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 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 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 On this day in history philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62  

Feb 22 Friedrich Johann Eck, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1838.  

Mar 16 Nathaniel Bowditch, astronomer/navigation expert, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Mar 22 Hendrik Fagel, Dutch/English baron, dies at 73 in the year 1838.  

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

Apr 11 In the year 1838 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 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 In the year 1838 willem earl van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial governor, dies at about 43  

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 In the year 1838 bernhard Henrik Crusell, composer, dies at 62  

Jul 29 Jonathan Huntington, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Aug 21 In the year 1838 a v Chamisso, writer, dies at 57  

Sep 01 In the year 1838 william Clark, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 68  

Sep 05 Charles Percier, French architect (b. 1764) died in the year 1838.  

Sep 07 In the year 1838 joseph Panny, composer, dies at 43  

Sep 08 In the year 1838 pietro Rovelli, composer, dies at 45  

Oct 01 Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and industrialist (b. 1768) died in the year 1838.  

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

Oct 04 On this day in history 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 in the year 1838.  

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 06 Henry Irving, [John H Brodribb], Engld, knighted 1895/actor (Hamlet) was born on this day in history.  

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