In 1516, Francis I of France commissioned Leonardo to construct a town and palace complex for the royal court at Romorantin, a seemingly insurmountable feat. The Chateau de Cloux was given to Leonardo by Francis, undoubtedly one of the finest patrons Leonardo ever had (now the Clos Luce). Leonardo was an elderly man at this point, but he was still productive—he drew 16 sketches over the following three years, even if the city project had not been completed—but he was clearly unwell and had most certainly had a stroke. He died at the Chateau on May 2, 1519.

Golda Meir was born on May 3, 1898, in Kiev, Ukraine, to Moshe and Bluma Mabovitch. In 1906, she and her family relocated to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Mabovitch family had fled their home in part to avoid pogroms against Jews that were taking place in Russia at the time. Meir subsequently reflected on how her childhood fear of anti-Semitic (anti-Jewish) violence affected her eventual resolve to build Israel as a safe, secure Jewish state. Despite being elderly and in terrible health, Meir demonstrated her ability to the country during her first nine-month reign. As a consequence, her Labor Party won the elections in 1969. As a result, Meir was elected to a four-year term as Prime Minister.

Satyajit Ray was born on May 2, 1921 in Calcutta, India, to an aristocratic Bengali family with a strong legacy in art and literature. He was the only son of Sukumar and Suprabha Ray. Satyajit Ray, known as Bengal's Renaissance man, was a well-known Indian filmmaker. He comes from a prominent family of painters, litterateurs, and musicians, showed early signs of making it big in the realm of entertainment. He excelled in art and quickly took it up professionally, having a fondness for films, chess, and western classical music. His artistry, attention to detail, and narrative method are renowned across the world.

On May 2, 2011, soon after 1:00 a.m. PKT, Osama bin Laden, the founder and first leader of the Islamist terrorist organisation al-Qaeda, was assassinated in Pakistan by United States Navy SEALs of the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Development Group (also known as DEVGRU or SEAL Team Six). The operation, codenamed Operation Neptune Spear, was led by the CIA, with the Joint Special Operations Command, or JSOC, directing the Special Mission Units participating in the raid. In addition to SEAL Team Six, the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), better known as "Night Stalkers," and operators from the CIA's Special Activities Division, which largely recruits from former JSOC Special Mission Units, took part in the exercise.

Tipu Sultan, also known as the Tiger of Mysore or Tippoo Sahib by the British, was an Indian prince who fought against the East India Company's takeover of southern India. Public opinion in England regarded him as a terrible despot, while modern Indian nationalists lauded him as a liberation fighter, yet both are wishful thinking. When the morning of May 4th arrived, Tipu was informed that the omens were not favourable. He sought to ward off disaster by offering a gold purse, an elephant, a black bullock and two buffalo, a black nanny goat, and a black cloak and cap to Hindu priests and Brahmins, but in vain. Troops equipped with bamboo ladders for scaling the walls commenced the attack just after one o'clock. As the defenders withdrew, a British flag was hoisted in the breach within minutes. Tipu battled valiantly, dressed to the nines and loading and shooting muskets delivered to him by his servants as if he were at a sports event, but the odds were too high. He was injured, and his attendants attempted to rush him away in a palanquin, but he was slain by an anonymous British soldier for his jewellery. As darkness fell, a British party discovered the sultan's body behind a stack of bodies. He was laid to rest in his family tomb in the city.

Maharaja Chhatrasal (May 4, 1649 – December 20, 1731) was a mediaeval Indian warrior of the Bundela Rajput tribe who battled against Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb and formed his own kingdom in Bundelkhand, becoming the founder of Panna State. Chhatrasal was born on May 4, 1649, in Kachar Kachnai, to Champat Rai and Lal Kunwar. He was a descendant of Orchha's Rudra Pratap. His forefathers were Mughal emperor's vassals. He was the father of Mastani, his daughter from his marriage to his Indian Muslim wife, Ruhaani Bai. Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh, and its eponymous district are named after Chhatrasal. Several locations in Chhatarpur are named after him, notably the Maharaja Chhatrasal Museum.

The Kargil War, also known as the Kargil war, was a military confrontation conducted between India and Pakistan in the Kargil area of Jammu and Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control from May to July 1999. Local shepherds claim a Pakistani incursion in the Kargil area on May 3, 1999. In India, the battle is also known as Operation Vijay, after the Indian military operation that cleared up the Kargil area.

Niccol di Bernardo dei Machiavelli's works are rarely rendered. Nicholas Machiavel, who lived from 3 May 1469 to 21 June 1527, was an Italian Renaissance diplomat, author, philosopher, and historian. His most famous work is The Prince (Il Principe), a political treatise written around 1513 but not published until 1532. He is widely regarded as the "Father of Modern Political Philosophy and Political Science."

