Francis Hopkinson ( September 21, 1737 – May 9, 1791 ), an American author, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence as a delegate from New Jersey.

In 1791 the Great Sejm | Great or Four-Year Sejm adopted the Constitution of May 3, 1791 | May 3 Constitution at Warsaw's Royal Castle, Warsaw | Royal Castle

In May 1791, the Assembly declared that the Louvre would be " a place for bringing together monuments of all the sciences and arts ".

* 1791 – The Constitution of May 3 ( the first modern constitution in Europe ) is proclaimed by the Sejm of Polish – Lithuanian Commonwealth.

In 1791, the " Great Sejm " or Four-Year Sejm | Four-Year Sejm of 1788-1792 and Senate adopt the May 3rd Constitution at the Royal Castle, Warsaw | Royal Castle in Warsaw

The liberum veto was finally abolished with the adoption of Poland's 3rd May Constitution in 1791, a piece of legislation which was passed as ' The Government Act ', and for which the Sejm required four years to propagate and adopt.

He co-authored the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth's Constitution of May 3, 1791, and founded the Assembly of Friends of the Government Constitution to assist in the document's implementation.

* Stanisław August Poniatowski ( 1732 – 98 ), the last king of independent Poland, a leading light of the Enlightenment in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and co-author of one of the world's first modern constitutions, the Constitution of May 3, 1791.

President Washington visited Charleston, South Carolina in May 1791 on his " Southern Tour ", and saw the under-construction Charleston County Courthouse designed by Irish architect James Hoban.

* May 3 – The Sejm of the Polish – Lithuanian Commonwealth proclaims the Constitution of May 3, 1791, the first modern codified constitution in Europe.

* May 2 – Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer ( b. 1791 )

The impressions from the journey were described in a three volume publication Ansichten vom Niederrhein, von Brabant, Flandern, Holland, England und Frankreich im April, Mai und Juni 1790 ( Views of the Lower Rhine, from Brabant, Flanders, Holland, England, and France in April, May and June 1790 ), published 1791 – 1794.

The May Constitution of 1791 enfranchised the bourgeoisie, established the separation of the three branches of government, and eliminated the abuses of the Repnin Sejm.

Generalsuperintendant von Schleswig und Holstein " (" Royal general superintendent of Schleswig and Holstein ") between 1760 and 1791, and his wife ( m. Berleburg, 8 May 1732 ) Maria Dorothea Carl ( Berleburg, 31 July 1716 – Schleswig, 31 December 1792 ), a respectable middle-class family that believed in religious tolerance.

* 10 May 1774 – 1 October 1791: Her Majesty The Queen of France and Navarre

The May Constitution of 1791 gave the Tatars representation in the Polish Sejm.

After the Sejm passed the Constitution of May 3, 1791, local Sejmiks were obliged to legitimize it.

On May 6, 1837, Juan M. Sanchez ( 1791 – 1873 ), a former Santa Barbara Presidio soldier, was granted the Rancho Santa Clara del Norte, which contained of land extending from the Santa Clara River south to the northern boundary of present day Camarillo, and from the present day 101 Freeway east to the west end of South Mountain.

The largest earthquake recorded for Connecticut was an intensity VII quake on May 16, 1791 near Moodus.

The region was first settled around 1791 by Abraham Hendricks, and it was organized as the " Town of Frederickstown " on 18 May 1796, when the County of Steuben was formed from a part of the larger Ontario county.

The surrounding powers considered the Commonwealth's internal situation and the reforms initiated by the Constitution of May 3, 1791, the first constitution written in the modern era in Europe and second in the world after that of the United States, as a threat to their influence over Polish politics.

The company's roots date back to May 4, 1953, with the establishment of Televisión Venezolana Independiente S. A, ( Televisa ), which operated the channel 4 in Caracas and channel 5 in Maracaibo.

In May 2007, Pilger co-signed and put forward a letter supporting the refusal of the government of Venezuela under Hugo Chavez to renew the broadcasting licence of Venezuela's largest television network Radio Caracas Televisión ( RCTV ), as they openly supported a 2002 coup attempt against the democratically elected government.

Between October 2002 and May 2003, he served personally as international facilitator of the OAS mesa process aimed at finding a solution to the internal Venezuelan political crisis between President Hugo Chávez and the Coordinadora Democrática opposition, moving to Caracas for six months to do so.

In 1951, after beating Tommy Ciarlo twice, once in Caracas, Venezuela, and Hairston once again, he finally became a world champion when he beat Johnny Bratton for the world Welterweight title by a decision in 15 on May 18.

" Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, May 8 – 22, 1955.

Bello, whose parents descended from people from the Canary Islands, studied Liberal Arts, Law and Medicine at the University of Caracas and graduated on May 9, 1800 with a degree of Bachelor of Arts.

Carrasquel died of cardiac / respiratory arrest in Caracas, Venezuela on May 26, at the age of 77.

The first overt challenge to his rule came with the meeting of the " Congresillo of Cariaco " on May 8 and 9 under the auspices of Canon José Cortés de Madariaga — who had been a member of the Junta of Caracas and had just returned to Venezuela after being imprisoned in Spain — Luis Brión and Santiago Mariño.

After leaving the island, Morillo's troops reinforced existing royalist forces in the Venezuelan mainland, entering Cumaná and Caracas in May.

Antonio Enrique Álvarez ( born May 10, 1979 in Caracas, Venezuela ) is a Major League Baseball outfielder and right-handed batter who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in and.

In May 2004 Venezuelan security forces caught a group of over one hundred Colombians dressed in military uniforms on a bus in the El Hatillo Municipality, Miranda part of Caracas.

