What happened in 1838?

Pastry War

Wars & Conflicts

War between France and Mexico

Battle of Blood River

Wars & Conflicts

Part of the Great Trek, fought on the bank of the Ncome river in South Africa in 1838

Aroostook War

Wars & Conflicts · Maine

1830's UK-US war

Cincomarzada

Wars & Conflicts · Zaragoza

1838 battle

Battle of Italeni

Wars & Conflicts · Ulundi Local Municipality

1838 battle between Voortrekkers and Zulus

Battle of the Windmill

Wars & Conflicts · Battle of the Windmill National Historic Site

1838 battle

Battle of Peñacerrada

Wars & Conflicts · Peñacerrada-Urizaharra

1838 battle of the First Carlist War

Battle of Crooked River

Wars & Conflicts · Crooked River

Skirmish in Latter Day Saint history

Battle of Maella

Wars & Conflicts · Maella

1838 battle of the First Carlist War

Battle of Islay

Wars & Conflicts

Battle of 1838 between Chile and Peru-Bolivia

Battle of Beauharnois

Wars & Conflicts · Beauharnois

1838 battle

Battle of Portada de Guías

Wars & Conflicts · Lima

Battle between the Peruvian Republic and the United Restoration Army in 1838

Battle of Llaclla Bridge

Wars & Conflicts · North Peru

1838 battle

Battle of Barro Vermelho

Wars & Conflicts · Rio Pardo

1838 battle

Battle of Lacolle

Wars & Conflicts · Lacolle

1838 British authorities rout rebels during the Lower Canada Rebellion

Battle of Iruya

Wars & Conflicts · Iruya

1838 battle

Battle of Odelltown

Wars & Conflicts · Odelltown

1838 battle

Battle of Baker's Farm

Wars & Conflicts · Sainte-Martine

1838 battle

Third Siege of Callao

Wars & Conflicts · Callao

1838 siege of Callao during the War of the Confederation

Battle of Broken River

Wars & Conflicts · Broken River

1838 clash between Aboriginal Australians and settlers

Battle of Callao

Wars & Conflicts · Callao

1838 battle

Battle of Veracruz

Wars & Conflicts · Veracruz

1838 naval battle

Old Fort Pierce Park

Wars & Conflicts

United States historic site in Florida

Second Sumatran expedition

Wars & Conflicts · Meukek

US punitive expedition against Sumatra, after Malay warriors or pirates killed the crew of the US merchant ship Eclipse

French blockade of the Río de la Plata

Wars & Conflicts · Río de la Plata

1838-40 naval blockade of the Argentine Confederation by France

Treaty of Balta Liman

Politics & Government

Commercial treaty signed in 1838 between the Ottoman Empire and the United Kingdom

Second Treaty of Buffalo Creek

Politics & Government · Buffalo Creek

1838 treaty between the United States and Native Americans

Adelbert von Chamisso died

People · Berlin

German poet and botanist (1781–1838)

William Clark died

People · St. Louis

American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and territorial governor (1770-1838)

René Caillié died

People · La Gripperie-Saint-Symphorien

French explorer (1799–1838)

Badu Bonsu II died

People · Elmina

Leader of the Ahanta tribe and a Ghanaian king

Piet Retief died

People · uMgungundlovu

Afrikaner pioneer (1780–1838)

François Pouqueville died

People · Paris

French diplomat, writer and scholar

Sir Richard Hoare, 2nd Baronet died

People · Stourhead House

Archaeologist and antiquarian (1758-1838)

Pierre Louis Dulong died

People · Paris

French scientist (1785-1838)

Frédéric Cuvier died

People · Strasbourg

French biologist (1773-1838)

Bernard Courtois died

People · Paris

Chemist (1777-1838)

William Henry Ashley died

People · Cooper County

Died in Cooper County. American politician (1778-1838).

David Buchan died

People · Scotland

Royal Navy officer and explorer

Samuel Marsden died

People · Windsor

Church of England chaplain, missionary, agriculturalist, magistrate.

