Historical Events In 1838

Jan 01   1st official horse race in South Australia-Adelaide on this day in history.   

Jan 01   The first official horse race in South Australia-Adelaide on this day in history.   

Jan 01   William Hugh Young, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 in the year 1838.   

Jan 04   Charles Stratton, [General Tom Thumb] (famous short person) on this day in history.   

Jan 06   Max Bruch, Koln (Cologne), Germany, composer in the year 1838.   

Jan 06   Samuel F.B. Morse makes the first public demonstration of the telegraph, in Morristown, New Jersey in the year 1838.   

Jan 06   On this day in history samuel Morse gives the first demonstration of the electric telegraph   

Jan 08   1st telegraph message sent using dots & dashes (NJ) in the year 1838.   

Jan 08   Edward Theller 1804-1859 fires on Fort Malden from vessel 'Anne', while Thomas Sutherland occupies Bois Blanc Island; US sympathizers of rebels called Hunter's Lodges in the year 1838.   

Jan 08   On this day in history rebellion at Amherstburg, Ontario breaks out   

Jan 08   The first telegraph message sent using dots & dashes, New Jersey in the year 1838.   

Jan 13   Ferdinand Reis, composer, dies at 53 in the year 1838.   

Jan 16   On this day in history aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [OS]   

Jan 20   Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

Jan 23   In the year 1838 arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director, dies at 67   

Jan 26   In the year 1838 tennessee becomes 1st state to prohibit alcohol   

Jan 26   Tennessee becomes first state to prohibit alcohol on this day in history.   

Jan 28   Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [NS] in the year 1838.   

Jan 30   Osceola, chief of Seminole indians, dies in jail in the year 1838.   

Feb 01   On this day in history abraham de Veer, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1822-28), dies at 71   

Feb 05   Philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

Feb 06   On this day in history henry Irving, [John H Brodribb], Engld, knighted 1895/actor (Hamlet)   

Feb 12   On this day in history charles Carroll Walcott, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1898   

Feb 14   Margaret Knight, inventor, "the female Thomas Edison" in the year 1838.   

Feb 16   Arnoldus Pannevis, South African ship's doctor/linguist in the year 1838.   

Feb 16   In the year 1838 kentucky passes law permitting women to attend school under conditions   

Feb 16   The British Parliament passes an act suspending the constitution in Lower Canada in the year 1838.   

Feb 18   In the year 1838 ernst Mach, Chirlitz-Turas Austria, physicist/philosopher/psychologist   

Feb 18   On this day in history the birth of Ernst Mach, British Physicist, after whom Mach speed numbers are named   

Feb 20   James Barbour Terrill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 in the year 1838.   

Feb 22   Friedrich Johann Eck, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Feb 22   Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen, discoverer of hydrogen in Sun on this day in history.   

Feb 23   Gilbert Moxley Sorrel, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 in the year 1838.   

Feb 24   In the year 1838 thomas Benton Smith, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1923   

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Jan 01   In the year 1838 birth of william Hugh Young, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of charles Stratton, [General Tom Thumb] (famous short person)   

Jan 05   Camille Jordan, French mathematician (d. 1922) was born in the year 1838.   

Jan 06   Max Bruch, Koln (Cologne), Germany, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 16   Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (d. 1917) was born in the year 1838.   

Feb 06   On this day in history birth of henry Irving, [John H Brodribb], Engld, knighted 1895/actor (Hamlet)   

Feb 06   Yisrael Meir Kagan, Chofetz Chayim (d. 1933) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 12   On this day in history birth of charles Carroll Walcott, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1898   

Jan 13   Ferdinand Reis, composer, dies at 53 in the year 1838.   

Jan 16   In the year 1838 aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [OS]   

Jan 20   In the year 1838 pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges, composer, dies at 64   

Jan 23   In the year 1838 arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director, dies at 67   

Jan 28   Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [NS] on this day in history.   

Jan 30   Osceola, chief of Seminole indians, dies in jail on this day in history.   

Feb 01   In the year 1838 abraham de Veer, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1822-28), dies at 71   

Feb 05   In the year 1838 philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62