Famous Weddings
- May 1 "Poems of Passion" author Ella Wheeler Wilcox (33) weds Robert M. Wilcox in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Frederick Winslow Taylor
May 3 American mechanical engineer Frederick Winslow Taylor (28) weds Louise M. Spooner in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Oscar Wilde
May 29 Irish writer Oscar Wilde marries Constance Lloyd at St. James Church, Paddington, London
