Historical Events In 1838

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

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   In the year 1838 charles Stratton, [General Tom Thumb] (famous short person)   

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

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) in the year 1838.   

Jan 08   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 in the year 1838.   

Jan 08   In the year 1838 rebellion at Amherstburg, Ontario breaks out   

Jan 08   In the year 1838 the first telegraph message sent using dots & dashes, New Jersey   

Jan 13   Ferdinand Reis, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

Jan 16   In the year 1838 aleksandr I Polezjajev, Russian poet (Sasjka), dies at 33 [OS]   

Jan 20   On this day in history pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges, composer, dies at 64   

Jan 23   In the year 1838 arnold A Buyskes, Dutch vice-admiral/colonial director, dies at 67   

Jan 26   In the year 1838 tennessee becomes 1st state to prohibit alcohol   

Jan 26   On this day in history tennessee becomes first state to prohibit alcohol   

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

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

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   

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

Feb 12   In the year 1838 charles Carroll Walcott, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1898   

Feb 14   Margaret Knight, inventor, "the female Thomas Edison" in the year 1838.   

Feb 16   Arnoldus Pannevis, South African ship's doctor/linguist in the year 1838.   

Feb 16   Kentucky passes law permitting women to attend school under conditions on this day in history.   

Feb 16   On this day in history the British Parliament passes an act suspending the constitution in Lower Canada.   

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   On this day in history james Barbour Terrill, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864   

Feb 22   In the year 1838 friedrich Johann Eck, composer, dies at 70   

Feb 22   On this day in history pierre Jules Cesar Janssen, discoverer of hydrogen in Sun   

Feb 23   Gilbert Moxley Sorrel, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1901 in the year 1838.   

Feb 24   In the year 1838 thomas Benton Smith, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1923   

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

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

Jan 05   Camille Jordan, French mathematician (d. 1922) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 06   On this day in history birth of max Bruch, Koln (Cologne), Germany, composer   

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   Yisrael Meir Kagan, Chofetz Chayim (d. 1933) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

Feb 01   In the year 1838 abraham de Veer, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1822-28), dies at 71   

Feb 05   In the year 1838 philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62