Historical Events In 1838
Saturday, 21 September 2019
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 in the year 1838.
Jan 01 On this day in history william Hugh Young, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
Jan 04 On this day in history charles Stratton, [General Tom Thumb] (famous short person)
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 in the year 1838.
Jan 06 Samuel Morse gives the first demonstration of the electric telegraph on this day in history.
Jan 08 On this day in history 1st telegraph message sent using dots & dashes (NJ)
Jan 08 On this day in history 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.
Jan 08 Rebellion at Amherstburg, Ontario breaks out on this day in history.
Jan 08 On this day in history the first telegraph message sent using dots & dashes, New Jersey
Jan 13 Ferdinand Reis, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.
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 in the year 1838.
Jan 23 In the year 1838 arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director, dies at 67
Jan 26 Tennessee becomes 1st state to prohibit alcohol in the year 1838.
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] on this day in history.
Jan 30 In the year 1838 osceola, chief of Seminole indians, dies in jail
Feb 01 Abraham de Veer, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1822-28), dies at 71 in the year 1838.
Feb 05 Philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.
Feb 06 Henry Irving, [John H Brodribb], Engld, knighted 1895/actor (Hamlet) on this day in history.
Feb 12 In the year 1838 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 In the year 1838 arnoldus Pannevis, South African ship's doctor/linguist
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 On this day in history ernst Mach, Chirlitz-Turas Austria, physicist/philosopher/psychologist
Feb 18 The birth of Ernst Mach, British Physicist, after whom Mach speed numbers are named on this day in history.
Feb 20 James Barbour Terrill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 on this day in history.
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 in the year 1838.
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 in the year 1838.
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