- May 7 Laurens Pieter van de Spiegel, Dutch Grand Pensionary of Zeeland and Holland (1787-95), dies at 64
- May 7 Niccolò Piccinni, Italian classical, opera, and sacred music composer (Roland; Buona Figliuola), dies at 72
- May 18 Alexander Suvorov, Russian general, dies at 70
- May 19 French Bosbeeck, veterinarian/robber, hanged
Assassination
Car Crash
Hanging
Killed in Action
Plane Crash
Poisoning