Historical Events In 1838

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

Jan 01   In the year 1838 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) in the year 1838.  

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

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   1st telegraph message sent using dots & dashes (NJ) in the year 1838.  

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 in the year 1838.  

Jan 08   Rebellion at Amherstburg, Ontario breaks out on this day in history.  

Jan 08   The first telegraph message sent using dots & dashes, New Jersey in the year 1838.  

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   On this day in history pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges, composer, dies at 64  

Jan 23   On this day in history arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director, dies at 67  

Jan 26   In the year 1838 tennessee becomes 1st state to prohibit alcohol  

Jan 26   Tennessee becomes first state to prohibit alcohol on this day in history.  

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

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

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   On this day in history margaret Knight, inventor, "the female Thomas Edison"  

Feb 16   Arnoldus Pannevis, South African ship's doctor/linguist in the year 1838.  

Feb 16   On this day in history kentucky passes law permitting women to attend school under conditions  

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

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

Feb 18   The birth of Ernst Mach, British Physicist, after whom Mach speed numbers are named in the year 1838.  

Feb 20   James Barbour Terrill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 on this day in history.  

Feb 22   Friedrich Johann Eck, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

Feb 22   On this day in history pierre Jules Cesar Janssen, discoverer of hydrogen in Sun  

Feb 23   In the year 1838 gilbert Moxley Sorrel, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901  

Feb 24   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1838 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   Charles Carroll Walcott, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1898 was born in the year 1838.  

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

Jan 16   Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [OS] in the year 1838.  

Jan 20   In the year 1838 pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges, composer, dies at 64  

Jan 23   On this day in history arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director, dies at 67  

Jan 28   Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [NS] in the year 1838.  

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

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 on this day in history.