May 10 Colonel John Birch, English soldier (b. 1615) May 16 Jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason May 23 Adrien Auzout, French astronomer (b. 1622) May 29 Cornelis Tromp, Dutch naval officer and son of Maarten Tromp, dies at 61 1690 Famous Deaths by Year 1692