Famous Deaths Happened In 1838

Jan 13 In the year 1838 ferdinand Reis, composer, dies at 53  

Jan 16 In the year 1838 aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [OS]  

Jan 20 On this day in history pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges, composer, dies at 64  

Jan 23 On this day in history arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director, dies at 67  

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

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 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 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 In the year 1838 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 On this day in history 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 Thomas Busby, composer, dies on this day in history.  

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 On this day in history 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 Jonathan Huntington, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Aug 21 On this day in history 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 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 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 William Hugh Young, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 was born in the year 1838.  

Jan 04 In the year 1838 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 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 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 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 in the year 1838.