Historical Events In 1838

Jan 01   1st official horse race in South Australia-Adelaide on this day in history.  

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

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

Jan 04   On this day in history charles Stratton, [General Tom Thumb] (famous short person)  

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

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

Jan 08   In the year 1838 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 08   On this day in history 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   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 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] in the year 1838.  

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

Feb 14   In the year 1838 margaret Knight, inventor, "the female Thomas Edison"  

Feb 16   In the year 1838 arnoldus Pannevis, South African ship's doctor/linguist  

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   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 in the year 1838.  

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

Feb 22   In the year 1838 pierre Jules Cesar Janssen, discoverer of hydrogen in Sun  

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   On this day in history birth of william Hugh Young, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901  

Jan 04   Charles Stratton, [General Tom Thumb] (famous short person) was born in the year 1838.  

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

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

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 in the year 1838.  

Feb 06   On this day in history 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   In the year 1838 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 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 in the year 1838.  

Feb 01   On this day in history abraham de Veer, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1822-28), dies at 71  

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