October 1838

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Oct 1 Civil Code enforced (- Jan 1, 1992)
Oct 27 Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs issues the Extermination Order, which orders all Mormons to leave the state or be exterminated.

Famous Birthdays

Oct 6 Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer, born in Cairo Montenotte, Italy (d. 1910)
Oct 8 John Milton Hay, American politician (Union), born in Salem, Indiana (d. 1905)
Oct 22 Carl Fuchs, German composer and musician, born in Potsdam (d. 1922)

Georges Bizet

Oct 25 Georges Bizet, French composer (Carmen), born in Paris (d. 1875)

Georges Bizet — Composer Georges Bizet

Oct 27 John Davis Long, 32nd Governor of Massachusetts (1880-1915), born in Buckfield, Maine (d. 1915)
Oct 31 Luís I, King of Portugal (1861-89), born in Necessidades Palace, Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1889)

Famous Deaths

Oct 1 Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and industrialist, dies at 70
Oct 3 Black Hawk (chief), Leader of the Sauk Native American tribe (b. 1767)
Oct 4 Eleanore Sophia Maria Westenholz, German composer, dies at 79
Oct 15 Letitia Elizabeth Landon, English poet (Heath's Book of Beauty), dies at 36
Oct 19 Henry Fagel, baron/court clerk of States-General/diplomat, dies at 73

What Happened in 1838

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