Page 2: Historical Events In 1838

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

Feb 25   London pedestrian walks 20 miles backward then forward in 8 hours.   

Feb 26   Rensselaer Van Rensselaer invades Pelee Island in Lake Erie with 500 American sympathizers of the Canadian rebels.   

Feb 26   Wendelin Weissheimer, composer   

Feb 28   Robert Nelson, leader of the Patriotes, proclaims the independence of Lower Canada (today Québec)   

Mar 01   Gabriele dell' Addolorata, [Francesco Possenti], Italian priest.   

Mar 02   David Duffle Wood, composer.   

Mar 03   George William Hill, US astronomer (calculated Moon's orbit).   

Mar 03   Rebellion at Pelee Island, Ontario Canada   

Mar 04   Paul Lacome, composer   

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

Mar 08   US mint in New Orleans begins operation (producing dimes).   

Mar 12   William Perkin, inventor (1st artificial dye).   

Mar 15   Alice Cunningham Fletcher, ethnologist (Stranger in Her Native Land)   

Mar 16   Nathaniel Bowditch, astronomer/navigation expert, dies at 64.   

Mar 18   Jan B Stobbaerts, Flemish painter   

Mar 22   Hendrik Fagel, Dutch/English baron, dies at 73.   

Mar 24   Thomas Attwood, composer, dies at 72   

Mar 31   Leon Dierx, French poet.   

Apr 03   Francesco Antommarchi, Napoleon's physician on St Helena, dies at 57   

Apr 03   Leon Michel Gambetta, French attorney/premier (1881-82)   

Apr 05   Alpheus Hyatt, US, invertebrate paleontologist.   

Apr 06   Jose B de Andrada e Silva, premier of Brazil (1822-23), dies at 74   

Apr 08   Steamship "Great Western" maiden voyage (Bristol England to NYC)   

Apr 09   National Gallery re-opens in its new dedicated building in Trafalgar Square London   

Apr 09   National Galley opens in London.   

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

Apr 11   Joseph Leopold Rockel, composer.   

Apr 11   Pieter L Uys, South African pioneer (Great Pull), murdered at 40   

Apr 12   John Shaw Billings, US, librarian/army physician.   

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

Apr 16   Karel Bendl, composer.   

Apr 17   J Schopenhauer, writer, dies at 71   

Apr 18   Wilkes' expedition to South Pole sails.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Next Page »

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 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 in the year 1838.   

Feb 06   On this day in history birth of henry Irving, [John H Brodribb], Engld, knighted 1895/actor (Hamlet)   

Feb 06   Yisrael Meir Kagan, Chofetz Chayim (d. 1933) was born in the year 1838.   

Feb 12   On this day in history birth of charles Carroll Walcott, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1898   

Jan 13   In the year 1838 ferdinand Reis, composer, dies at 53   

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   Arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director, dies at 67 in the year 1838.   

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

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

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.