Pierre Martin Rémi Aucher-Éloy died

People · Iran

French botanist (1792-1838)

Louis Tregardt died

People · Maputo Bay

South African explorer (1783-1838)

Jędrzej Śniadecki died

People · Vilnius

Writer, physician, chemist and biologist (1768-1838)

Johann Nepomuk Maelzel died

People · La Guaira

German inventor (1772–1838)

Friedrich Accum died

People · Berlin

German chemist (1769-1838)

Nathaniel Bowditch died

People · Boston

American astronomer and mathematician who founded modern navigation (1773-1838)

François-Nicolas-Benoît Haxo died

People · former 1st arrondissement of Paris

French general (1774-1838)

John Stevens died

People · Hoboken

American lawyer, engineer and inventor (1749-1838)

Pierre-Dominique Bazaine died

People · Paris

Russian mathematician

Aleksander Chodkiewicz died

People · Mlyniv

Polish chemist, playwright and author

Karl von Moll died

People · Augsburg

Austrian entomologist

Charles Tennant died

People · Glasgow

Businessperson, chemist, industrialist (1768-1838)

Johann Heinrich Scheibler died

People · Krefeld

German scientist, music acoustician and textile manufacturer

Joshua Humphreys died

People · Haverford

American shipbuilder

Nils von Schoultz died

People · Kingston

Canadian rebel

Gerard Moll died

People · Amsterdam

Dutch scientist (1785-1838)

Edward Frederick Leitner died

People · Palm Beach County

German botanist (1812–1838)

James Geddes died

People · Camillus

American engineer and politician (1763–1838)

Franz Wilhelm Schweigger-Seidel died

People · Halle (Saale)

German chemist (1795–1838)

Loammi Baldwin, Jr. died

People · Charlestown

American civil engineer 1780-1838

Sir James Carmichael-Smyth, 1st Baronet died

People · Georgetown

British colonial administrator

Johan Baptist Spanoghe died

People · Pekalongan

Dutch botanist (1796-1838)

Maria Louisa Catherine Cecilia Cosway died

People · Lodi

Painter from Italy who lived and worked in Italy, England and France (1760-1838)

Ludwig Abeille died

People · Stuttgart

German classical pianist

Anna Milder-Hauptmann died

People · Berlin

Soprano opera singer in Austria and Germany (1785-1838)

Frédéric Nicolas Duvernoy died

People · former 2nd arrondissement of Paris

Composer and French horn player (1765-1838)

Franciszek Lessel died

People · Piotrków Trybunalski

Polish composer

Sophia Maria Westenholz died

People · Ludwigslust

Composer, musician, singer, music educator

Maria Bland died

People · London

Italian-British singer (1769-1838)

Maria Theresa Kemble died

People · Chertsey

British actress (1774-1838)

Joseph Panny died

People · Mainz

Austrian composer

Frederik Schwarz died

People · Copenhagen

Danish actor

Juliana Westray died

People · England

American actress

Manuel Quijano died

People · Madrid

Spanish composer and theatre director

Ludwig-Wilhelm Tepper de Ferguson died

People · Paris

Polish-German-Russian musician and composer

Friedrich Demmer died

People · Vienna

Austrian director

Ernst Mach born

People · Brno-Chrlice

Born in Brno-Chrlice. Austrian physicist (1838–1916).

Liliʻuokalani born

People · Honolulu

Born in Honolulu. Monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom (1838–1917).

John Wilkes Booth born

People · Bel Air

Born in Bel Air. American stage actor and assassin (1838–1865).

Henry Adams born

People · Boston

Born in Boston. American journalist, historian, academic, novelist (1838-1918).

John Muir born

People · Dunbar

Born in Dunbar. Scottish-American naturalist (1838–1914).

Bankim Chandra Chatterjee born

People · Kanthalpara

Born in Kanthalpara. Bengali writer, poet and journalist (1838-1894).

Tobias Asser born

People · Amsterdam

Born in Amsterdam. Dutch lawyer and legal scholar (1838-1913).

Ferdinand von Zeppelin born

People · Constance

Born in Constance. German general and airship pioneer (1838–1917).

Léon Gambetta born

People · Cahors

Born in Cahors. French politician (1838-1882).

Émile Loubet born

People · Marsanne

Born in Marsanne. 8th president of France (1838–1929).

Ōkuma Shigenobu born

People · Saga

Born in Saga. Japanese politician (1838-1922).

Victoria Woodhull born

People · Homer

Born in Homer. American suffragist, editor (1838-1927).

Luís I of Portugal born

People · Lisbon

Born in Lisbon. King of Portugal from 1861 to 1889.

