Historical Events In 1838

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

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

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

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   Samuel F.B. Morse makes the first public demonstration of the telegraph, in Morristown, New Jersey on this day in history.  

Jan 06   Samuel Morse gives the first demonstration of the electric telegraph on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1838.  

Jan 08   Rebellion at Amherstburg, Ontario breaks out in the year 1838.  

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 23   Arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Jan 26   Tennessee becomes 1st state to prohibit alcohol on this day in history.  

Jan 26   Tennessee becomes first state to prohibit alcohol in the year 1838.  

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

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

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

Feb 12   Charles Carroll Walcott, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1898 in the year 1838.  

Feb 14   Margaret Knight, inventor, "the female Thomas Edison" on this day in history.  

Feb 16   On this day in history arnoldus Pannevis, South African ship's doctor/linguist  

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

Feb 16   In the year 1838 the British Parliament passes an act suspending the constitution in Lower Canada.  

Feb 18   In the year 1838 ernst Mach, Chirlitz-Turas Austria, physicist/philosopher/psychologist  

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

Feb 20   James Barbour Terrill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 in the year 1838.  

Feb 22   On this day in history friedrich Johann Eck, composer, dies at 70  

Feb 22   Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen, discoverer of hydrogen in Sun in the year 1838.  

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

Feb 24   Thomas Benton Smith, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1923 on this day in history.  

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Jan 01   William Hugh Young, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1838.  

Jan 16   On this day in history birth of franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (d. 1917)  

Feb 06   Henry Irving, [John H Brodribb], Engld, knighted 1895/actor (Hamlet) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 06   In the year 1838 birth of yisrael Meir Kagan, Chofetz Chayim (d. 1933)  

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   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   Arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Jan 28   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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