May 8 Jules Dumont d'Urville, French explorer and naval officer, dies at 51 May 15 Emanuel A D M J count de las Cases, French historian (Napoleon), dies at 76 Jane Johnston Schoolcraft (1800-1842) May 22 Native American poet, dies at 42 May 23 Jose de Espronceda y Delgado, Spanish revolutionary and poet (Cortes), dies of diphtheria at 34 Apr 1842 Famous Deaths by Year Jun 1842 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Car Crash Hanging Killed in Action Plane Crash Poisoning
Assassination
Car Crash
Hanging
Killed in Action
Plane Crash
Poisoning