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1838 Calendar

1838 Calendar

January
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031   
February
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
    123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728   
March
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
    123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728293031
April
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930     
May
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
  12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728293031  
June
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
     12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
July
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
293031    
August
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
   1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728293031 
September
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
      1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
30      
October
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031   
November
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
    123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
252627282930 
December
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
      1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
3031     

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1838 Historical Event(s)

  •  January 8, 1838 – Alfred Vail demonstrates a telegraph system using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse code).
  •  April 30, 1838 – Nicaragua declares independence from the Central American Federation.
  •  June 10, 1838 – Myall Creek Massacre in Australia: 28 Aboriginal Australians are murdered.
  •  June 28, 1838 – Coronation of Victoria of the United Kingdom.
  •  July 4, 1838 – The Iowa Territory is organized.
  •  August 18, 1838 – The Wilkes Expedition, which would explore the Puget Sound and Antarctica, weighs anchor at Hampton Roads in 1838
  •  September 3, 1838 – Future abolitionist Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery.
  •  September 18, 1838 – The Anti-Corn Law League is established by Richard Cobden.
  •  November 5, 1838 – The Federal Republic of Central America begins to disintegrate when Nicaragua separates from the Federation.
  •  December 16, 1838 – Battle of Blood River: Voortrekkers led by Andries Pretorius and Sarel Cilliers defeat Zulu impis, led by Dambuza (Nzobo) and Ndlela kaSompisi in what is today KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

Who Were Born On 1838?

  •  January 4, 1838 – Charles Sherwood Stratton, American circus performer (d. 1883)
  •  January 16, 1838 – Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (d. 1917)
  •  February 6, 1838 – Sir Henry Irving, British actor (d. 1905)
  •  February 28, 1838 – Maurice Lévy, French engineer (d. 1910)
  •  April 28, 1838 – Tobias Michael Carel Asser, Dutch jurist, Nobel laureate (d. 1913)
  •  June 27, 1838 – Paul von Mauser, German weapon designer (d. 1914)
  •  September 11, 1838 – John Ireland, American archbishop (d. 1918)
  •  October 6, 1838 – Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer (d. 1910)
  •  November 13, 1838 – Joseph Fielding Smith, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (d. 1918)
  •  December 3, 1838 – Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist (d. 1916)