Famous Deaths In 1838

Jan 13 On this day in history ferdinand Reis, composer, dies at 53  

Jan 16 Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [OS] on this day in history.  

Jan 20 In the year 1838 pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges, composer, dies at 64  

Jan 23 Arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Jan 28 Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [NS] on this day in history.  

Jan 30 On this day in history osceola, chief of Seminole indians, dies in jail  

Feb 01 In the year 1838 abraham de Veer, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1822-28), dies at 71  

Feb 05 In the year 1838 philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62  

Feb 22 On this day in history friedrich Johann Eck, composer, dies at 70  

Mar 16 Nathaniel Bowditch, astronomer/navigation expert, dies at 64 in the year 1838.  

Mar 22 Hendrik Fagel, Dutch/English baron, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Mar 24 On this day in history thomas Attwood, composer, dies at 72  

Apr 03 In the year 1838 francesco Antommarchi, Napoleon's physician on St Helena, dies at 57  

Apr 06 In the year 1838 jose B de Andrada e Silva, premier of Brazil (1822-23), dies at 74  

Apr 11 On this day in history death of pieter L Uys, South African pioneer (Great Pull), murdered at 40  

Apr 17 In the year 1838 j Schopenhauer, writer, dies at 71  

Apr 23 On this day in history john W Janssens, gov-gen of Cape Colony/Dutch-Indies, dies at 75  

May 17 In the year 1838 death of charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French diplomat (b. 1754)  

May 23 On this day in history john W Janssens, gov-gen (Cape Colony), dies at 75  

May 28 Thomas Busby, composer, dies on this day in history.  

Jun 25 In the year 1838 death of françois Nicolas Benoît, Baron Haxo, French general (b. 1774)  

Jul 10 Willem earl van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial governor, dies at about 43 in the year 1838.  

Jul 17 John Whites, hydraulic engineer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

Jul 19 On this day in history frederic Nicolas Duvernoy, composer, dies at 72  

Jul 28 Bernhard Henrik Crusell, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

Jul 29 In the year 1838 jonathan Huntington, composer, dies at 66  

Aug 21 A v Chamisso, writer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Sep 01 William Clark, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

Sep 05 Charles Percier, French architect (b. 1764) died on this day in history.  

Sep 07 On this day in history joseph Panny, composer, dies at 43  

Sep 08 Pietro Rovelli, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.  

Oct 01 Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and industrialist (b. 1768) died in the year 1838.  

Oct 03 Black Hawk (chief), Leader of the Sauk Native American tribe (b. 1767) died on this day in history.  

Oct 04 Eleanore Sophia Maria Westenholz, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

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Jan 01 In the year 1838 birth of william Hugh Young, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901  

Jan 04 In the year 1838 birth of charles Stratton, [General Tom Thumb] (famous short person)  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of camille Jordan, French mathematician (d. 1922)  

Jan 06 In the year 1838 birth of max Bruch, Koln (Cologne), Germany, composer  

Jan 16 Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (d. 1917) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 06 Henry Irving, [John H Brodribb], Engld, knighted 1895/actor (Hamlet) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 06 On this day in history birth of yisrael Meir Kagan, Chofetz Chayim (d. 1933)  

Feb 12 Charles Carroll Walcott, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1898 was born in the year 1838.