Historical Events In 1838
Sunday, 17 August 2025
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 In the year 1838 william Hugh Young, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
Jan 04 In the year 1838 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 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 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 In the year 1838 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 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 on this day in history.
Jan 26 Tennessee becomes 1st state to prohibit alcohol on this day in history.
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 On this day in history osceola, chief of Seminole indians, dies in jail
Feb 01 Abraham de Veer, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1822-28), dies at 71 on this day in history.
Feb 05 On this day in history philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62
Feb 06 In the year 1838 henry Irving, [John H Brodribb], Engld, knighted 1895/actor (Hamlet)
Feb 12 Charles Carroll Walcott, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1898 on this day in history.
Feb 14 In the year 1838 margaret Knight, inventor, "the female Thomas Edison"
Feb 16 In the year 1838 arnoldus Pannevis, South African ship's doctor/linguist
Feb 16 Kentucky passes law permitting women to attend school under conditions on this day in history.
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 on this day in history.
Feb 20 In the year 1838 james Barbour Terrill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
Feb 22 In the year 1838 friedrich Johann Eck, composer, dies at 70
Feb 22 In the year 1838 pierre Jules Cesar Janssen, discoverer of hydrogen in Sun
Feb 23 Gilbert Moxley Sorrel, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 in the year 1838.
Feb 24 On this day in history thomas Benton Smith, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1923
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