Historical Events In 1838
Saturday, 14 June 2025
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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