Page 4: Historical Events In 1838

Jul 17   John Whites, hydraulic engineer, dies at 82 in the year 1838.   

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

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

Jul 23   Edouard [Judas] Colonne, composer/violinist on this day in history.   

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

Jul 29   In the year 1838 jonathan Huntington, composer, dies at 66   

Jul 30   Eugen Richter, German parliament member (Liberal) on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history first US marine expedition   

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

Aug 23   Mt Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Mass) 1st graduating class on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Sep 02   In the year 1838 liliuokalani, [Lydia Paki], last queen of Hawaii (1891-93)   

Sep 03   Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery disguised as a sailor on this day in history.   

Sep 05   Central Museum opens in Utrecht Netherlands 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   

Sep 10   In the year 1838 hector Berlioz' opera "Benvenuto Cellini," premieres in Paris   

Sep 11   John Ireland, Irish/US archbishop of St Paul in the year 1838.   

Sep 14   In the year 1838 john Pelham, Major (Confederate Army), died in 1863   

Sep 16   On this day in history james J Hill, Canada, RR entrepreneur (Great Northern Railroad)   

Sep 18   On this day in history anti-Corn Law League established by Richard Cobden   

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   On this day in history anti-Corn-Law League forms to repeal English Corn Law   

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

Sep 29   On this day in history henry Hobson Richardson, St James LA, Romanesque revival architect   

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

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

Oct 08   John Milton Hay, politician (Union), died in 1905 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   Camille Jordan, French mathematician (d. 1922) was born in the year 1838.   

Jan 06   In the year 1838 birth of max Bruch, Koln (Cologne), Germany, composer   

Jan 16   In the year 1838 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   In the year 1838 birth of yisrael Meir Kagan, Chofetz Chayim (d. 1933)   

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

Jan 13   Ferdinand Reis, composer, dies at 53 in the year 1838.   

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 in the year 1838.   

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

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   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