1838 35514 222492882 2008-06-29T17:10:40Z Zorrobot 7218328 robot Modifying: [[lt:1838 m.]] {{year nav|1838}} {{C19YearInTopicX}} Year '''1838''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MDCCCXXXVIII]]''') was a [[common year starting on Monday]] (link will display the full calendar) of the [[Gregorian Calendar]] (or a [[common year starting on Saturday]] of the 12-day slower [[Julian calendar]]). <!-- 12-day span=Mon-Sat,Tue-Sun,Wed-Mon,Thu-Tue,Fr-We,Sa-Th,Sun-Fri --> ==Events of 1838== ===January - June=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[January 10]] - A fire destroys [[Lloyd's Coffee House]] and the [[Royal Exchange (London)|Royal Exchange]] in [[London]]. *[[April 8]] - Regular Atlantic [[steamship]] service begins with the [[SS Great Western]]. * [[April 30]] - [[Nicaragua]] declares independence from the [[Central American Federation]] (See [[History of Nicaragua#Early history|Nicaragua's early history]]) * May - The [[Chartism|People's Charter]] drawn up in the [[United Kingdom]] demanding [[universal suffrage]]. * [[May 26]] - [[History of the United States|USA]]: [[Trail of Tears]] - forced relocation of the [[Cherokee]] tribe. * [[November 3]] - [[The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce]] is founded. This paper was later renamed to [[The Times of India]] in [[1861]] * [[November 5]] - [[United Provinces of Central America#Dissolution of the Union|Central American Civil War]] begins with [[Honduras]]' separation from the [[Central American Federation]]. *December - Beginning of [[Pastry War]]: [[Mexico]] invaded by [[France|French]] forces ===Undated=== * [[Yucatan]] declares independence from Mexico * [[Protein]]s discovered by [[Jöns Jakob Berzelius]] * [[Friedrich Bessel]] makes the first accurate measurement of distance to a star. * [[Biblical criticism]]: [[Christian Hermann Weisse]] proposes the [[two-source hypothesis]]. * [[Duke University]] is established in [[North Carolina]]. ==Ongoing== *[[War of the Confederation]] (1836-39) *[[War of Tatters]] (1835-45) ==Births== {{Year in other calendars|japanese=[[Tenpo|Tenpō]] 8 &ndash; 9}} ===January - June=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[January 4]] - [[General Tom Thumb]], American circus performer and entertainer (d. [[1883]]) * [[January 6]] - [[Max Bruch]], German composer (d. [[1920]]) * [[January 16]] - [[Franz Brentano]], German philosopher and psychologist (d. [[1917]]) * [[February 6]] - [[Henry Irving]], English actor (d. [[1905]]) * [[February 10]] - [[Gustav Oelwein]], founder of [[Oelwein, Iowa]] (d. [[1913]]) * [[February 16]] - [[Henry Brooks Adams]], American historian (d. [[1918]]) * [[February 18]] - [[Ernst Mach]], Austrian physicist and philosopher (d. [[1916]]) * [[March 3]] - [[George William Hill]], American astronomer (d. [[1914]]) * [[March 11]] - [[Ōkuma Shigenobu]], Japanese politician (d. [[1922]]) * [[April 3]] - [[John Willis Menard]], African-American politician (d. [[1893]]) * [[April 8]] - [[Ferdinand von Zeppelin]], German inventor (d. [[1917]]) *[[April 12]] - [[John Shaw Billings]], M.D., American military and medical leader (d. [[1913]]) * [[April 16]] - [[Martha McClellan Brown]], American [[temperance movement]] leader (d. [[1916]]) *[[April 28]] - [[Tobias Michael Carel Asser]], Dutch jurist, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (d. [[1913]]) * [[April 21]] - [[John Muir]], American ecologist (d. [[1914]]) * [[May 10]] - [[John Wilkes Booth]], American actor and assassin (d. [[1865]]) * [[May 20]] - [[Jules Méline]], French statesman (d. [[1925]]) ===July - December=== <!-- BIRTHS --> <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[September 2]] - [[Liliuokalani of Hawai'i]], last Queen of Hawaii (d. [[1917]]) * [[October 6]] - [[Giuseppe Cesare Abba]], Italian patriot and writer (d. [[1910]]) * [[October 25]] - [[Georges Bizet]], French composer (d. [[1875]]) * [[October 31]] - King [[Luis I of Portugal]] (d. [[1889]]) * [[November 7]] - [[Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam]], French writer (d. [[1889]]) * [[November 13]] - [[Joseph Fielding Smith]], tenth president of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (d. [[1918]]) *[[December 3]] - [[Cleveland Abbe]], American meteorologist (d. [[1916]]) * [[December 19]] - [[Khedrup Gyatso, 11th Dalai Lama|Khedrup Gyatso]], eleventh [[Dalai Lama]] (d. [[1856]]) * [[December 20]] - [[Edwin Abbott Abbott]], theologian and author (d. [[1926]]) * [[December 30]] - [[Émile Loubet]], 7th [[President of France]] (d. [[1929]]) ==Deaths== ===January - June=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[January 3]] - [[Prince Maximilian of Saxony]] (b. [[1759]]) *[[January 5]] - [[Anthony Van Egmond]], rebel leader in Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837 {died in jail} *[[February 21]] - [[Silvestre de Sacy]], linguist (b. [[1758]]) *[[March 13]] - [[Poul Martin Møller]], philosopher (b. [[1794]]) *[[April 6]] - [[José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva]], Brazilian statesman and naturalist (b. [[1763]]) *[[April 9]] - [[Piet Uys]], Voortrekker leader (in battle) (b. [[1797]]) *May - [[Francisco Gómez]], president of El Salvador (b. [[1796]]) *[[May 17]] - [[Charles Maurice de Talleyrand]], French diplomat (b. [[1754]]) *[[May 19]] - [[Richard Colt Hoare]], English archaeologist (b. [[1758]]) *[[June 14]] - [[Maximilian von Montgelas]], Bavarian statesman (b. [[1759]]) ===July - December=== <!-- DEATHS --> *[[July 19]] - [[Christmas Evans]], preacher (b. [[1766]]) *[[August 17]] - [[Lorenzo Da Ponte]], librettist for Mozart (b. [[1749]]) *[[August 21]] - [[Adelbert von Chamisso]], German writer (b. [[1781]]) *[[September 1]] - [[William Clark (explorer)|William Clark]], American explorer (b. [[1770]]) *[[October 1]] - [[Charles Tennant]], Scottish chemist and industrialist (b. [[1768]]) *[[November 21]] - [[Georges Mouton]], count of Lobau, [[Marshal of France]] (b. 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