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] in the year 1838.  

Jan 20 Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Jan 23 In the year 1838 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 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 On this day in history philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62  

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

Mar 16 In the year 1838 nathaniel Bowditch, astronomer/navigation expert, dies at 64  

Mar 22 Hendrik Fagel, Dutch/English baron, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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

Apr 11 On this day in history death of pieter L Uys, South African pioneer (Great Pull), murdered at 40  

Apr 17 In the year 1838 j Schopenhauer, writer, dies at 71  

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 In the year 1838 john W Janssens, gov-gen (Cape Colony), dies at 75  

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

Jun 25 François Nicolas Benoît, Baron Haxo, French general (b. 1774) died in the year 1838.  

Jul 10 On this day in history willem earl van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial governor, dies at about 43  

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 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.  

Aug 21 In the year 1838 a v Chamisso, writer, dies at 57  

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

Sep 05 Charles Percier, French architect (b. 1764) died on this day in history.  

Sep 07 Joseph Panny, composer, dies at 43 in the year 1838.  

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 In the year 1838 death of black Hawk (chief), Leader of the Sauk Native American tribe (b. 1767)  

Oct 04 On this day in history eleanore Sophia Maria Westenholz, composer, dies at 79  

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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 in the year 1838.  

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 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 Yisrael Meir Kagan, Chofetz Chayim (d. 1933) was born on this day in history.  

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