What Happened In May 1838 In History

Famous Birthdays on May in 1838

• 10th » John Wilkes Booth, American actor, assassin of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1865)
• 11th » Walter Goodman, English painter, illustrator, and author (d. 1912)
• 20th » Jules Méline, French politician, 65th Prime Minister of France (d. 1925)
• 31st » Henry Sidgwick, English economist and philosopher (d. 1900)

Famous Deaths for May 1838

• 17th » René Caillié, French explorer (b. 1799)
• 17th » Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1754)

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