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 On this day in history 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] in the year 1838.  

Jan 30 Osceola, chief of Seminole indians, dies in jail on this day in history.  

Feb 01 In the year 1838 abraham de Veer, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1822-28), dies at 71  

Feb 05 Philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 24 On this day in history thomas Attwood, composer, dies at 72  

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

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

Apr 11 On this day in history 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 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 in the year 1838.  

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

Jun 25 François Nicolas Benoît, Baron Haxo, French general (b. 1774) died in the year 1838.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

Aug 21 In the year 1838 a v Chamisso, writer, dies at 57  

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

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

Sep 07 Joseph Panny, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.  

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

Oct 01 In the year 1838 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 Eleanore Sophia Maria Westenholz, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

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Jan 01 William Hugh Young, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 was born on this day in history.  

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 On this day in history birth of yisrael Meir Kagan, Chofetz Chayim (d. 1933)  

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