May 4 Franz Stanislaus Spindler, German composer, born in Steingaden, Germany (d. 1819) May 7 Józef Antoni Poniatowski, Polish general and marshal of France, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1813) May 8 Johannes Goldberg, Dutch politician and civil servant (undertook 1st economic survey of Batavian Republic) (d. 1828) May 11 János Batsányi, Hungarian poet (d. 1845) May 16 Louis-Nicolas Vauquelin, chemist (discovered chromium, beryllium) May 21 Joseph Fouché, French statesman (d. 1820) 1762 Famous Birthdays by Year 1764