Historical Events In 1838

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

Jul 19   On this day in history frederic Nicolas Duvernoy, composer, dies at 72   

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

Jul 23   On this day in history edouard [Judas] Colonne, composer/violinist   

Jul 28   On this day in history bernhard Henrik Crusell, composer, dies at 62   

Jul 29   Jonathan Huntington, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Jul 30   Eugen Richter, German parliament member (Liberal) in the year 1838.   

Aug 01   In the year 1838 emancipation of British slaves on Bahamas   

Aug 12   Joseph Barnby, conductor/academic principal in the year 1838.   

Aug 18   On this day in history 1st US marine expedition   

Aug 18   First US marine expedition on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history mt Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) first graduating class   

Sep 01   William Clark, 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 68 in the year 1838.   

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

Sep 03   In the year 1838 frederick Douglass escapes from slavery disguised as a sailor   

Sep 05   Central Museum opens in Utrecht Netherlands in the year 1838.   

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

Sep 08   Pietro Rovelli, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1838.   

Sep 14   John Pelham, Major (Confederate Army), died in 1863 in the year 1838.   

Sep 16   James J Hill, Canada, RR entrepreneur (Great Northern Railroad) on this day in history.   

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

Sep 18   Anton Mauve, painter/graphic artist/cousin of Vincent Van Gogh in the year 1838.   

Sep 19   In the year 1838 ephraim Morris patents railroad brake   

Sep 23   Victoria Chaflin Woodhull, Ohio US, feminist/reformer on this day in history.   

Sep 24   Anti-Corn-Law League forms to repeal English Corn Law on this day in history.   

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

Sep 29   Henry Hobson Richardson, St James LA, Romanesque revival architect on this day in history.   

Oct 01   On this day in history civil Code enforced (- Jan 1, 1992)   

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

Oct 08   John Milton Hay, politician (Union), died in 1905 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 04   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Feb 12   In the year 1838 birth of charles Carroll Walcott, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1898   

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

Jan 16   On this day in history aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [OS]   

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

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] on this day in history.   

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   Philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.