On This Day

Famous People Who Died in May 1829

  • May 8 Mauro Giuliani, Italian musician and composer, dies at 47
  • May 10 Thomas Young, British physician and physicist (light interference), dies at 55
  • May 16 William Congreve, English artillery officer and inventor who designed fire rockets, dies at 56

John Jay

May 17 John Jay, US statesman and 1st US Chief Justice, dies at 83

John Jay
1st US Chief Justice and US Secretary of State John Jay
  • May 18 Bernardo Bittoni, Italian composer, dies at 72
  • May 18 Maria Josepha of Saxony, Queen consort of Spain, dies at 35
  • May 29 Humphry Davy, English chemist, studied electro-chemistry, invented the Davy lamp), dies at 50

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