Historical Events In 1838
Wednesday, 16 July 2025
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 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 in the year 1838.
Jan 06 On this day in history samuel Morse gives the first demonstration of the electric telegraph
Jan 08 On this day in history 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 in the year 1838.
Jan 08 The first telegraph message sent using dots & dashes, New Jersey on this day in history.
Jan 13 On this day in history ferdinand Reis, composer, dies at 53
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 Arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director, dies at 67 on this day in history.
Jan 26 In the year 1838 tennessee becomes 1st state to prohibit alcohol
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 In the year 1838 abraham de Veer, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1822-28), dies at 71
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 On this day in history charles Carroll Walcott, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1898
Feb 14 In the year 1838 margaret Knight, inventor, "the female Thomas Edison"
Feb 16 Arnoldus Pannevis, South African ship's doctor/linguist on this day in history.
Feb 16 Kentucky passes law permitting women to attend school under conditions in the year 1838.
Feb 16 In the year 1838 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 On this day in history 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 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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