May 7 Laurens Pieter van de Spiegel, Dutch Grand Pensionary of Zeeland and Holland (1787-95), dies at 64 May 7 Niccolo Piccinni, Italian composer (Roland), dies at 72 May 18 Alexander Suvorov, Russian general, dies at 70 May 19 French Bosbeeck, veterinarian/robber, hanged 1799 Famous Deaths by Year 1801