Historical Events In 1838
Thursday, 28 May 2020
Jan 01 1st official horse race in South Australia-Adelaide in the year 1838.
Jan 01 On this day in history the first official horse race in South Australia-Adelaide
Jan 01 On this day in history william Hugh Young, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
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 In the year 1838 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 In the year 1838 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 On this day in history rebellion at Amherstburg, Ontario breaks out
Jan 08 The first telegraph message sent using dots & dashes, New Jersey on this day in history.
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 on this day in history.
Jan 23 Arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director, dies at 67 on this day in history.
Jan 26 Tennessee becomes 1st state to prohibit alcohol in the year 1838.
Jan 26 On this day in history tennessee becomes first state to prohibit alcohol
Jan 28 On this day in history aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [NS]
Jan 30 Osceola, chief of Seminole indians, dies in jail in the year 1838.
Feb 01 Abraham de Veer, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1822-28), dies at 71 in the year 1838.
Feb 05 In the year 1838 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 on this day in history.
Feb 14 Margaret Knight, inventor, "the female Thomas Edison" on this day in history.
Feb 16 Arnoldus Pannevis, South African ship's doctor/linguist on this day in history.
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 In the year 1838 the birth of Ernst Mach, British Physicist, after whom Mach speed numbers are named
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 in the year 1838.
Feb 22 In the year 1838 pierre Jules Cesar Janssen, discoverer of hydrogen in Sun
Feb 23 In the year 1838 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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