Antonio Salieri (1750-1825)
May 7 Italian composer (Tarare; La Fiera), opera director (Habsburg Court, 1774-92), and Kapellmeister (Austrian Imperial Court, 1788-1824), dies in Vienna at 74
- May 12 Elias Mann, American composer, dies at 75
- May 12 Stanislao Mattei, Italian composer, teacher, musicologist, and monk dies at 75
- May 19 Claude Henri de Rouvroy, Comte de Saint-Simon, French political philosopher (b. 1760)
- May 20 Papaflessas, Greek priest and government official (b. 1788)
- May 22 Domenico Corri, Italian composer, dies at 80
- May 23 Ras Gugsa of Yejju, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia
Assassination
Car Crash
Hanging
Killed in Action
Plane Crash
Poisoning