Historical Events May 22 Russia and Austria sign treaty of cooperation Famous Birthdays May 10 Gaspard Monge, French mathematician (d. 1818) May 13 Oliver Brownson, composer May 19 Johann Friedrich Peter, composer Famous Deaths May 15 Giovanni Antonio Ricieri, composer, dies at 67 May 22 Thomas Southerne, Irish dramatist (b. 1660) May 30 Giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer, dies at 69 1745 History by Year 1747