Famous Deaths Happened 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 In the year 1838 pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges, composer, dies at 64  

Jan 23 In the year 1838 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 On this day in history osceola, chief of Seminole indians, dies in jail  

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

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

Feb 22 On this day in history friedrich Johann Eck, composer, dies at 70  

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

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 On this day in history francesco Antommarchi, Napoleon's physician on St Helena, dies at 57  

Apr 06 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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 John W Janssens, gov-gen (Cape Colony), dies at 75 in the year 1838.  

May 28 On this day in history thomas Busby, composer, dies  

Jun 25 On this day in history death of françois Nicolas Benoît, Baron Haxo, French general (b. 1774)  

Jul 10 Willem earl van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial governor, dies at about 43 on this day in history.  

Jul 17 On this day in history john Whites, hydraulic engineer, dies at 82  

Jul 19 Frederic Nicolas Duvernoy, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Jul 28 In the year 1838 bernhard Henrik Crusell, composer, dies at 62  

Jul 29 In the year 1838 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 In the year 1838 death of charles Percier, French architect (b. 1764)  

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 on this day in history.  

Oct 03 Black Hawk (chief), Leader of the Sauk Native American tribe (b. 1767) died in the year 1838.  

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

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Jan 01 William Hugh Young, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 was born in the year 1838.  

Jan 04 Charles Stratton, [General Tom Thumb] (famous short person) was born in the year 1838.  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of camille Jordan, French mathematician (d. 1922)  

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 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 On this day in history birth of charles Carroll Walcott, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1898