Famous Deaths Happened In 1838

Jan 13 Ferdinand Reis, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1838 abraham de Veer, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1822-28), dies at 71  

Feb 05 In the year 1838 philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62  

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 In the year 1838 thomas Attwood, composer, dies at 72  

Apr 03 Francesco Antommarchi, Napoleon's physician on St Helena, dies at 57 in the year 1838.  

Apr 06 Jose B de Andrada e Silva, premier of Brazil (1822-23), dies at 74 in the year 1838.  

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 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 on this day in history.  

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

May 28 In the year 1838 thomas Busby, composer, dies  

Jun 25 François Nicolas Benoît, Baron Haxo, French general (b. 1774) died on this day in history.  

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 Frederic Nicolas Duvernoy, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1838.  

Jul 28 Bernhard Henrik Crusell, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1838.  

Jul 29 On this day in history jonathan Huntington, composer, dies at 66  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Sep 07 On this day in history joseph Panny, composer, dies at 43  

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

Oct 01 On this day in history death of charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and industrialist (b. 1768)  

Oct 03 On this day in history death of black Hawk (chief), Leader of the Sauk Native American tribe (b. 1767)  

Oct 04 Eleanore Sophia Maria Westenholz, composer, dies at 79 in the year 1838.  

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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 In the year 1838 birth of camille Jordan, French mathematician (d. 1922)  

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 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