Historical Events In 1838

Jan 01   1st official horse race in South Australia-Adelaide.   

Jan 01   The inaugural official horse race in South Australia-Adelaide.   

Jan 01   William Hugh Young, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901   

Jan 04   Charles Stratton, [General Tom Thumb] (famous short person)   

Jan 06   Max Bruch, Koln (Cologne), Germany, composer   

Jan 06   Samuel F.B. Morse makes the inaugural public demonstration of the telegraph, in Morristown, New Jersey.   

Jan 06   Samuel Morse gives the inaugural demonstration of the electric telegraph   

Jan 08   1st telegraph message sent using dots and 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   

Jan 08   Rebellion at Amherstburg, Ontario breaks out   

Jan 08   The inaugural telegraph message sent using dots and dashes, New Jersey   

Jan 13   Ferdinand Reis, composer, dies at 53.   

Jan 16   Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [OS].   

Jan 20   Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges, composer, dies at 64.   

Jan 23   Arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director, dies at 67.   

Jan 26   Tennessee is recorded as becoming 1st state to prohibit alcohol   

Jan 26   Tennessee is recorded as becoming inaugural state to prohibit alcohol   

Jan 28   Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [NS].   

Jan 30   Osceola, chief of Seminole indians, dies in jail.   

Feb 01   Abraham de Veer, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1822-28), dies at 71   

Feb 05   Philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62.   

Feb 06   Henry Irving, [John H Brodribb], Engld, knighted 1895/actor (Hamlet)   

Feb 12   Charles Carroll Walcott, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1898.   

Feb 14   Margaret Knight, inventor, "the female Thomas Edison"   

Feb 16   Arnoldus Pannevis, South African ship's doctor/linguist.   

Feb 16   Kentucky passes law permitting women to attend school under conditions.   

Feb 16   The British Parliament passes an act suspending the constitution in Lower Canada.   

Feb 18   Ernst Mach, British Physicist, after whom Mach speed numbers are named is born.   

Feb 18   Ernst Mach, Chirlitz-Turas Austria, physicist/philosopher/psychologist   

Feb 20   James Barbour Terrill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864   

Feb 22   Friedrich Johann Eck, composer, dies at 70   

Feb 22   Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen, discoverer of hydrogen in Sun   

Feb 23   Gilbert Moxley Sorrel, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901   

Feb 24   Thomas Benton Smith, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1923   

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Jan 01   William Hugh Young, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 was born in the year 1838.   

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

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

Jan 06   Max Bruch, Koln (Cologne), Germany, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

Feb 06   Henry Irving, [John H Brodribb], Engld, knighted 1895/actor (Hamlet) was born in the year 1838.   

Feb 06   Yisrael Meir Kagan, Chofetz Chayim (d. 1933) was born on this day in history.   

Feb 12   In the year 1838 birth of charles Carroll Walcott, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1898   

Jan 13   Ferdinand Reis, composer, dies at 53 in the year 1838.   

Jan 16   In the year 1838 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   In the year 1838 arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director, dies at 67   

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 in the year 1838.   

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