Famous Deaths In 1838

Jan 13 Ferdinand Reis, composer, dies at 53 in the year 1838.

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

Jan 20 In the year 1838 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 Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [NS] on this day in history.

Jan 30 On this day in history osceola, chief of Seminole indians, dies in jail

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 on this day in history.

Mar 16 In the year 1838 nathaniel Bowditch, astronomer/navigation expert, dies at 64

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

Mar 24 Thomas Attwood, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.

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

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

May 23 On this day in history john W Janssens, gov-gen (Cape Colony), dies at 75

May 28 In the year 1838 thomas Busby, composer, dies

Jun 25 In the year 1838 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 In the year 1838 john Whites, hydraulic engineer, dies at 82

Jul 19 Frederic Nicolas Duvernoy, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.

Jul 28 Bernhard Henrik Crusell, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1838.

Jul 29 On this day in history jonathan Huntington, composer, dies at 66

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

Sep 01 In the year 1838 william Clark, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 68

Sep 05 Charles Percier, French architect (b. 1764) died in the year 1838.

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 Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and industrialist (b. 1768) died in the year 1838.

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 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 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 on this day in history.

Feb 06 On this day in history 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 In the year 1838 birth of charles Carroll Walcott, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1898