Page 5: Historical Events In 1838

Oct 19   Henry Fagel, baron/court clerk of States-General/diplomat, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Oct 22   On this day in history carl Fuchs, composer   

Oct 25   Georges Alexandre-Cesar-Leopold Bizet, France, composer (Carmen) on this day in history.   

Oct 25   On this day in history the birth of Georges Bizet, French composer   

Oct 27   On this day in history missouri governor Lilburn Boggs issues the Extermination Order, which orders all Mormons to leave the state or be exterminated.   

Nov 03   On this day in history the Times of India, the world's largest circulated English language daily broadsheet newspaper is founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce.   

Nov 05   Honduras declares independence of Central American Federation on this day in history.   

Nov 06   John Grant Mitchell, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1894 in the year 1838.   

Nov 08   In the year 1838 victor Hugo's "Ruy Blas," premieres in Paris   

Nov 11   On this day in history emma Wedgwood accepts Charles Darwins marriage proposal   

Nov 13   On this day in history joseph F Smith, 6th pres of Mormon church   

Nov 14   August Senoa, Croatian author (Zlatarevo zlato) on this day in history.   

Nov 22   Jose Augusto da Ferreira Veiga, Viscount d' Arneiro, composer on this day in history.   

Nov 24   In the year 1838 karl Ludwig Hellwig, composer, dies at 65   

Nov 29   Aeneas Mackay, Baron/Dutch minister of interior/Colonies in the year 1838.   

Nov 30   Mexico declares war on France in the year 1838.   

Dec 01   Van Diemen's Land gets its first library to boost morale on this day in history.   

Dec 03   Cleveland Abbe, US, meteorologist (Father of Weather Bureau) in the year 1838.   

Dec 04   On this day in history melesio Morales, composer   

Dec 11   In the year 1838 emil Rathenau, German industrialist (AEG)   

Dec 12   Sherburne W Burnham, US, astronomer (binary stars) in the year 1838.   

Dec 13   Marie-Alexis Castillon de Saint-Victor, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 16   In the year 1838 boers beat Zulu chieftain Dingaan in South Africa   

Dec 16   In the year 1838 the Boers defeat the Zulus in South Africa.   

Dec 17   On this day in history berthold Tours, composer   

Dec 31   In the year 1838 emile Loubet, premier/president of France (1892, 1899-1906)   

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Jan 01   In the year 1838 birth of william Hugh Young, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901   

Jan 04   Charles Stratton, [General Tom Thumb] (famous short person) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Camille Jordan, French mathematician (d. 1922) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of max Bruch, Koln (Cologne), Germany, composer   

Jan 16   Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (d. 1917) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 06   On this day in history birth of henry Irving, [John H Brodribb], Engld, knighted 1895/actor (Hamlet)   

Feb 06   On this day in history birth of yisrael Meir Kagan, Chofetz Chayim (d. 1933)   

Feb 12   Charles Carroll Walcott, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1898 was born in the year 1838.   

Jan 13   In the year 1838 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   Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [NS] in the year 1838.   

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 in the year 1838.   

Feb 05   Philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1838.