What happened in 1838?
181 recorded events in 1838, including 82 in people, 27 in architecture & engineering and 26 in economy & trade.
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Wars & Conflicts 21
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Pastry War
War between France and Mexico
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Battle of Blood River
Part of the Great Trek, fought on the bank of the Ncome river in South Africa in 1838
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Aroostook War
1830's UK-US war
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Cincomarzada
1838 battle
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Battle of Italeni
1838 battle between Voortrekkers and Zulus
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Battle of the Windmill
1838 battle
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Battle of Peñacerrada
1838 battle of the First Carlist War
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Battle of Crooked River
Skirmish in Latter Day Saint history
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Battle of Maella
1838 battle of the First Carlist War
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Battle of Islay
Battle of 1838 between Chile and Peru-Bolivia
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Battle of Beauharnois
1838 battle
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Battle of Portada de Guías
Battle between the Peruvian Republic and the United Restoration Army in 1838
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Battle of Llaclla Bridge
1838 battle
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Battle of Barro Vermelho
1838 battle
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Battle of Lacolle
1838 British authorities rout rebels during the Lower Canada Rebellion
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Battle of Iruya
1838 battle
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Battle of Odelltown
1838 battle
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Battle of Baker's Farm
1838 battle
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Third Siege of Callao
1838 siege of Callao during the War of the Confederation
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Battle of Broken River
1838 clash between Aboriginal Australians and settlers
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Battle of Callao
1838 battle
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Politics & Government 2
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Treaty of Balta Liman
Commercial treaty signed in 1838 between the Ottoman Empire and the United Kingdom
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Second Treaty of Buffalo Creek
1838 treaty between the United States and Native Americans
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People 82
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Adelbert von Chamisso died
German poet and botanist (1781–1838)
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William Clark died
American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and territorial governor (1770-1838)
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René Caillié died
French explorer (1799–1838)
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Badu Bonsu II died
Leader of the Ahanta tribe and a Ghanaian king
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Piet Retief died
Afrikaner pioneer (1780–1838)
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François Pouqueville died
French diplomat, writer and scholar
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Sir Richard Hoare, 2nd Baronet died
Archaeologist and antiquarian (1758-1838)
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Pierre Louis Dulong died
French scientist (1785-1838)
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Frédéric Cuvier died
French biologist (1773-1838)
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Bernard Courtois died
Chemist (1777-1838)
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William Henry Ashley died
American politician (1778-1838)
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David Buchan died
Royal Navy officer and explorer
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Samuel Marsden died
Church of England chaplain, missionary, agriculturalist, magistrate.
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Pierre Martin Rémi Aucher-Éloy died
French botanist (1792-1838)
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Louis Tregardt died
South African explorer (1783-1838)
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Jędrzej Śniadecki died
Writer, physician, chemist and biologist (1768-1838)
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Johann Nepomuk Maelzel died
German inventor (1772–1838)
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Friedrich Accum died
German chemist (1769-1838)
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Nathaniel Bowditch died
American astronomer and mathematician who founded modern navigation (1773-1838)
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François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo died
French general (1774-1838)
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John Stevens died
American lawyer, engineer and inventor (1749-1838)
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Pierre-Dominique Bazaine died
Russian mathematician
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Aleksander Chodkiewicz died
Polish chemist, playwright and author
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Karl von Moll died
Austrian entomologist
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Charles Tennant died
Businessperson, chemist, industrialist (1768-1838)
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Johann Heinrich Scheibler died
German scientist, music acoustician and textile manufacturer
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Joshua Humphreys died
American shipbuilder
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Nils von Schoultz died
Canadian rebel
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Gerard Moll died
Dutch scientist (1785-1838)
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Edward Frederick Leitner died
German botanist (1812–1838)
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James Geddes died
American engineer and politician (1763–1838)
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Franz Wilhelm Schweigger-Seidel died
German chemist (1795–1838)
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Loammi Baldwin, Jr. died
American civil engineer 1780-1838
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Sir James Carmichael-Smyth, 1st Baronet died
British colonial administrator
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Johan Baptist Spanoghe died
Dutch botanist (1796-1838)
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Maria Louisa Catherine Cecilia Cosway died
Painter from Italy who lived and worked in Italy, England and France (1760-1838)
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Ludwig Abeille died
German classical pianist
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Anna Milder-Hauptmann died
Soprano opera singer in Austria and Germany (1785-1838)
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Frédéric Nicolas Duvernoy died
Composer and French horn player (1765-1838)
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Franciszek Lessel died
Polish composer
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Sophia Maria Westenholz died
Composer, musician, singer, music educator
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Maria Bland died
Italian-British singer (1769-1838)
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Maria Theresa Kemble died
British actress (1774-1838)
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Joseph Panny died
Austrian composer
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Frederik Schwarz died
Danish actor
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Juliana Westray died
American actress
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Manuel Quijano died
Spanish composer and theatre director
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Ludwig-Wilhelm Tepper de Ferguson died
Polish-German-Russian musician and composer
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Friedrich Demmer died
Austrian director
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Ernst Mach born
Born in Brno-Chrlice. Austrian physicist (1838–1916).