Franz Brentano born

People · Boppard

Born in Boppard. German philosopher and psychologist as well as refounder of the theory of intentionality (1838–1917).

Yamagata Aritomo born

People · Hagi

Born in Hagi. Japanese military leader and statesman (1838–1922).

Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam born

People · Saint-Brieuc

Born in Saint-Brieuc. French writer (1838–1889).

Henry Sidgwick born

People · Skipton

Born in Skipton. English philosopher (1838–1900).

John Hay born

People · Salem

Born in Salem. American statesman (1838–1905).

Adam Asnyk born

People · Kalisz

Born in Kalisz. Polish poet and dramatist (1838–1897).

August Šenoa born

People · Zagreb

Born in Zagreb. Croatian novelist (1838-1881).

James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce born

People · Belfast

Born in Belfast. British academic (1838-1922).

Marin Drinov born

People · Panagyurishte

Born in Panagyurishte. Bulgarian historian (1838–1906).

Nicolás Salmerón born

People · Alhama de Almería

Born in Alhama de Almería. Prime Minister of Spain (1838-1908).

Carl Georg Ludwig Wilhelm Weyprecht born

People · Bad König

Born in Bad König. Austrian explorer (1838-1881).

Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu born

People · Kerstentsi

Born in Kerstentsi. Romanian writer and philologist (1838–1907).

Keshub Chunder Sen born

People · Kolkata

Born in Kolkata. Indian academic (1838–1884).

Alfred Jules Émile Fouillée born

People · La Pouëze

Born in La Pouëze. French philosopher (1838-1912).

Eli Lilly born

People · Baltimore

Born in Baltimore. American pharmacist, Union Army officer, businessman, philanthropist.

Jules Brunet born

People · Belfort

Born in Belfort. French advisor to Japan (1838–1911).

Léon Metchnikoff born

People · Saint Petersburg

Born in Saint Petersburg. Russian scientist, journalist and anarchist (1838–1888).

Emil Frey born

People · Arlesheim

Born in Arlesheim. Member of the Swiss Federal Council, director of the International Telegraph Union, Union Army officer (1838-1922).

Vasa Pelagić born

People · Pelagićevo

Born in Pelagićevo. Bosnian Serb writer, physician, educator, clergyman, nationalist.

Duleep Singh I born

People · Lahore Fort

Born in Lahore Fort. Last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire (1838-1893).

Şayeste Hanım born

People · Sokhumi

Born in Sokhumi. Consort of Ottoman Sultan Abdülmejid I.

Duke University

Science & Technology · Duke University campus

Private university in Durham, North Carolina, USA

University of Westminster

Science & Technology · London

University in Westminster, UK

University of Neuchâtel

Science & Technology

French-speaking university based in Neuchâtel, Switzerland

Acadia University

Science & Technology

Public university in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada

United States Exploring Expedition

Science & Technology · Pacific Ocean

Exploring and surveying expedition, 1838 to 1842

Finnish Meteorological Institute

Science & Technology

Government agency responsible for gathering and reporting weather data and forecasts in Finland

Polish Library in Paris

Science & Technology

Polish cultural centre in France

Hopkins Observatory

Science & Technology

Observatory in Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA

Westfield State University

Science & Technology

Academic institution in Massachusetts, US

Georgetown Public Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Guyana

St Andrew's Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Northamptonshire, England

Hillingdon Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in England

St Mary's College, Oscott

Science & Technology

Roman Catholic seminary in Birmingham, West Midlands, England

Forstbotanisk Have

Science & Technology · Charlottenlund

Arboretum in Charlottenlund, Gentofte Municipality, Denmark

Juntendo University

Science & Technology

Higher education institution in Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Gibeon

Exploration & Discovery

Meteorite

Natal Caves

Exploration & Discovery

Cave in Portugal

Arnheim

Exploration & Discovery

United States historic place

St Mary’s Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems · Sydney

Cathedral in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

City Mosque Preston

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Preston, Lancashire, England, UK

Al Takarta Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Old Mosque in Baghdad built in 1838

Gandantegchinlen Monastery

Religion & Belief Systems

Monastery in Bayangol, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Yekaterinburg

Religion & Belief Systems

Eastern Orthodox church building in Yekaterinburg, Russia

St. Dimitar Church, Plovdiv

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Plovdiv

Christ Church Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Historic Episcopal cathedral located in Mobile, Alabama, USA

Dayuan Renshou Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Taoist Temple in Dayuan District, Taoyuan

Greek Catholic Church in Górzanka

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Górzanka, Poland

Saint Francis Xavier Mission

Religion & Belief Systems

Roman Catholic mission in Lewis County, Washington, U.S.

