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In the year 1838
209 Notable birthdays
John Wilkes Booth
American stage actor and assassin (1838–1865).
Born May 10th, 1838 in Bel Air.
Died April 26th, 1865 at 26 years old in Port Royal (gunshot wound).
John Muir
Scottish-american naturalist (1838–1914).
Born April 21st, 1838 in Dunbar.
Died December 24th, 1914 at 76 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia).
Victoria Woodhull
American suffragist, editor (1838-1927).
Born September 23rd, 1838 in Ohio, Homer. [ref]
Died June 10th, 1927 at 88 years old in Bredon's Norton. [ref]
General Tom Thumb
American circus performer (1838–1883).
Born January 4th, 1838 in Bridgeport.
Died July 15th, 1883 at 45 years old in Bridgeport (stroke).
Duleep Singh I
Last maharaja of the sikh empire (1838-1893).
Born September 6th, 1838 in Lahore Fort.
Died October 22nd, 1893 at 55 years old in Paris.
Liliʻuokalani
Monarch of the hawaiian kingdom (1838–1917).
Born September 2nd, 1838 in Honolulu.
Died November 11th, 1917 at 79 years old in Honolulu (cerebral hemorrhage).
Georges Bizet
French composer (1838–1875).
Born October 25th, 1838 in Rue Louise-Émilie-de-La-Tour-d'Auvergne. [ref]
Died June 3rd, 1875 at 36 years old in Bougival (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Bengali writer, poet and journalist (1838-1894).
Born June 26th, 1838 in Kanthalpara.
Died April 8th, 1894 at 55 years old in Kolkata.
William Henry Perkin
British chemist known for his accidental discovery of the first synthetic dye (1838–1907).
Born March 12th, 1838 in London.
Died July 14th, 1907 at 69 years old in London Borough of Harrow (pneumonia).
John Hay
American statesman (1838–1905).
Born October 8th, 1838 in Salem.
Died July 1st, 1905 at 66 years old in Newbury.
Ernst Mach
Austrian physicist (1838–1916).
Born February 18th, 1838 in Brno-Chrlice. [ref]
Died February 19th, 1916 at 78 years old in Vaterstetten (colorectal cancer). [ref]
Annie Edson Taylor
American schoolteacher and daredevil; first person to successfully go over niagara falls in a barrel (1838–1921).
Born October 24th, 1838 in Auburn.
Died April 29th, 1921 at 82 years old in Lockport.
Henry Adams
American journalist, historian, academic, novelist (1838-1918).
Born February 16th, 1838 in Boston.
Died March 27th, 1918 at 80 years old in Washington, D.C..
Prince Philippe, Count of Paris
Prince of france (1838-1894).
Born August 24th, 1838 in Paris. [ref]
Died September 8th, 1894 at 56 years old in Stowe. [ref]
Jules Brunet
French advisor to japan (1838–1911).
Born January 2nd, 1838 in Belfort.
Died August 12th, 1911 at 73 years old in Fontenay-sous-Bois.
Ferdinand von Zeppelin
German general and airship pioneer (1838–1917).
Born July 8th, 1838 in Constance.
Died March 8th, 1917 at 78 years old in Berlin.
Henry Irving
English stage actor of the victorian era (1838–1905).
Born February 6th, 1838 in Keinton Mandeville.
Died October 13th, 1905 at 67 years old in Bradford (stroke).
Joseph F. Smith
President of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints (1838-1918).
Born November 13th, 1838 in Missouri, Far West. [ref]
Died November 19th, 1918 at 80 years old in Salt Lake City (pneumonia).
Max Bruch
German romantic composer and conductor (1838-1920).
Born January 6th, 1838 in Cologne.
Died October 2nd, 1920 at 82 years old in Friedenau.
Jan Matejko
Polish painter (1838–1893).
Born July 30th, 1838 in Free City of Kraków. [ref]
Died November 1st, 1893 at 55 years old in Kraków. [ref]
John Wanamaker
Us postmaster general, retailer, and art collector (1838-1922).
Born July 11th, 1838 in Philadelphia. [ref]
Died December 12th, 1922 at 84 years old in Philadelphia.
Luís I of Portugal
King of portugal from 1861 to 1889.
Born November 12th, 1838 in Lisbon.
Died October 31st, 1889 at 50 years old in Cascais.
James J. Hill
American railroad promoter and financier (1838–1916).
Born September 16th, 1838 in Guelph/Eramosa.
Died May 29th, 1916 at 77 years old in Saint Paul.
Keshub Chunder Sen
Indian academic (1838–1884).
Born November 19th, 1838 in Kolkata.
Died January 8th, 1884 at 45 years old in Kolkata.
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