Deaths on May 5

Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester

Died on May 5, 1671

Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, English general and politician, Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom (b. 1602)

Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester, KG, KB, FRS (1602 – 5 May 1671) was an important commander of Parliamentary forces in the First English Civil War, and for a time Oliver Cromwell's superior.

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Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester
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Events on 1671

9 May

Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom
Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal England's Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.