Page 2: Historical Events In 1838

Feb 25   Canadian militia routs American republican sympathizers on Fighting Island, in the Detroit River on this day in history.   

Feb 25   In the year 1838 london pedestrian walks 20 miles backward then forward in 8 hours   

Feb 26   In the year 1838 rensselaer Van Rensselaer invades Pelee Island in Lake Erie with 500 American sympathizers of the Canadian rebels   

Feb 26   On this day in history wendelin Weissheimer, composer   

Feb 28   Robert Nelson, leader of the Patriotes, proclaims the independence of Lower Canada (today Québec) on this day in history.   

Mar 01   On this day in history gabriele dell' Addolorata, [Francesco Possenti], Italian priest   

Mar 02   In the year 1838 david Duffle Wood, composer   

Mar 03   On this day in history george William Hill, US astronomer (calculated Moon's orbit)   

Mar 03   Rebellion at Pelee Island, Ontario Canada in the year 1838.   

Mar 04   Paul Lacome, composer in the year 1838.   

Mar 06   Franz Grillparzer's "Weh dem, der Lugt," premieres in Vienna in the year 1838.   

Mar 08   On this day in history uS mint in New Orleans begins operation (producing dimes)   

Mar 12   On this day in history william Perkin, inventor (1st artificial dye)   

Mar 15   Alice Cunningham Fletcher, ethnologist (Stranger in Her Native Land) in the year 1838.   

Mar 16   In the year 1838 nathaniel Bowditch, astronomer/navigation expert, dies at 64   

Mar 18   On this day in history jan B Stobbaerts, Flemish painter   

Mar 22   Hendrik Fagel, Dutch/English baron, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Mar 24   On this day in history thomas Attwood, composer, dies at 72   

Mar 31   Leon Dierx, French poet on this day in history.   

Apr 03   Francesco Antommarchi, Napoleon's physician on St Helena, dies at 57 in the year 1838.   

Apr 03   In the year 1838 leon Michel Gambetta, French attorney/premier (1881-82)   

Apr 05   Alpheus Hyatt, US, invertebrate paleontologist on this day in history.   

Apr 06   Jose B de Andrada e Silva, premier of Brazil (1822-23), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

Apr 08   Steamship "Great Western" maiden voyage (Bristol England to NYC) in the year 1838.   

Apr 09   National Gallery re-opens in its new dedicated building in Trafalgar Square London on this day in history.   

Apr 09   National Galley opens in London in the year 1838.   

Apr 09   Steamship "Great Western" maiden voyage (Bristol England to NYC) beginning of the end of the Age of Sail in the year 1838.   

Apr 11   In the year 1838 joseph Leopold Rockel, composer   

Apr 11   In the year 1838 pieter L Uys, South African pioneer (Great Pull), murdered at 40   

Apr 12   In the year 1838 john Shaw Billings, US, librarian/army physician   

Apr 12   In the year 1838 rebel Col. Samuel Lount and Captain Peter Matthews publicly hanged for treason and sedition during the Rebellion of 1837 in Upper Canada   

Apr 16   In the year 1838 karel Bendl, composer   

Apr 17   J Schopenhauer, writer, dies at 71 in the year 1838.   

Apr 18   In the year 1838 wilkes' expedition to South Pole sails   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history birth of henry Irving, [John H Brodribb], Engld, knighted 1895/actor (Hamlet)   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 16   Aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [OS] on this day in history.   

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

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

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   In the year 1838 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.