In May 1680, while at Isla Blanca, Wright and Paine joined French buccaneer Captain Michel de Grammont later capturing La Guayra seaport in Caracas before being driven off by the Spanish defenders in July.

By May 2003 another 100 Cuban doctors arrived, and were sent to other parts of Libertador and to other municipalities in and around Caracas.

On 9 May 2004, Venezuelan police raided a ranch in Baruta, which is situated on the outskirts of the Venezuelan capital of Caracas.

Jose Maria Carreño Blanco ( March 19, 1792 in Cúa — May 18, 1849 in Caracas ) was a Venezuelan politician and military, Vice-president in the government of José María Vargas, and provisional President of Venezuela as interim caretaker in 1837.

On 18 May 1810 entered at the army in the squadron of Caracas, being soon promoted like Lieutenant, commanded by Francisco de Miranda at the campaign destinated to dominate an insurrection in Valencia, from this was promoted as captain.

Pedro José Ramón Gual Escandón ( Caracas, Venezuela, 17 January 1783 – Guayaquil, Ecuador, 6 May 1862 ), was a Venezuelan lawyer, politician, journalist and diplomat.

María Alejandra Vento-Kabchi ( born May 24, 1974 in Caracas ) is a professional female tennis player from Venezuela.

He was one of the seven cardinals who, in May 1408, deserted Pope Gregory XII, and, with those following Antipope Benedict XIII from Avignon, convened the Council of Pisa, of which Cossa became the leader.

A resolution of the Grand Council, on 15 May 1877, granted citizens ' rights to the members of the Jewish communities of those places, giving them charters under the names of New Endingen and New Lengnau.

In a letter dated August 1, 1969, and addressed to the President of the Security Council, the Permanent Representative of Cambodia alleged to the United Nations Security Council that aircraft from the United States and South Vietnam scattered ‘ poisonous yellow powder ’ along its frontiers with South Vietnam in May and June.

The French president of the Ministerial Council, Reynaud, attributed the collapse in a speech on 21 May 1940:

On May 13, 2007, Bo Diddley was admitted to intensive care in Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, following a stroke after a concert in Council Bluffs, Iowa on May 12.

The Council was postponed indefinitely on May 21, 1539.

In 2010 the Space Needle Corporation submitted a proposal for an exhibition of Chihuly's work at a site in the Seattle Center, in competition with proposals for other uses from several other groups. The project, which sees the new Chihuly exhibition hall occupy the site of the former Fun Forest amusement park in the Seattle Center park and entertainment complex, received the final green light from the Seattle City Council on April 25, 2011. Divisive Dale Chihuly Glass-Art " Museum " Approved for Former Seattle Amusement Park ARTINFO. com It opened May 21, 2012. Chihuly Garden and Glass Opens with Dedication Ceremony on Monday, May 21 prnewswire. comDale Chihuly's ' Glass House ' shines in Seattle publicbroadcasting. net

However after the National Referendum that took place on the 5th of May in 2011, the proposition impulsed by the government of Mr. Correa won and now the Judiciary Council change its formation making a constitutional amendment.

A diplomatic row with China erupted on 5 May 2005, when President Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan arrived for a private visit and was welcomed at a private function at Suva's Sheraton Resort by Vice-President Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi, Ratu Ovini Bokini ( Chairman of the Great Council of Chiefs ), Senate President Taito Waqavakatoga and several other Senators and MPs, and several judges including Chief Justice Daniel Fatiaki.

A modified version of this proposal was accepted by Cromwell and the Council of Officers and less than a month after the dissolution of the Rump, during May 1653, letters in the name of the Lord-General and the Army Council were sent to Congregational churches in every county in England to nominate those they considered fit to take part in the new government.

He moved to Bordentown, New Jersey in 1774, became an assemblyman for the state's Royal Provincial Council, and was admitted to the New Jersey bar on May 8, 1775.

" Al-Obeikan, however, was subsequently removed from his position as advisor to the royal cabinet in May 2012 after opposing moves to relax gender segregation, and in August of 2012, Obeikan ’ s morning radio show “ Fatwas on Air ,” in which he would issue daily fatwas, was canceled after a royal decree that authorizes only members of the Council of Senior Islamic Scholars to issue fatwas.

On May 5, Abashidze was forced to flee Georgia as mass demonstrations in Batumi called for his resignation and Russia increased their pressure by deploying Security Council secretary Igor Ivanov.

From November 1980 to May 1984, power was held by a provisional government responsible to a Revolutionary Council headed by President João Bernardo Vieira.

The General Council of WTO, on 4 May 2010, agreed to establish a working party to examine the request of Syria for WTO membership.

On May 14, 1948, the Jewish People's Council declared the establishment of the State of Israel, following a prolonged campaign beginning in the late 19th century, when the Zionist movement began working towards creating a homeland for the Jewish people.

On May 14, 1948, on the day in which the British Mandate over Palestine expired, the Jewish People's Council gathered at the Tel Aviv Museum, and approved a proclamation declaring the establishment of a Jewish state in Eretz Israel, to be known as the State of Israel.

On May 29, 1948, the British initiated United Nations Security Council Resolution 50 and declared an arms embargo on the region.

In May they called a congress of members of the National Liberation Front ( NLF ), as the movement was by then called ) at Përmet, which chose an Anti-Fascist Council of National Liberation to act as Albania's administration and legislature.

" In an interview in Informations Catholiques Internationales on 15 May 1969, he criticized the Pope ’ s decision again as frustrating the collegiality defined by the Council, calling it a non-collegial or even an anti-collegial act.

On May 23, 2003, the UN Security Council unanimously approved a resolution lifting all economic sanctions against Iraq.