Trisha Krishnan is a well-known and award-winning actress from both the Tamil and Telugu cinema industries. She rose to prominence in the Tamil film business with her parts in Saamy and Ghilli, and in the Telugu film industry with Varsham. The Tamil Iyer actress was born in Palakkad to Krishnan and Uma Krishnan and received her higher education at Ethiraj College in Chennai. She then became a model and earned the Miss Salem title in 1999. Trisha Krishnan made her cinematic debut when she was granted a modest cameo role in the film Jodi. However, Priyadarshan's Leysa Leysa was the first film in which she agreed to play the leading lady. She was, nevertheless, ideally matched for her part opposite Surya in Mounam Pesiyadhe, for which she received critical praise.

After the fall of the Vijayanagar Empire at the end of the 16th century, many Hindu families migrated to the southern districts of Tamilnadu, which were still calm under the benign rule of the Nayakas and Maratha monarchs. A number of Telugu families moved south and established centres of art and culture, and Tyagaraja's forefathers belonged to one such group, the Kakarla family from Kakarla village in Andhra Pradesh's Kurnool District. Thyagaraja was born at Tiruvarur on May 4, 1767. He was the third son of Sri Ramabrahmam and Sitamma, who lived at Tirumanjana Veethi in Tiruvayyaru at the time.

Audrey Hepburn was born on May 4, 1929, in Brussels, Belgium, to J. A. Hepburn-Ruston and Baroness Ella van Heemstra. When she was eight years old, her father, a banker, abandoned the family. After the war, Hepburn and her mother relocated to England, where she continued to pursue her dance profession. She was employed in minor roles on stage and in films in both Holland and England until being discovered in 1952 in Monte Carlo, Monaco, by French author Colette. Colette insisted on having Hepburn perform the major part in her Broadway adaptation of Gigi. Although Hepburn's lack of experience was an issue at first, she slowly improved, and the show's reviewers commended her performance.

After the Callaghan government lost a vote of no confidence in early 1979, a general election was called. Thatcher became the first female British prime minister after the Conservatives gained a 44-seat majority in the House of Commons. Margaret Thatcher was elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the May 1979 General Election.

James Joseph Brown was a well-known American musician who made significant contributions to the development of various musical genres, including soul music, funk music, and rap music. This extremely important musician transformed the way music was generated in America throughout a six-decade career. During the Great Depression, James Brown was born on May 3, 1933, in a modest wooden cabin to Joseph James and Susie Brown. He is descended from African, Chinese, and Native American ancestors.

Keira Knightley is a British model and actress. She is well-known for her roles in films such as "Bend It Like Beckham" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl." She began her career in the entertainment sector at an early age. She won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Academy Award for her outstanding performance in the film 'Pride and Prejudice.' She began a love connection with musician James Righton in late 2011, and they married on May 4, 2013. They live in East London after their marriage.

Nargis Dutt was born on June 1, 1929 and died on May 3, 1981. She was an Indian politician and actress who appeared in Hindi films. She is regarded as one of the greatest actresses in Indian cinema history, having made her screen debut in a minor role at the age of five with Talash-E-Haq (1935), but her acting career began with the film Tamanna. Nargis appeared in numerous commercially successful as well as critically acclaimed films over the course of her three-decade career, many of which starred her alongside actor Raj Kapoor. She was the younger sister of Anwar Hussain, a well-known actor. Her most well-known role was Radha in the Academy Award-nominated Mother India, for which she received the Filmfare Award.

Ritu Phogat is a well-known Indian female wrestler from Balali, Haryana. Ritu Phogat won the gold medal in the 2016 Commonwealth Wrestling Championship and became well-known for her wrestling abilities. Ritu Phogat was born in Balali, Haryana, India on May 2, 1994. She was raised in a Punjabi Jatt household. Her father began her wrestling training when she was eight years old. Her father guided her like he had her two older elder sisters. She soon relocated to Singapore to train with numerous world champions of Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu at the world-famous Evolve MMA, where she honed her hitting and submission abilities with her exceptional wrestling.

Matt Le Blanc has a wide range of automotive hobbies and formerly worked as a carpenter before becoming an actor. In May 2003, he married Melissa McKnight, a British-born American model and divorced single mother of two children. Kelly Phillips, a mutual acquaintance of McKnight's, introduced them in 1997. A year later, LeBlanc proposed to her. Their daughter, born in 2004, began having seizures when she was eight months old. The ailment, which was assumed to be a type of dysplasia, had mostly decreased by the time she was two years old.

On May 3, 1997, Johnson married Dany Garcia. She is a businessman, an IFBB pro bodybuilder, and a producer. Simone, their daughter, was born on August 14, 2001. They announced their amicable divorce on June 1, 2007, and their divorce was completed in May 2008.