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Events in May 1760 5
1700 – 1760Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf (1700-1760)Died 9 May 1760, aged 59Zinzendorf was a German imperial count and Pietist leader who gave refuge to the Moravian Brethren on his Herrnhut estate. He became the leading figure of the renewed Moravian Church and directed its missions in Europe, the Americas and the Caribbean.
1700 – 1760Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf (1700-1760)Died 9 May 1760, aged 59Zinzendorf was a German imperial count and Pietist leader who gave refuge to the Moravian Brethren on his Herrnhut estate. He became the leading figure of the renewed Moravian Church and directed its missions in Europe, the Americas and the Caribbean.
1720 – 1760Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers (1720-1760)Died 5 May 1760, aged 39Earl Ferrers was tried by the House of Lords for murdering his steward, John Johnson, and was hanged at Tyburn. He was the last peer of the realm to be executed as a felon in England.
1720 – 1760Laurence Shirley, 4th Earl Ferrers (1720-1760)Died 5 May 1760, aged 39Earl Ferrers was tried by the House of Lords for murdering his steward, John Johnson, and was hanged at Tyburn. He was the last peer of the realm to be executed as a felon in England.
1760 – 1836Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760-1836)Died 26 June 1836, aged 76French army officer and composer who wrote "La Marseillaise" in 1792, which became the French national anthem. He died in relative poverty despite the song's lasting fame.