18th » First United Empire Loyalists reach Parrtown (later called Saint John, New Brunswick known as Saint John), New Brunswick, Canada after leaving the United States.
26th » A Great Jubilee Day held at Trumbull, Connecticut named North Stratford, Connecticut, celebrated end of fighting in American Revolution.
Famous Birthdays on May in 1783
22nd » William Sturgeon, English physicist and inventor, invented the electromagnet and electric motor (d. 1850)
25th » Philip Pendleton Barbour, American politician, 12th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1841)
Famous Deaths for May 1783
23rd » James Otis, Jr., American lawyer and politician (b. 1725)