Historical Events In 1838

Jan 01   In the year 1838 1st official horse race in South Australia-Adelaide   

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) on this day in history.   

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

Jan 06   In the year 1838 samuel F.B. Morse makes the first public demonstration of the telegraph, in Morristown, New Jersey.   

Jan 06   On this day in history samuel Morse gives the first demonstration of the electric telegraph   

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

Jan 08   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 on this day in history.   

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 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   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   In the year 1838 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 on this day in history.   

Feb 01   In the year 1838 abraham de Veer, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1822-28), dies at 71   

Feb 05   On this day in history philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62   

Feb 06   On this day in history henry Irving, [John H Brodribb], Engld, knighted 1895/actor (Hamlet)   

Feb 12   On this day in history 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 in the year 1838.   

Feb 16   Kentucky passes law permitting women to attend school under conditions on this day in history.   

Feb 16   The British Parliament passes an act suspending the constitution in Lower Canada on this day in history.   

Feb 18   Ernst Mach, Chirlitz-Turas Austria, physicist/philosopher/psychologist in the year 1838.   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 23   Gilbert Moxley Sorrel, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 on this day in history.   

Feb 24   On this day in history thomas Benton Smith, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1923   

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Jan 01   In the year 1838 birth of william Hugh Young, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901   

Jan 04   In the year 1838 birth of charles Stratton, [General Tom Thumb] (famous short person)   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of camille Jordan, French mathematician (d. 1922)   

Jan 06   Max Bruch, Koln (Cologne), Germany, composer was born in the year 1838.   

Jan 16   Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (d. 1917) was born in the year 1838.   

Feb 06   On this day in history birth of henry Irving, [John H Brodribb], Engld, knighted 1895/actor (Hamlet)   

Feb 06   Yisrael Meir Kagan, Chofetz Chayim (d. 1933) was born in the year 1838.   

Feb 12   Charles Carroll Walcott, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1898 was born on this day in history.   

Jan 13   On this day in history ferdinand Reis, composer, dies at 53   

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   On this day in history arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director, dies at 67   

Jan 28   On this day in history aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [NS]   

Jan 30   In the year 1838 osceola, chief of Seminole indians, dies in jail   

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.