Historical Events In 1838

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

Oct 22   Carl Fuchs, composer in the year 1838.  

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

Oct 25   The birth of Georges Bizet, French composer in the year 1838.  

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

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

Nov 05   Honduras declares independence of Central American Federation on this day in history.  

Nov 06   On this day in history john Grant Mitchell, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1894  

Nov 08   Victor Hugo's "Ruy Blas," premieres in Paris in the year 1838.  

Nov 11   On this day in history emma Wedgwood accepts Charles Darwins marriage proposal  

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

Nov 14   On this day in history august Senoa, Croatian author (Zlatarevo zlato)  

Nov 22   On this day in history jose Augusto da Ferreira Veiga, Viscount d' Arneiro, composer  

Nov 24   Karl Ludwig Hellwig, composer, dies at 65 in the year 1838.  

Nov 29   In the year 1838 aeneas Mackay, Baron/Dutch minister of interior/Colonies  

Nov 30   On this day in history mexico declares war on France  

Dec 01   Van Diemen's Land gets its first library to boost morale on this day in history.  

Dec 03   Cleveland Abbe, US, meteorologist (Father of Weather Bureau) in the year 1838.  

Dec 04   Melesio Morales, composer in the year 1838.  

Dec 11   On this day in history emil Rathenau, German industrialist (AEG)  

Dec 12   Sherburne W Burnham, US, astronomer (binary stars) in the year 1838.  

Dec 13   On this day in history marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor, composer  

Dec 16   In the year 1838 boers beat Zulu chieftain Dingaan in South Africa  

Dec 16   The Boers defeat the Zulus in South Africa on this day in history.  

Dec 17   In the year 1838 berthold Tours, composer  

Dec 31   On this day in history emile Loubet, premier/president of France (1892, 1899-1906)  

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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   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 in the year 1838.  

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

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

Feb 12   Charles Carroll Walcott, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1898 was born on this day in history.  

Jan 13   In the year 1838 ferdinand Reis, composer, dies at 53  

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

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

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