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 (1745-1829) May 17 US statesman and 1st US Chief Justice, dies at 83 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 Apr 1829 Famous Deaths by Year Jun 1829 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Car Crash Hanging Killed in Action Plane Crash Poisoning
John Jay (1745-1829)
John Jay (1745-1829) 
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Car Crash
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Killed in Action
Plane Crash
Poisoning