Editing 1838 (section)

== Deaths ==

=== January–June ===
* [[January 3]] – [[Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Saxony]] (b. [[1759]])
* [[January 5]] – [[Anthony Van Egmond]], leader in Upper Canada Rebellion of [[1837]] (d. in jail) (b. [[1778]])
* [[January 12]] – [[Joshua Humphreys]], American naval architect (b. [[1751]])
* [[January 13]] – [[John Scott, 1st Earl of Eldon]], Lord Chancellor of Great Britain (b. [[1751]])
* [[February 21]] – [[Silvestre de Sacy]], French linguist (b. [[1758]])
* [[February 24]] – [[Christoph Johann von Medem]], German courtier (b. [[1763]])
* [[March 7]] – [[Robert Townsend (spy)]], American member of the [[Culper Spy Ring]] (b. [[1753]])<ref>{{cite book |last1=Tucker |first1=Spencer C. |title=American Revolution: The Definitive Encyclopedia and Document Collection [5 volumes] |date=14 September 2018 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-1-85109-744-9 |page=1482 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rZX3EAAAQBAJ&pg=PA1482 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[March 13]] – [[Poul Martin Møller]], Danish philosopher (b. [[1794]])
* [[March 16]] – [[Nathaniel Bowditch]], American mathematician (b. [[1773]])
* [[March 23]] – [[Michael Anckarsvärd]], Swedish politician (b. [[1742]])
* [[April 3]] – [[François Carlo Antommarchi]], French physician (b. [[1780]])
* [[April 6]] – [[José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva]], Brazilian statesman, naturalist (b. [[1763]])
* [[April 9]] – [[Piet Uys]], Voortrekker leader (in battle) (b. [[1797]])
* [[May]] – [[Francisco Gómez (El Salvador President)|Francisco Gómez]], President of El Salvador (b. [[1796]])
* [[May 17]] – [[Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord]], French politician (b. [[1754]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand summary {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/summary/Charles-Maurice-de-Talleyrand-prince-de-Benevent |website=www.britannica.com |access-date=26 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[May 19]] – [[Sir Richard Hoare, 2nd Baronet|Sir Richard Hoare]], English archaeologist (b. [[1758]])
* [[May 23]] – [[Jan Willem Janssens]], [[Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies]] (b. [[1762]])
* [[June 4]] – [[Thomas Hancorne (1752–1838)|Thomas Hancorne]], Welsh Anglican clergyman and judicial officer (b. [[1752]])
* [[June 14]] – [[Maximilian von Montgelas]], Bavarian statesman (b. [[1759]])

=== July–December ===
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* [[July 19]] – [[Christmas Evans]], Welsh preacher (b. [[1766]])
* [[August 1]] – [[John Rodgers (1772–1838)|John Rodgers]], American naval officer (b. [[1772]])
* [[August 17]] – [[Lorenzo Da Ponte]], librettist for [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] (b. [[1749]])
* [[August 21]] – [[Adelbert von Chamisso]], German writer (b. [[1781]])
* [[September 1]] – [[William Clark]], American explorer (b. [[1770]])
* [[September 15]] – [[Alexandra Branitskaya]], Russian political activist, courtier and businessperson (b. [[1754]])
* [[September 18]] – [[Robert Smith, 1st Baron Carrington]] (b. [[1752]])
* [[September 27]] – [[Bernard Courtois]], French chemist (b. [[1777]])
* [[October 1]] – [[Charles Tennant]], Scottish chemist, industrialist (b. [[1768]])
* [[October 3]] – [[Black Hawk (Sauk leader)|Black Hawk]], Sauk Indian chief, autobiographer (b. [[1767]])
* [[October 5]] – [[Pauline Léon]], French feminist, radical (b. [[1768]])
* [[November 7]] – [[Anne Grant]], Scottish poet (b. [[1755]])
* [[November 21]] – [[Georges Mouton]], count of Lobau, [[Marshal of France]] (b. [[1770]])
* [[December 12]] – [[Elisha Clark]], American politician (b. [[1752]])
* [[December 20]] – [[Hégésippe Moreau]], French writer and poet (b. [[1810]])