21st » The Order of St. Alexander Nevsky is instituted in Russia by Empress Catherine I. It would later be discontinued and then reinstated by the Soviet government in 1942 as the Order of Alexander Nevsky.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1725
12th » Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (d. 1785)
14th » Ludovico Manin, French politician, Doge of Venice (d. 1802)
25th » Samuel Ward (American statesman) e.g Samuel Ward, American politician, 31st List of colonial governors of Rhode Island or Governor of the Colony of Rhode Island (d. 1776)