Births on May 8

Niels Juel

Born on May 8, 1629

Niels Juel, Norwegian-Danish admiral (d. 1697)

Niels Juel (8 May 1629 – 8 April 1697) was a Danish-Norwegian admiral and a Danish naval hero. He served as supreme command of the Dano-Norwegian Navy during the late 17th century and oversaw development of the Danish-Norwegian Navy.

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22 May

Treaty of Lübeck
Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II and Danish King Christian IV sign the Treaty of Lübeck to end the Danish intervention in the Thirty Years' War.