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Liliʻuokalani born
Born in Honolulu. Monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom (1838–1917).
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John Wilkes Booth born
Born in Bel Air. American stage actor and assassin (1838–1865).
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Henry Adams born
Born in Boston. American journalist, historian, academic, novelist (1838-1918).
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John Muir born
Born in Dunbar. Scottish-American naturalist (1838–1914).
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Bankim Chandra Chatterjee born
Born in Kanthalpara. Bengali writer, poet and journalist (1838-1894).
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Tobias Asser born
Born in Amsterdam. Dutch lawyer and legal scholar (1838-1913).
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Ferdinand von Zeppelin born
Born in Constance. German general and airship pioneer (1838–1917).
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Léon Gambetta born
Born in Cahors. French politician (1838-1882).
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Émile Loubet born
Born in Marsanne. 8th president of France (1838–1929).
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Ōkuma Shigenobu born
Born in Saga. Japanese politician (1838-1922).
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Victoria Woodhull born
Born in Homer. American suffragist, editor (1838-1927).
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Luís I of Portugal born
Born in Lisbon. King of Portugal from 1861 to 1889.
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Franz Brentano born
Born in Boppard. German philosopher and psychologist as well as refounder of the theory of intentionality (1838–1917).
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Yamagata Aritomo born
Born in Hagi. Japanese military leader and statesman (1838–1922).
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Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam born
Born in Saint-Brieuc. French writer (1838–1889).
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Henry Sidgwick born
Born in Skipton. English philosopher (1838–1900).
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John Hay born
Born in Salem. American statesman (1838–1905).
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Adam Asnyk born
Born in Kalisz. Polish poet and dramatist (1838–1897).
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August Šenoa born
Born in Zagreb. Croatian novelist (1838-1881).
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James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce born
Born in Belfast. British academic (1838-1922).
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Marin Drinov born
Born in Panagyurishte. Bulgarian historian (1838–1906).
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Nicolás Salmerón born
Born in Alhama de Almería. Prime Minister of Spain (1838-1908).
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Carl Georg Ludwig Wilhelm Weyprecht born
Born in Bad König. Austrian explorer (1838-1881).
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Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu born
Born in Kerstentsi. Romanian writer and philologist (1838–1907).
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Keshub Chunder Sen born
Born in Kolkata. Indian academic (1838–1884).
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Alfred Jules Émile Fouillée born
Born in La Pouëze. French philosopher (1838-1912).
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Eli Lilly born
Born in Baltimore. American pharmacist, Union Army officer, businessman, philanthropist.
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Jules Brunet born
Born in Belfort. French advisor to Japan (1838–1911).
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Léon Metchnikoff born
Born in Saint Petersburg. Russian scientist, journalist and anarchist (1838–1888).
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Emil Frey born
Born in Arlesheim. Member of the Swiss Federal Council, director of the International Telegraph Union, Union Army officer (1838-1922).
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Vasa Pelagić born
Born in Pelagićevo. Bosnian Serb writer, physician, educator, clergyman, nationalist.
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William Henry Ashley died
Died in Cooper County. American politician (1778-1838).
