#* Prince Napoleon Lucien Charles Murat ( 16 May 1803 – 10 April 1878 ), married Caroline Georgina Fraser ( 1810 – 1879 ).

On 10 May 1810, a squadron consisting of the 36-gun frigate HMS Caroline, formerly French frigate HMS Piedmontaise, 18-gun sloop HMS Barracouta, and the 12-gun transport HMS Mandarin left Madras with money, supplies and troops to support the garrison at Amboyna, recently captured from the Dutch.

With the arrival of news in May 1810 that southern Spain had been conquered by Napoleon's forces, that the Spanish Supreme Central Junta had dissolved itself, declarations of independence in Quito ( 1809 ), Gran Colombia ( 1810 ), Venezuela and Paraguay ( 1811 ) and other territories, established their own governments.

Cartagena de Indias established a junta on May 22, 1810, followed others, including the viceregal capital, Bogotá, on July 20 ( today Colombia's Independence Day ).

* 1810 – May Revolution: citizens of Buenos Aires expel Viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros during the May week, starting the Argentine War of Independence.

Buoyed by their recent victory over British troops, the Buenos Aires cabildo deposed the Spanish viceroy on May 25, 1810, vowing to rule in the name of Ferdinand VII.

* William " Willy " Wordsworth ( 12 May 1810 – 1883 ).

* May 2 – Alfred de Musset, French poet ( b. 1810 )

* May 31 – Eliphas Lévi, French occult author and magician ( b. 1810 )

* May 10 – Theodore Parker, American preacher, Transcendentalist, and abolitionist ( d. 1810

* May 1, 1810 – Macon's Bill No. 2 becomes law.

* May 21 – Alfred Moore, American judge ( d. 1810 )

* May 11 – Carl Otto Nicolai, German Composer and Conductor ( b. 1810 )

* May 8 – John Heath, U. S. Representative for Virginia ( d. 1810 )

* Wilhelmina Frederika Louise Charlotte Marianne ( b. Berlin, 9 May 1810 – d. Schloss Reinhartshausen bei Erbach, 29 May 1883 ), married on 14 September 1830 with Prince Albert of Prussia.

The issue of an heir-presumptive to the Swedish throne had become acute since the previous crown prince Charles August had died of a stroke on 28 May 1810, just a few months after he had arrived in Sweden.

He departed for the trial in England on 12 May, arriving on 25 October 1810 aboard the Hindostan.

He was unaware of the impending revolution and was caught by surprise when the Buenos Aires Cabildo ( town hall ) was occupied on 25 May 1810 ; he did not agree that it had been legitimately done.

This bill became law on May 1, 1810, and replaced the Non-Intercourse Act.

Macon's Bill Number 2, which became law in the United States on May 1, 1810, was intended to motivate Britain and France to stop seizing American vessels during the Napoleonic Wars.

The Primera Junta, the first government established after the 1810 May Revolution, undertook a protectionist policy until their fall from government.

On 25 May 1810, a Criollo-led cabildo abierto formally assumed the authority from Viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros.

* May 1 – Macon's Bill Number 2 becomes law in the United States, intending to motivate Britain and France to stop seizing American vessels during the Napoleonic Wars.

* May 1, 1810: Macon's Bill Number 2, ch.

Peter May driving Bill Johnston ( cricketer ) | Bill Johnston on his way to a century at Sydney.

* Calamity Jane Martha Jane Canary ( May 1, 1852 – August 1, 1903 ), better known as Calamity Jane, was an American frontierswoman, and professional scout best known for her claim of being an acquaintance of Wild Bill Hickok.

In 1975, the Birds acquired slugger Lee May in a trade with Houston, and traded Dave McNally, Rich Coggins and minor-league pitcher Bill Kirkpatrick to Montreal for star outfielder Ken Singleton, and future 20-game winner Mike Torrez.

Bill Macy ( born Wolf Mavin Garber, May 18, 1922 ) is an American television and stage actor.

This changed with President Bill Clinton ordering Selective Availability to be turned off at midnight May 1, 2000, improving the precision of civilian GPS from to.

Prime Minister Keith Mitchell joined President Bill Clinton, in May 1997, for a meeting with 14 other Caribbean leaders during the first-ever U. S .- regional summit in Bridgetown, Barbados.

On May 2, 2000, SA was disabled by President of the United States Bill Clinton ; in late 2001 the entity managing the GPS confirmed that they did not intend to enable selective availability ever again.

On May 16, 1996, U. S. President Bill Clinton ordered the removal of the American mines.

In Costa Rica in May 1997, former President Carlos Roberto Reina met with former US President Bill Clinton, his Central American counterparts, and the President of the Dominican Republic to reaffirm support for strengthening democracy, good governance, and promoting prosperity through economic integration, free trade, and investment.

By May 1914 the Bill had complied with the requirements set down by the Parliament Act 1911, allowing the government to force its enactment over the heads of the unionist-dominated House of Lords.

The Japanese constitution, which went into effect on 3 May 1947 includes a bill of rights similar to the United States Bill of Rights, and the Supreme Court has the right of judicial review.

* The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd ( May 1987 ) ( TV series ) ... Bill

On 21 April, in the Commons the Bill went virtually unopposed ( 204 in favour, 59 opposed, and 250 abstained ), the Lords acquiesced, and Charles, fearing for the safety of his family, signed on 10 May.

* May Day in Cuba, a Retrospective Photos by Bill Hackwell, Havana Times Apr 27 2009

It was also the last colony of the thirteen colonies to ratify the United States Constitution on May 29, 1790, once assurances were made that a Bill of Rights would become part of the Constitution.

St. Lucia participated, along with 14 other Caribbean nations, in a summit with US President Bill Clinton in Bridgetown, Barbados, in May 1997.

In May 1997, Prime Minister Mitchell joined 14 other Caribbean leaders and U. S. President Bill Clinton during the first-ever U. S .- regional summit in Bridgetown, Barbados.

Brett Favre and Reggie White ( front ) present a Packers jacket to President Bill Clinton in May 1997.

* May 25 – Bill Sharman, American basketball player and coach

* May 1 – Batman, created by Bob Kane ( and, unofficially, Bill Finger ) makes his first appearance in a comic book.

* May 1 – Bill Johnston, American tennis champion ( b. 1894 )

* May 20 – U. S. President Bill Clinton indefinitely closes part of the street in front of the White House, Pennsylvania Avenue, to vehicular traffic in response to the Oklahoma City bombing.

* May 18 – Big Bill Haywood, American labor leader ( b. 1869 )