Jul 10 Willem earl van Hogendorp, Dutch colonial governor, dies at about 43 Jul 17 Jan Blanken, Dutch hydraulic engineer (North Holland Canal), dies at 82 Jul 17 John Whites, hydraulic engineer, dies at 82 Jul 19 Frédéric-Nicolas Duvernoy, French horn player and composer, dies at 72 Jul 28 Bernhard Henrik Crusell, Swedish-Finnish composer, dies at 62 Jul 29 Jonathan Huntington, American composer, dies at 66 Jun 1838 Famous Deaths by Year Aug 1838 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Car Crash Hanging Killed in Action Plane Crash Poisoning