Historical Events In 1838

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

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

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) 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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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   Rebellion at Amherstburg, Ontario breaks out on this day in history.  

Jan 08   In the year 1838 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   Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [OS] on this day in history.  

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 26   On this day in history tennessee becomes 1st state to prohibit alcohol  

Jan 26   On this day in history tennessee becomes first state to prohibit alcohol  

Jan 28   In the year 1838 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 on this day in history.  

Feb 05   Philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1838.  

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

Feb 18   Ernst Mach, Chirlitz-Turas Austria, physicist/philosopher/psychologist on this day in history.  

Feb 18   In the year 1838 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 on this day in history.  

Feb 22   In the year 1838 friedrich Johann Eck, composer, dies at 70  

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 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 on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 16   Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (d. 1917) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 06   In the year 1838 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   In the year 1838 ferdinand Reis, composer, dies at 53  

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   Arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director, dies at 67 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 on this day in history.  

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

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