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] on this day in history.

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

Jan 23 Arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director, dies at 67 on this day in history.

Jan 28 Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [NS] in the year 1838.

Jan 30 Osceola, chief of Seminole indians, dies in jail on this day in history.

Feb 01 On this day in history abraham de Veer, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1822-28), dies at 71

Feb 05 Philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.

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

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 Thomas Attwood, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.

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

May 23 In the year 1838 john W Janssens, gov-gen (Cape Colony), dies at 75

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

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

Aug 21 On this day in history a v Chamisso, writer, dies at 57

Sep 01 On this day in history william Clark, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 68

Sep 05 On this day in history death of charles Percier, French architect (b. 1764)

Sep 07 Joseph Panny, composer, dies at 43 on this day in history.

Sep 08 Pietro Rovelli, composer, dies at 45 in the year 1838.

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 In the year 1838 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 In the year 1838 birth of max Bruch, Koln (Cologne), Germany, composer

Jan 16 On this day in history birth of franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (d. 1917)

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

Feb 06 Yisrael Meir Kagan, Chofetz Chayim (d. 1933) was born in the year 1838.

Feb 12 In the year 1838 birth of charles Carroll Walcott, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1898