Historical Events In 1838

Jul 17   In the year 1838 john Whites, hydraulic engineer, dies at 82  

Jul 19   Frederic Nicolas Duvernoy, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Jul 19   On this day in history joel Asaph Allen, US zoologist (Rule of Allen)  

Jul 23   On this day in history edouard [Judas] Colonne, composer/violinist  

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

Jul 29   Jonathan Huntington, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1838.  

Jul 30   Eugen Richter, German parliament member (Liberal) on this day in history.  

Aug 01   Emancipation of British slaves on Bahamas on this day in history.  

Aug 12   In the year 1838 joseph Barnby, conductor/academic principal  

Aug 18   1st US marine expedition in the year 1838.  

Aug 18   On this day in history first US marine expedition  

Aug 21   A v Chamisso, writer, dies at 57 in the year 1838.  

Aug 23   On this day in history mt Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) 1st graduating class  

Aug 23   In the year 1838 mt Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) first graduating class  

Sep 01   William Clark, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 68 in the year 1838.  

Sep 02   On this day in history liliuokalani, [Lydia Paki], last queen of Hawaii (1891-93)  

Sep 03   Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery disguised as a sailor in the year 1838.  

Sep 05   On this day in history central Museum opens in Utrecht Netherlands  

Sep 07   Joseph Panny, composer, dies at 43 in the year 1838.  

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

Sep 10   Hector Berlioz' opera "Benvenuto Cellini," premieres in Paris in the year 1838.  

Sep 11   In the year 1838 john Ireland, Irish/US archbishop of St Paul  

Sep 14   On this day in history john Pelham, Major (Confederate Army), died in 1863  

Sep 16   James J Hill, Canada, RR entrepreneur (Great Northern Railroad) in the year 1838.  

Sep 18   On this day in history anti-Corn Law League established by Richard Cobden  

Sep 18   Anton Mauve, painter/graphic artist/cousin of Vincent Van Gogh in the year 1838.  

Sep 19   In the year 1838 ephraim Morris patents railroad brake  

Sep 23   Victoria Chaflin Woodhull, Ohio US, feminist/reformer on this day in history.  

Sep 24   In the year 1838 anti-Corn-Law League forms to repeal English Corn Law  

Sep 27   On this day in history antony E J Modderman, Dutch minister of Justice (1879-83)  

Sep 29   In the year 1838 henry Hobson Richardson, St James LA, Romanesque revival architect  

Oct 01   In the year 1838 civil Code enforced (- Jan 1, 1992)  

Oct 04   In the year 1838 eleanore Sophia Maria Westenholz, composer, dies at 79  

Oct 08   John Milton Hay, politician (Union), died in 1905 in the year 1838.  

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

Jan 04   Charles Stratton, [General Tom Thumb] (famous short person) was born in the year 1838.  

Jan 05   In the year 1838 birth of camille Jordan, French mathematician (d. 1922)  

Jan 06   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of henry Irving, [John H Brodribb], Engld, knighted 1895/actor (Hamlet)  

Feb 06   In the year 1838 birth of yisrael Meir Kagan, Chofetz Chayim (d. 1933)  

Feb 12   On this day in history birth of charles Carroll Walcott, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1898  

Jan 13   In the year 1838 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   In the year 1838 arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director, dies at 67  

Jan 28   In the year 1838 aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [NS]  

Jan 30   In the year 1838 osceola, chief of Seminole indians, dies in jail  

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

Feb 05   Philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.