Historical Events In 1838

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

Jul 19   In the year 1838 frederic Nicolas Duvernoy, composer, dies at 72  

Jul 19   Joel Asaph Allen, US zoologist (Rule of Allen) in the year 1838.  

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

Jul 28   Bernhard Henrik Crusell, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1838.  

Jul 29   On this day in history jonathan Huntington, composer, dies at 66  

Jul 30   On this day in history eugen Richter, German parliament member (Liberal)  

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

Aug 12   Joseph Barnby, conductor/academic principal on this day in history.  

Aug 18   In the year 1838 1st US marine expedition  

Aug 18   First US marine expedition on this day in history.  

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

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

Aug 23   Mt Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) first graduating class in the year 1838.  

Sep 01   In the year 1838 william Clark, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 68  

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 on this day in history.  

Sep 05   In the year 1838 central Museum opens in Utrecht Netherlands  

Sep 07   Joseph Panny, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.  

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

Sep 10   On this day in history hector Berlioz' opera "Benvenuto Cellini," premieres in Paris  

Sep 11   On this day in history john Ireland, Irish/US archbishop of St Paul  

Sep 14   John Pelham, Major (Confederate Army), died in 1863 on this day in history.  

Sep 16   James J Hill, Canada, RR entrepreneur (Great Northern Railroad) on this day in history.  

Sep 18   Anti-Corn Law League established by Richard Cobden on this day in history.  

Sep 18   In the year 1838 anton Mauve, painter/graphic artist/cousin of Vincent Van Gogh  

Sep 19   Ephraim Morris patents railroad brake on this day in history.  

Sep 23   Victoria Chaflin Woodhull, Ohio US, feminist/reformer in the year 1838.  

Sep 24   Anti-Corn-Law League forms to repeal English Corn Law on this day in history.  

Sep 27   In the year 1838 antony E J Modderman, Dutch minister of Justice (1879-83)  

Sep 29   Henry Hobson Richardson, St James LA, Romanesque revival architect in the year 1838.  

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

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

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

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Jan 01   William Hugh Young, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 05   Camille Jordan, French mathematician (d. 1922) was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1838.  

Feb 06   Henry Irving, [John H Brodribb], Engld, knighted 1895/actor (Hamlet) was born in the year 1838.  

Feb 06   Yisrael Meir Kagan, Chofetz Chayim (d. 1933) was born in the year 1838.  

Feb 12   In the year 1838 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] in the year 1838.  

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 in the year 1838.  

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

Jan 30   Osceola, chief of Seminole indians, dies in jail in the year 1838.  

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

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