Friedhofskirche Im Hag 7 in Wasserburg am Inn

Religion & Belief Systems

Cultural heritage monument D-1-87-182-89 (2) in Wasserburg am Inn, Bavaria

St. Anthony's Catholic Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Iowa, United States of America

Bethel Baptist Institutional Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church in Florida, USA

First Baptist Church of Jacksonville

Religion & Belief Systems

church in Florida, United States

Ladson Presbyterian Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Columbia, United States of America

Richmond Community Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in New Hampshire, United States of America

Baptist Church in Exeter

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Rhode Island, United States of America

Bedford Historic Meetinghouse

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Virginia, United States of America

Elm Street Congregational Church and Parish House

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Maine, United States of America

Holmdel Dutch Reformed Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Homdel, New Jersey

Mount Pleasant Methodist Episcopal Church and Parsonage

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Wilmington, United States of America

Seneca Presbyterian Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in New York, United States of America

Ursulines of Calvarienberg

Religion & Belief Systems · Ahrweiler

Catholic religious congregation for women

chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs d'Abriès

Religion & Belief Systems

Chapel located in Hautes-Alpes, in France

Knorr

Economy & Trade · Heilbronn

German food manufacturer

Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft

Economy & Trade · Kiel

German shipbuilding company

Pelikan Holding AG

Economy & Trade · Feusisberg

German stationery company

The Times Group

Economy & Trade · Maharashtra

Mass media conglomerate in India

Trix

Economy & Trade · Nuremberg

German company

Abba Seafood

Economy & Trade · Gothenburg

Swedish company producing preserved fish products

David Jones Limited

Economy & Trade · Melbourne

Australian chain of department stores

J. Pauly & Sohn

Economy & Trade · Vienna

Bedding company

Waggonfabrik Talbot

Economy & Trade · Aachen

Company

Beijnes

Economy & Trade · Haarlem

Train and bus factory in the Netherlands

Deutz

Economy & Trade · Breisach

Champagne bottler and latterly producer based in France, also known as Deutz Geldermann

Kleiderfabrik Meyer & Co.

Economy & Trade

Former textile factory in the town of Bremgarten, Aargau, Switzerland

Maquet

Economy & Trade · Rastatt

Company

Webster's Brewery

Economy & Trade · Halifax

Brewery in Halifax, England

Morgan, Grenfell & Co.

Economy & Trade · London

London-based investment bank company

Cassa di Risparmio di Ferrara

Economy & Trade · Ferrara

Italian bank

Morgan Iron Works

Economy & Trade · New York City

19th-century manufacturing plant for marine steam engines in New York City, United States

Robert Schwarzenbach & Co AG

Economy & Trade · Thalwil

Swiss American textile manufacturer

Döhler

Economy & Trade · Darmstadt

Company

Niverød Brickworks

Economy & Trade · Niverød

Former brickworks in Denmark

Merrow Sewing Machine Company

Economy & Trade · Fall River

American Manufacturer

Cornelius Knudsen

Economy & Trade · Købmagergade

Manufacturer of scientific instruments Copenhagen, Denmark

Cassa di Risparmio di Alessandria

Economy & Trade · Alessandria

NewAlliance Bank

Economy & Trade · New Haven

Louisville Gas & Electric

Economy & Trade · Louisville

Utilities company based in Louisville, Kentucky

Peacock and Son

Economy & Trade · South Australia

Australian tanning and woolbrokering business

1838 Vrancea earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

23 January 1838 earthquake in Romania

1838 San Andreas earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Magnitude 7 earthquake (June 1838) affecting California from the San Francisco Peninsula to the Santa Cruz Mountains

Weenen massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · KwaZulu-Natal

1838 massacre of Voortrekkers by Zulu

Myall Creek massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Myall Creek

Massacre in Australia

1838 Druze attack on Safed

Disasters & Pandemics · Safed

Druze attack on Safed (1838)

1838 flood in Pest

Disasters & Pandemics · Pest

Waterloo Creek massacre

Disasters & Pandemics

Massacre in Australia

Piet Retief Delegation massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · KwaMatiwane

