Historical Events In 1838

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

Jan 01   The first official horse race in South Australia-Adelaide on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1838 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   Samuel Morse gives the first demonstration of the electric telegraph on this day in history.  

Jan 08   1st telegraph message sent using dots & dashes (NJ) on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1838 rebellion at Amherstburg, Ontario breaks out  

Jan 08   The first telegraph message sent using dots & dashes, New Jersey on this day in history.  

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

Jan 30   Osceola, chief of Seminole indians, dies in jail on this day in history.  

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 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   In the year 1838 kentucky passes law permitting women to attend school under conditions  

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

Feb 18   On this day in history ernst Mach, Chirlitz-Turas Austria, physicist/philosopher/psychologist  

Feb 18   The birth of Ernst Mach, British Physicist, after whom Mach speed numbers are named on this day in history.  

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

Feb 22   In the year 1838 friedrich Johann Eck, composer, dies at 70  

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 in the year 1838.  

Feb 24   In the year 1838 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   Charles Stratton, [General Tom Thumb] (famous short person) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

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   In the year 1838 birth of yisrael Meir Kagan, Chofetz Chayim (d. 1933)  

Feb 12   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1838 arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director, dies at 67  

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

Jan 30   On this day in history osceola, chief of Seminole indians, dies in jail  

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

Feb 05   Philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1838.