Famous Deaths Happened In 1838

Jan 13 Ferdinand Reis, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 20 Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Jan 23 On this day in history 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 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 in the year 1838.  

Mar 16 On this day in history nathaniel Bowditch, astronomer/navigation expert, dies at 64  

Mar 22 In the year 1838 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 in the year 1838.  

Apr 06 On this day in history jose B de Andrada e Silva, premier of Brazil (1822-23), dies at 74  

Apr 11 In the year 1838 death of pieter L Uys, South African pioneer (Great Pull), murdered at 40  

Apr 17 J Schopenhauer, writer, dies at 71 in the year 1838.  

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

May 17 Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French diplomat (b. 1754) died in the year 1838.  

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

May 28 Thomas Busby, composer, dies on this day in history.  

Jun 25 On this day in history death of françois Nicolas Benoît, Baron Haxo, French general (b. 1774)  

Jul 10 In the year 1838 willem earl van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial governor, dies at about 43  

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

Jul 19 Frederic Nicolas Duvernoy, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1838.  

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.  

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

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

Sep 05 In the year 1838 death of charles Percier, French architect (b. 1764)  

Sep 07 On this day in history joseph Panny, composer, dies at 43  

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

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

Oct 03 On this day in history death of black Hawk (chief), Leader of the Sauk Native American tribe (b. 1767)  

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

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.