Page 2: Historical Events In 1838

Feb 25   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Feb 26   On this day in history 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   David Duffle Wood, composer in the year 1838.   

Mar 03   George William Hill, US astronomer (calculated Moon's orbit) on this day in history.   

Mar 03   On this day in history rebellion at Pelee Island, Ontario Canada   

Mar 04   On this day in history paul Lacome, composer   

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

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

Mar 12   William Perkin, inventor (1st artificial dye) in the year 1838.   

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

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

Mar 18   Jan B Stobbaerts, Flemish painter in the year 1838.   

Mar 22   Hendrik Fagel, Dutch/English baron, dies at 73 in the year 1838.   

Mar 24   In the year 1838 thomas Attwood, composer, dies at 72   

Mar 31   On this day in history leon Dierx, French poet   

Apr 03   In the year 1838 francesco Antommarchi, Napoleon's physician on St Helena, dies at 57   

Apr 03   On this day in history leon Michel Gambetta, French attorney/premier (1881-82)   

Apr 05   In the year 1838 alpheus Hyatt, US, invertebrate paleontologist   

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

Apr 08   In the year 1838 steamship "Great Western" maiden voyage (Bristol England to NYC)   

Apr 09   National Gallery re-opens in its new dedicated building in Trafalgar Square London in the year 1838.   

Apr 09   National Galley opens in London on this day in history.   

Apr 09   On this day in history steamship "Great Western" maiden voyage (Bristol England to NYC) beginning of the end of the Age of Sail   

Apr 11   Joseph Leopold Rockel, composer in the year 1838.   

Apr 11   Pieter L Uys, South African pioneer (Great Pull), murdered at 40 on this day in history.   

Apr 12   John Shaw Billings, US, librarian/army physician in the year 1838.   

Apr 12   On this day in history 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 in the year 1838.   

Apr 17   In the year 1838 j Schopenhauer, writer, dies at 71   

Apr 18   Wilkes' expedition to South Pole sails in the year 1838.   

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

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   In the year 1838 birth of max Bruch, Koln (Cologne), Germany, composer   

Jan 16   In the year 1838 birth of franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (d. 1917)   

Feb 06   In the year 1838 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   Charles Carroll Walcott, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1898 was born in the year 1838.   

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

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