Page 4: Historical Events In 1838

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 19   In the year 1838 joel Asaph Allen, US zoologist (Rule of Allen)   

Jul 23   Edouard [Judas] Colonne, composer/violinist in the year 1838.   

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.   

Jul 30   In the year 1838 eugen Richter, German parliament member (Liberal)   

Aug 01   Emancipation of British slaves on Bahamas on this day in history.   

Aug 12   In the year 1838 joseph Barnby, conductor/academic principal   

Aug 18   In the year 1838 1st US marine expedition   

Aug 18   In the year 1838 first US marine expedition   

Aug 21   A v Chamisso, writer, dies at 57 in the year 1838.   

Aug 23   Mt Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) 1st graduating class in the year 1838.   

Aug 23   Mt Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) first graduating class in the year 1838.   

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

Sep 02   Liliuokalani, [Lydia Paki], last queen of Hawaii (1891-93) on this day in history.   

Sep 03   Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery disguised as a sailor on this day in history.   

Sep 05   In the year 1838 central Museum opens in Utrecht Netherlands   

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

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

Sep 10   Hector Berlioz' opera "Benvenuto Cellini," premieres in Paris on this day in history.   

Sep 11   John Ireland, Irish/US archbishop of St Paul on this day in history.   

Sep 14   John Pelham, Major (Confederate Army), died in 1863 on this day in history.   

Sep 16   James J Hill, Canada, RR entrepreneur (Great Northern Railroad) in the year 1838.   

Sep 18   Anti-Corn Law League established by Richard Cobden on this day in history.   

Sep 18   On this day in history anton Mauve, painter/graphic artist/cousin of Vincent Van Gogh   

Sep 19   Ephraim Morris patents railroad brake on this day in history.   

Sep 23   In the year 1838 victoria Chaflin Woodhull, Ohio US, feminist/reformer   

Sep 24   In the year 1838 anti-Corn-Law League forms to repeal English Corn Law   

Sep 27   Antony E J Modderman, Dutch minister of Justice (1879-83) in the year 1838.   

Sep 29   On this day in history henry Hobson Richardson, St James LA, Romanesque revival architect   

Oct 01   In the year 1838 civil Code enforced (- Jan 1, 1992)   

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

Oct 08   On this day in history john Milton Hay, politician (Union), died in 1905   

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Jan 01   William Hugh Young, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1838 birth of charles Stratton, [General Tom Thumb] (famous short person)   

Jan 05   In the year 1838 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   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   On this day in history birth of charles Carroll Walcott, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1898   

Jan 13   On this day in history 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   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] on this day in history.   

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

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.