Historical Events In 1838

Oct 19   Henry Fagel, baron/court clerk of States-General/diplomat, dies at 73 in the year 1838.  

Oct 22   In the year 1838 carl Fuchs, composer  

Oct 25   In the year 1838 georges Alexandre-Cesar-Leopold Bizet, France, composer (Carmen)  

Oct 25   The birth of Georges Bizet, French composer on this day in history.  

Oct 27   Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs issues the Extermination Order, which orders all Mormons to leave the state or be exterminated on this day in history.  

Nov 03   The Times of India, the world's largest circulated English language daily broadsheet newspaper is founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce in the year 1838.  

Nov 05   On this day in history honduras declares independence of Central American Federation  

Nov 06   In the year 1838 john Grant Mitchell, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1894  

Nov 08   In the year 1838 victor Hugo's "Ruy Blas," premieres in Paris  

Nov 11   In the year 1838 emma Wedgwood accepts Charles Darwins marriage proposal  

Nov 13   In the year 1838 joseph F Smith, 6th pres of Mormon church  

Nov 14   August Senoa, Croatian author (Zlatarevo zlato) in the year 1838.  

Nov 22   Jose Augusto da Ferreira Veiga, Viscount d' Arneiro, composer on this day in history.  

Nov 24   Karl Ludwig Hellwig, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Nov 29   Aeneas Mackay, Baron/Dutch minister of interior/Colonies in the year 1838.  

Nov 30   Mexico declares war on France in the year 1838.  

Dec 01   Van Diemen's Land gets its first library to boost morale in the year 1838.  

Dec 03   In the year 1838 cleveland Abbe, US, meteorologist (Father of Weather Bureau)  

Dec 04   Melesio Morales, composer in the year 1838.  

Dec 11   Emil Rathenau, German industrialist (AEG) in the year 1838.  

Dec 12   Sherburne W Burnham, US, astronomer (binary stars) on this day in history.  

Dec 13   Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor, composer on this day in history.  

Dec 16   On this day in history boers beat Zulu chieftain Dingaan in South Africa  

Dec 16   In the year 1838 the Boers defeat the Zulus in South Africa.  

Dec 17   Berthold Tours, composer on this day in history.  

Dec 31   In the year 1838 emile Loubet, premier/president of France (1892, 1899-1906)  

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of william Hugh Young, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of charles Stratton, [General Tom Thumb] (famous short person)  

Jan 05   Camille Jordan, French mathematician (d. 1922) was born in the year 1838.  

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 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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 20   On this day in history 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   On this day in history aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [NS]  

Jan 30   Osceola, chief of Seminole indians, dies in jail on this day in history.  

Feb 01   On this day in history abraham de Veer, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1822-28), dies at 71  

Feb 05   On this day in history philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62