Famous Deaths Happened In 1838

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

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 on this day in history.  

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 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  

Feb 22 Friedrich Johann Eck, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1838.  

Mar 16 Nathaniel Bowditch, astronomer/navigation expert, dies at 64 in the year 1838.  

Mar 22 Hendrik Fagel, Dutch/English baron, dies at 73 in the year 1838.  

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 On this day in history death of pieter L Uys, South African pioneer (Great Pull), murdered at 40  

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

Apr 23 On this day in history 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 In the year 1838 john W Janssens, gov-gen (Cape Colony), dies at 75  

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

Jun 25 In the year 1838 death of françois Nicolas Benoît, Baron Haxo, French general (b. 1774)  

Jul 10 Willem earl van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial governor, dies at about 43 in the year 1838.  

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 On this day in history bernhard Henrik Crusell, composer, dies at 62  

Jul 29 In the year 1838 jonathan Huntington, composer, dies at 66  

Aug 21 A v Chamisso, writer, dies at 57 in the year 1838.  

Sep 01 William Clark, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

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 On this day in history pietro Rovelli, composer, dies at 45  

Oct 01 In the year 1838 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 in the year 1838.  

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

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 In the year 1838 birth of franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (d. 1917)  

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.