Famous Deaths Happened 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 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 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 In the year 1838 philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62  

Feb 22 In the year 1838 friedrich Johann Eck, composer, dies at 70  

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

Mar 22 Hendrik Fagel, Dutch/English baron, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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

Apr 03 In the year 1838 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 Pieter L Uys, South African pioneer (Great Pull), murdered at 40 died on this day in history.  

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

Apr 23 John W Janssens, gov-gen of Cape Colony/Dutch-Indies, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

May 17 Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French diplomat (b. 1754) died on this day in history.  

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

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

Jun 25 François Nicolas Benoît, Baron Haxo, French general (b. 1774) died on this day in history.  

Jul 10 Willem earl van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial governor, dies at about 43 on this day in history.  

Jul 17 In the year 1838 john Whites, hydraulic engineer, dies at 82  

Jul 19 On this day in history frederic Nicolas Duvernoy, composer, dies at 72  

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 Charles Percier, French architect (b. 1764) died on this day in history.  

Sep 07 Joseph Panny, composer, dies at 43 in the year 1838.  

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 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 05 Camille Jordan, French mathematician (d. 1922) was born in the year 1838.  

Jan 06 Max Bruch, Koln (Cologne), Germany, composer was born on this day in history.  

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