Historical Events In 1838

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

Jan 01   On this day in history the first official horse race in South Australia-Adelaide   

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

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 in the year 1838.   

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

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

Jan 08   On this day in history 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   In the year 1838 rebellion at Amherstburg, Ontario breaks out   

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   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   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   In the year 1838 tennessee becomes first state to prohibit alcohol   

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   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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   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 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 in the year 1838.   

Feb 22   Friedrich Johann Eck, composer, dies at 70 in the year 1838.   

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 in the year 1838.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Charles Stratton, [General Tom Thumb] (famous short person) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   In the year 1838 birth of camille Jordan, French mathematician (d. 1922)   

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

Jan 16   Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (d. 1917) was born on this day in history.   

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

Feb 06   On this day in history 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   On this day in history ferdinand Reis, composer, dies at 53   

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

Jan 20   Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges, composer, dies at 64 in the year 1838.   

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

Jan 28   In the year 1838 aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [NS]   

Jan 30   On this day in history 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   On this day in history philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62