Timeline May 1829

Events in May 1829 3

• 1745 – 1829 John Jay (1745-1829) Died 17 May 1829, aged 83 Jay was an American statesman and Founding Father who served as the first Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court and negotiated the Treaty of Paris ending the Revolutionary War. He later served as Governor of New York and negotiated the controversial Jay Treaty with Britain. He died at his home in Bedford, New York.
• 1773 – 1829 Thomas Young (1773-1829) Died 10 May 1829, aged 55 Young was an English polymath whose work established the wave theory of light through his double-slit experiment and who made major contributions to the study of elasticity, vision, and energy. He also contributed early breakthroughs toward deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs on the Rosetta Stone. He died in London after a long illness.
• 1778 – 1829 Humphry Davy (1778-1829) Died 29 May 1829, aged 50 Davy was an English chemist who discovered several chemical elements, including sodium, potassium, and calcium, and invented the Davy lamp for miners. He was a leading figure of the Royal Institution and a formative influence on his assistant Michael Faraday. He died in Geneva after years of declining health.