Historical Events In 1838

Jan 01   In the year 1838 1st official horse race in South Australia-Adelaide  

Jan 01   The first official horse race in South Australia-Adelaide in the year 1838.  

Jan 01   William Hugh Young, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Charles Stratton, [General Tom Thumb] (famous short person) in the year 1838.  

Jan 06   On this day in history max Bruch, Koln (Cologne), Germany, composer  

Jan 06   Samuel F.B. Morse makes the first public demonstration of the telegraph, in Morristown, New Jersey on this day in history.  

Jan 06   Samuel Morse gives the first demonstration of the electric telegraph in the year 1838.  

Jan 08   1st telegraph message sent using dots & dashes (NJ) on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 23   Arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director, dies at 67 in the year 1838.  

Jan 26   Tennessee becomes 1st state to prohibit alcohol on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 30   In the year 1838 osceola, chief of Seminole indians, dies in jail  

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

Feb 05   On this day in history philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62  

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

Feb 12   Charles Carroll Walcott, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1898 in the year 1838.  

Feb 14   In the year 1838 margaret Knight, inventor, "the female Thomas Edison"  

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   On this day in history the British Parliament passes an act suspending the constitution in Lower Canada.  

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

Feb 18   The birth of Ernst Mach, British Physicist, after whom Mach speed numbers are named in the year 1838.  

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

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

Feb 22   In the year 1838 pierre Jules Cesar Janssen, discoverer of hydrogen in Sun  

Feb 23   On this day in history gilbert Moxley Sorrel, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901  

Feb 24   Thomas Benton Smith, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1923 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 04   Charles Stratton, [General Tom Thumb] (famous short person) was born in the year 1838.  

Jan 05   Camille Jordan, French mathematician (d. 1922) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of max Bruch, Koln (Cologne), Germany, composer  

Jan 16   In the year 1838 birth of franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (d. 1917)  

Feb 06   Henry Irving, [John H Brodribb], Engld, knighted 1895/actor (Hamlet) was born in the year 1838.  

Feb 06   On this day in history birth of yisrael Meir Kagan, Chofetz Chayim (d. 1933)  

Feb 12   Charles Carroll Walcott, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1898 was born on this day in history.  

Jan 13   Ferdinand Reis, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

Jan 16   Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [OS] in the year 1838.  

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

Jan 23   On this day in history arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director, dies at 67  

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

Jan 30   On this day in history osceola, chief of Seminole indians, dies in jail  

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

Feb 05   On this day in history philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62