[[Nicholas II]]''' becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia. ''(1896)''
* '''May 26''' - '''[[Nicholas II]]''' becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia. ''(1896)''
* '''May 31''' - The '''[[RMS Titanic|RMS ''Titanic'']]''' is launched in Belfast, Northern Ireland. ''(1911)''
* '''May 31''' - [[Occultist]] and author '''[[Éliphas Lévi]]''' dies. ''(1875)''
* '''May 31''' - [[Occultist]] and author '''[[Éliphas Lévi]]''' dies. ''(1875)''