Famous Deaths Happened In 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] on this day in history.  

Jan 20 In the year 1838 pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges, composer, dies at 64  

Jan 23 Arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director, dies at 67 in the year 1838.  

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.  

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

Mar 16 Nathaniel Bowditch, astronomer/navigation expert, dies at 64 in the year 1838.  

Mar 22 In the year 1838 hendrik Fagel, Dutch/English baron, dies at 73  

Mar 24 Thomas Attwood, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1838.  

Apr 03 On this day in history 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 in the year 1838.  

Apr 11 Pieter L Uys, South African pioneer (Great Pull), murdered at 40 died in the year 1838.  

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 in the year 1838.  

May 17 In the year 1838 death of charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French diplomat (b. 1754)  

May 23 John W Janssens, gov-gen (Cape Colony), dies at 75 in the year 1838.  

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

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

Jul 28 Bernhard Henrik Crusell, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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

Aug 21 A v Chamisso, writer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Sep 01 William Clark, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

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 On this day in history pietro Rovelli, composer, dies at 45  

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 in the year 1838.  

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

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Jan 01 In the year 1838 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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1838.  

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