Famous Deaths In 1838

Jan 13 On this day in history ferdinand Reis, composer, dies at 53

Jan 16 Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [OS] in the year 1838.

Jan 20 Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges, composer, dies at 64 in the year 1838.

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 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 in the year 1838.

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 In the year 1838 hendrik Fagel, Dutch/English baron, dies at 73

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 Jose B de Andrada e Silva, premier of Brazil (1822-23), dies at 74 in the year 1838.

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 On this day in history john W Janssens, gov-gen of Cape Colony/Dutch-Indies, dies at 75

May 17 Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French diplomat (b. 1754) died in the year 1838.

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

May 28 On this day in history thomas Busby, composer, dies

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

Jul 10 In the year 1838 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 in the year 1838.

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 Charles Percier, French architect (b. 1764) died in the year 1838.

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 Camille Jordan, French mathematician (d. 1922) was born on this day in history.

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 Henry Irving, [John H Brodribb], Engld, knighted 1895/actor (Hamlet) was born in the year 1838.

Feb 06 On this day in history 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