Famous Deaths In 1838

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

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 Arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director, dies at 67 in the year 1838.

Jan 28 Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [NS] on this day in history.

Jan 30 In the year 1838 osceola, chief of Seminole indians, dies in jail

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 in the year 1838.

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

Mar 24 In the year 1838 thomas Attwood, composer, dies at 72

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 J Schopenhauer, writer, dies at 71 in the year 1838.

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

May 17 On this day in history 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 On this day in history death of françois Nicolas Benoît, Baron Haxo, French general (b. 1774)

Jul 10 On this day in history willem earl van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial governor, dies at about 43

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 On this day in history bernhard Henrik Crusell, composer, dies at 62

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

Aug 21 A v Chamisso, writer, dies at 57 on this day in history.

Sep 01 William Clark, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 68 in the year 1838.

Sep 05 Charles Percier, French architect (b. 1764) died on this day in history.

Sep 07 On this day in history joseph Panny, composer, dies at 43

Sep 08 On this day in history pietro Rovelli, composer, dies at 45

Oct 01 In the year 1838 death of charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and industrialist (b. 1768)

Oct 03 Black Hawk (chief), Leader of the Sauk Native American tribe (b. 1767) died on this day in history.

Oct 04 In the year 1838 eleanore Sophia Maria Westenholz, composer, dies at 79

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Jan 01 On this day in history birth of william Hugh Young, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901

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 On this day in history birth of max Bruch, Koln (Cologne), Germany, composer

Jan 16 In the year 1838 birth of franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (d. 1917)

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 on this day in history.

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