1838 Zulu killing of Boers in present-day South Africa

Killough massacre

Disasters & Pandemics

Native American attack on white settlers in Texas (1838)

Haun's Mill massacre

Disasters & Pandemics

Event in Latter Day Saint history

Rabulist riots

Social Movements & Revolutions · Stockholm

1838 riots in Stockholm, Sweden

Battle of Bossenden Wood

Social Movements & Revolutions · Hernhill

1838 labour riot in Kent, England

Pena Palace

Architecture & Engineering

Palace in Sintra, Portugal

Grand Kremlin Palace

Architecture & Engineering

Palace

Kosava Castle

Architecture & Engineering

Former castle in Kosava, Belarus

Rideau Hall

Architecture & Engineering

(officially Governor House) is the official residence of the Canadian monarch

Saint Demetrius church, Matkiv

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Matkiv, Ukraine

Vikøy Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Kvam, Norway

Münsterbrücke

Architecture & Engineering · Zurich

Bridge in Zürich (ZH), Switzerland

Rejmyre Church

Architecture & Engineering · Rejmyre

Church building in Finspång Municipality, Sweden

Hulihee Palace

Architecture & Engineering · Kailua-Kona

Building in Kailua, Hawaii, United States

Hylestad Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Valle, Agder, Norway

Pusula Church

Architecture & Engineering · Pusula village

Church building in Lohja, Finland

Haram Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Haram, Møre og Romsdal, Norway

Loen Church

Architecture & Engineering · Loen

Parish church in Loen, Stryn municipality, Norway

Rugsund Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Vestland, Norway

Stranda Church

Architecture & Engineering

Parish church in Stranda, Stranda municipality, Norway

Bygland Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Bygland, Agder, Norway

Old Pine Church

Architecture & Engineering

1838 church near Purgitsville, West Virginia, United States

Bishop Ryder Church, Birmingham

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Birmingham, England

Trinity Congregational Church

Architecture & Engineering

Former church in Arundel, Sussex, England, UK

Saint Mary's Church

Architecture & Engineering

Heritage church in Perth, Western Australia

Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Washington, D.C., United States of America

Zoar Strict Baptist Chapel

Architecture & Engineering

Church in United Kingdom

Holy Trinity Church, Chesterfield

Architecture & Engineering

Grade II listed church in Derbyshire, England, UK

Scots' Church, Melbourne

Architecture & Engineering · Melbourne central business district

Presbyterian church in Melbourne, Australia

St Austin's Church, Grassendale

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

St Mary's Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Preston, Lancashire, England, UK

St John the Evangelist's Church, Cowgill

Architecture & Engineering · Cowgill

Church in Cowgill, Cumbria, England, UK

Grey's Monument

Architecture & Engineering

Monument in Newcastle, UK

Elephants Fountain

Architecture & Engineering

Fountain in Chambéry, France

Agios Nikolaos Church (Yavuz Sultan Selim)

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in İstanbul, Turkey

Newkirk Viaduct Monument

Architecture & Engineering

Sculpture by Thomas Ustick Walter

Fort Caswell Historic District

Architecture & Engineering

historic district in Brunswick County, North Carolina, United States

St. Denis Catholic Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Maine, United States of America

Gillisonville Baptist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in South Carolina, United States of America

Fly Creek Methodist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in New York, United States of America

Oakland Memorial Chapel

Architecture & Engineering

Historic church and academic building on the campus of Alcorn State University in rural southwestern Claiborne County, Mississippi

Lutheran church in Wisła

Architecture & Engineering

Historic church in Wisła, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Saint James lutheran church in Ustroń

Architecture & Engineering

Historic church in Ustroń, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Diocesan School, Yekaterinburg

Architecture & Engineering

Building of "Diocesan School, Yekaterinburg", Russia

Dobrolyubovs mansion, Nizhny Novgorod

Architecture & Engineering

Museum in Russia

Sint-Gilliskerk

Architecture & Engineering · Kumtich

Church in Kumtich, Belgium

Théâtre Hébertot

Sports & Entertainment

Theater in the 17th arrondissement of Paris

State of Los Altos founded

Empires & Countries · Quetzaltenango

State of Los Altos was founded, with its capital at Quetzaltenango.

Jhalawar State founded

Empires & Countries · Jhalawar

Jhalawar State was founded, with its capital at Jhalawar.