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Science & Technology 12
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Duke University
Private university in Durham, North Carolina, USA
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University of Westminster
University in Westminster, UK
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University of Neuchâtel
French-speaking university based in Neuchâtel, Switzerland
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Acadia University
Public university in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada
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United States Exploring Expedition
Exploring and surveying expedition, 1838 to 1842
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Finnish Meteorological Institute
Government agency responsible for gathering and reporting weather data and forecasts in Finland
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Polish Library in Paris
Polish cultural centre in France
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Hopkins Observatory
Observatory in Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA
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Westfield State University
Academic institution in Massachusetts, US
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Georgetown Public Hospital
Hospital in Guyana
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St Andrew's Hospital
Hospital in Northamptonshire, England
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Hillingdon Hospital
Hospital in England
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Exploration & Discovery 2
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Gibeon
Meteorite
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Natal Caves
Cave in Portugal
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Religion & Belief Systems 3
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St Mary’s Cathedral
Cathedral in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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City Mosque Preston
Church building in Preston, Lancashire, England, UK
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Al Takarta Mosque
Old Mosque in Baghdad built in 1838
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Economy & Trade 26
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Knorr
German food manufacturer
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Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft
German shipbuilding company
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Pelikan Holding AG
German stationery company
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The Times Group
Mass media conglomerate in India
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Trix
German company
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Abba Seafood
Swedish company producing preserved fish products
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David Jones Limited
Australian chain of department stores
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J. Pauly & Sohn
Bedding company
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Waggonfabrik Talbot
Company
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Beijnes
Train and bus factory in the Netherlands
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Deutz
Champagne bottler and latterly producer based in France, also known as Deutz Geldermann
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Kleiderfabrik Meyer & Co.
Former textile factory in the town of Bremgarten, Aargau, Switzerland
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Maquet
Company
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Webster's Brewery
Brewery in Halifax, England
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Morgan, Grenfell & Co.
London-based investment bank company
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Cassa di Risparmio di Ferrara
Italian bank
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Morgan Iron Works
19th-century manufacturing plant for marine steam engines in New York City, United States
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Robert Schwarzenbach & Co AG
Swiss American textile manufacturer
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Döhler
Company
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Niverød Brickworks
Former brickworks in Denmark
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Merrow Sewing Machine Company
American Manufacturer
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Cornelius Knudsen
Manufacturer of scientific instruments Copenhagen, Denmark
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Cassa di Risparmio di Alessandria
Cassa di Risparmio di Alessandria (Economy & Trade).
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NewAlliance Bank
NewAlliance Bank (Economy & Trade).
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Louisville Gas & Electric
Utilities company based in Louisville, Kentucky
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Peacock and Son
Australian tanning and woolbrokering business
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Disasters & Pandemics 2
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1838 Vrancea earthquake
23 January 1838 earthquake in Romania
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1838 San Andreas earthquake
Magnitude 7 earthquake (June 1838) affecting California from the San Francisco Peninsula to the Santa Cruz Mountains
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Social Movements & Revolutions 2
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Rabulist riots
1838 riots in Stockholm, Sweden
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Battle of Bossenden Wood
1838 labour riot in Kent, England
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Architecture & Engineering 27
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Pena Palace
Palace in Sintra, Portugal
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Grand Kremlin Palace
Palace
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Kosava Castle
Former castle in Kosava, Belarus
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Rideau Hall
(officially Governor House) is the official residence of the Canadian monarch
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Saint Demetrius church, Matkiv
Church building in Matkiv, Ukraine
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Vikøy Church
Church building in Kvam, Norway
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Münsterbrücke
Bridge in Zürich (ZH), Switzerland
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Rejmyre Church
Church building in Finspång Municipality, Sweden
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Hulihee Palace
Building in Kailua, Hawaii, United States
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Hylestad Church
Church building in Valle, Agder, Norway
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Pusula Church
Church building in Lohja, Finland
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Haram Church
Church building in Haram, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
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Loen Church
Parish church in Loen, Stryn municipality, Norway
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Rugsund Church
Church in Vestland, Norway
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Stranda Church
Parish church in Stranda, Stranda municipality, Norway
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Bygland Church
Church building in Bygland, Agder, Norway
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Old Pine Church
1838 church near Purgitsville, West Virginia, United States
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Bishop Ryder Church, Birmingham
Church in Birmingham, England
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Trinity Congregational Church
Former church in Arundel, Sussex, England, UK
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Saint Mary's Church
Heritage church in Perth, Western Australia
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Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church
Church building in Washington, D.C., United States of America
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Zoar Strict Baptist Chapel
Church in United Kingdom
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Holy Trinity Church, Chesterfield
Grade II listed church in Derbyshire, England, UK
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Scots' Church, Melbourne
Presbyterian church in Melbourne, Australia
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St Austin's Church, Grassendale
Church in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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St Mary's Church
Church in Preston, Lancashire, England, UK
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St John the Evangelist's Church, Cowgill
Church in Cowgill, Cumbria, England, UK
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Sports & Entertainment 1
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Théâtre Hébertot
Theater in the 17th arrondissement of Paris
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Empires & Countries 1
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State of Los Altos founded
State of Los Altos was founded, with its capital at Quetzaltenango.
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