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Famous People Who Died in May 1795

  • May 19 James Boswell, Scottish biographer of Samuel Johnson and diarist, dies at 54
  • May 19 Josiah Bartlett, American physician and statesman (signed US Declaration of Independence), dies at 65
  • May 20 Ignác Martinovics, Hungarian physicist/revolutionary, beheaded