Deaths in History in May 1781

  • T 1
  • W 2
  • T 3
  • F 4
  • S 5
  • S 6
  • M 7
  • T 8
  • W 9
  • T 10
  • F 11
  • S 12
  • S 13
  • M 14
  • T 15
  • W 16
  • T 17
  • F 18
  • S 19
  • S 20
  • M 21
  • T 22
  • W 23
  • T 24
  • F 25
  • S 26
  • S 27
  • M 28
  • T 29
  • W 30
  • T 31
  • May 8 Richard Jago, English poet (b. 1715)
  • May 18 Túpac Amaru II, Peruvian Indian revolutionary, a descendant of the last Inca ruler, Túpac Amaru (b. 1742)
  • May 27 Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Italian physicist, dies at 64