Famous Deaths In 1838

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 Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges, composer, dies at 64 in the year 1838.

Jan 23 Arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director, dies at 67 in the year 1838.

Jan 28 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.

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

Feb 22 Friedrich Johann Eck, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.

Mar 16 Nathaniel Bowditch, astronomer/navigation expert, dies at 64 on this day in history.

Mar 22 On this day in history hendrik Fagel, Dutch/English baron, dies at 73

Mar 24 In the year 1838 thomas Attwood, composer, dies at 72

Apr 03 Francesco Antommarchi, Napoleon's physician on St Helena, dies at 57 on this day in history.

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

Apr 11 Pieter L Uys, South African pioneer (Great Pull), murdered at 40 died on this day in history.

Apr 17 On this day in history j Schopenhauer, writer, dies at 71

Apr 23 John W Janssens, gov-gen of Cape Colony/Dutch-Indies, dies at 75 in the year 1838.

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

May 23 John W Janssens, gov-gen (Cape Colony), dies at 75 on this day in history.

May 28 On this day in history thomas Busby, composer, dies

Jun 25 François Nicolas Benoît, Baron Haxo, French general (b. 1774) died on this day in history.

Jul 10 On this day in history willem earl van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial governor, dies at about 43

Jul 17 John Whites, hydraulic engineer, dies at 82 in the year 1838.

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

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

Jul 29 Jonathan Huntington, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.

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

Sep 01 On this day in history william Clark, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 68

Sep 05 On this day in history death of charles Percier, French architect (b. 1764)

Sep 07 In the year 1838 joseph Panny, composer, dies at 43

Sep 08 Pietro Rovelli, composer, dies at 45 in the year 1838.

Oct 01 On this day in history death of charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and industrialist (b. 1768)

Oct 03 In the year 1838 death of black Hawk (chief), Leader of the Sauk Native American tribe (b. 1767)

Oct 04 On this day in history eleanore Sophia Maria Westenholz, composer, dies at 79

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Jan 01 William Hugh Young, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 was born in the year 1838.

Jan 04 On this day in history 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 in the year 1838.

Feb 06 In the year 1838 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 Charles Carroll Walcott, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1898 was born in the year 1838.