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 (b. 1729) May 19 French Bosbeeck, veterinarian/robber, hanged Share On Facebook Share On Twitter 1799 Famous Deaths by Year 1801