Famous Deaths In 1838

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

Jan 16 On this day in history 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 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 in the year 1838.

Feb 01 Abraham de Veer, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1822-28), dies at 71 on this day in history.

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

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 on this day in history.

Mar 24 Thomas Attwood, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1838.

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

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 J Schopenhauer, writer, dies at 71 on this day in history.

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

May 28 Thomas Busby, composer, dies in the year 1838.

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

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

Jul 28 In the year 1838 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 In the year 1838 william Clark, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 68

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

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 In the year 1838 eleanore Sophia Maria Westenholz, composer, dies at 79

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Jan 01 In the year 1838 birth of william Hugh Young, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901

Jan 04 Charles Stratton, [General Tom Thumb] (famous short person) was born on this day in history.

Jan 05 In the year 1838 birth of camille Jordan, French mathematician (d. 1922)

Jan 06 Max Bruch, Koln (Cologne), Germany, composer was born in the year 1838.

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 On this day in history birth of charles Carroll Walcott, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1898