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== Events ==
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=== January–March ===
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* [[January 10]] – A fire destroys [[Lloyd's Coffee House]] and the [[Royal Exchange, London|Royal Exchange]] in London.
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* [[January 11]] – At [[Morristown, New Jersey]], [[Samuel Morse]], [[Alfred Vail]] and [[Leonard Gale]] give the first public demonstration of Morse's new invention, the [[telegraph]].
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* [[January 21]] – The first known report about the [[Lowest temperature recorded on Earth|lowest temperature on Earth]] is made, indicating {{convert|-60|°C|°F|abbr=on}} in [[Yakutsk]].
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* [[February 6]] – Boer explorer [[Piet Retief]] and 60 of his men are massacred by King [[Dingane kaSenzangakhona]] of the [[Zulu people]], after Retief accepts an invitation to celebrate the signing of a treaty, and his men willingly disarm as a show of good faith.
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* [[February 17]] – [[Weenen massacre]]: Zulu [[impi]]s massacre about 532 [[Voortrekkers]], [[Khoikhoi]] and [[Sotho people|Basuto]] around the site of [[Weenen]] in South Africa.
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* [[February 24]] – U.S. Representatives [[William J. Graves]] of Kentucky and [[Jonathan Cilley]] of Maine face each other in a duel with rifles at 80 yards near  [[Bladensburg, Maryland]]. On the third attempt, Congressman Cilley is fatally wounded and bleeds to death.<ref>"Cilley-Graves Duel", in ''Historical Dictionary of the Jacksonian Era and Manifest Destiny'', by Mark R. Cheathem and Terry Corps (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016) p98</ref>
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* [[March 13]] – A combination of rain and melting snow cause the [[Danube River]] to overflow its banks, washing away villages in western [[Hungary]] and inundating the twin cities that become [[Budapest]]. More than 150 people are drowned and Europe's nations come to Hungary's aid to prevent the spread of famine and disease.
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* [[March 31]] – The first installment of ''[[Nicholas Nickleby]]'', the new novel by [[Charles Dickens]], is released as the opener of a 20-part serialization in London.
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=== April–June ===
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* [[April 4]] – [[April 22|22]] – The [[paddle steamer]] SS Sirius makes the [[transatlantic crossing]] to New York from [[Cork (city)|Cork]], Ireland in 18 days, though not using steam continuously.
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* [[April 8]] – [[April 23|23]] – [[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]]'s paddle steamer SS Great Western (1838) makes the transatlantic crossing to New York from [[Avonmouth]], England, in 15 days, inaugurating a regular steamship service.
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* [[April 30]] – [[Nicaragua]] declares independence from the [[Federal Republic of Central America]].
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* [[May]]
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** The [[Chartism|People's Charter]] is drawn up in the United Kingdom, demanding [[universal suffrage]].
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** [[John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham|Lord Durham]] and his entourage arrive in [[Upper Canada]], to investigate the cause of the [[1837]] rebellion in that province. This leads to Durham submitting the [[Durham Report]] to Britain.
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** An insurrection breaks out in [[Tizimín]], beginning the campaign for the independence of [[Yucatán Peninsula|Yucatán]] from Mexico.
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* [[May 26]] – [[Trail of Tears]]: The [[Cherokee Nation (19th century)|Cherokee Nation]] is forcibly relocated in the United States.
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* [[May 28]] – [[Braulio Carrillo Colina|Braulio Carrillo]] is sworn in as [[Head of State of Costa Rica]], thus beginning his second term in office.
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* [[June 10]] – [[Myall Creek massacre]]: 28 [[Indigenous Australians]] are killed.
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* [[June 28]] – The [[coronation of Queen Victoria]] takes place at [[Westminster Abbey]] in London.
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=== July–September ===
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* [[July 4]] – In the United States, the [[Iowa Territory]] is formally established, following the signing of a bill by President [[Martin Van Buren]] on [[June 12]]. In addition to [[Iowa]], which will become a state on December 28, 1846, the Territory also includes most of what will become the states of [[Minnesota]], [[North Dakota]] and [[South Dakota]].  [[Robert Lucas (governor)|Robert Lucas]], former Governor of Ohio, takes office as the first Territorial Governor.<ref>"Iowa Territory Legal Materials", by David Hanson, in ''Prestatehood Legal Materials: A Fifty-State Research Guide, Including New York City and the District of Columbia'' (The Haworth Information Press, 2006) p388</ref>
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* [[August 1]] – Former slaves in [[Jamaica]] are freed of their indentures.
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* [[August 6]] – The Polytechnic Institution, predecessor of the [[University of Westminster]] and Britain's first [[Polytechnic (United Kingdom)|polytechnic]], opens in [[Regent Street]], London.
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* [[September 7]] – [[Grace Darling]] and her father rescue 13 survivors from the [[Forfarshire (ship)|''Forfarshire'']], off the [[Farne Islands]].
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* [[September 18]] – The [[Anti-Corn Law League]] is established by [[Richard Cobden]].
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=== October–December ===
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* [[October 1]] – [[First Carlist War]] – [[Battle of Maella]]: Supporters of [[Infante Carlos, Count of Molina]], are victorious.
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* [[October 5]] – [[Killough massacre]], believed to be both the largest and last Native American attack on white settlers in [[East Texas]]. 18 casualties are either killed or carried away.
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* [[October 27]] – [[Lilburn Boggs]], [[Governor of Missouri]], by [[Missouri Executive Order 44]], declares [[Mormons]] to be enemies of the state, and encourages the extermination or exile of the religious minority, forcing nearly 10,000 Mormons out of the state.
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* [[November 3]] – ''[[The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce]]'' is founded (renamed  ''[[The Times of India]]'' in [[1861]]).
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* [[November 5]] – Dissolution of the [[Federal Republic of Central America]]: [[Honduras]] and [[Costa Rica]] follow the example of [[Nicaragua]] and secede from the federation.
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* [[November 16]] – [[Austrian Empire|Austria]]: [[Moravia]] opens the final section of [[Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway]] ([[Rajhrad]]–[[Brno]]) for exhibition (preliminary) use.
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* [[November 27]] – [[Pastry War]]: Mexico is invaded by French forces.
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* [[December 16]] – [[Battle of Blood River]]: The [[Boer]]s win a decisive victory over the [[Zulus]].
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* [[December]] – [[First Anglo-Afghan War]]: [[British Army|British]] and [[Presidency armies]] set out from [[Punjab region|Punjab]] in support of [[Shah Shujah Durrani]]'s claim to the throne of [[Afghanistan]].
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=== Date unknown ===
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* [[Protein]]s are discovered by [[Gerardus Johannes Mulder]].
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* [[Friedrich Bessel]] makes the first accurate measurement of distance to a [[star]].
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* [[Biblical criticism]]: [[Christian Hermann Weisse]] proposes the [[two-source hypothesis]].
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Latest revision as of 04:38, 1 March 2021

1828 < 1829 < 1830 < 1831 < 1832 < 1833 < 1834 <1835 < 1836 < 1837 < 1838 > 1839 > 1840 > 1841 > 1842 > 1843 > 1844 > 1845 > 1846 > 1847 > 1848
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Britattack.jpg
A British-Indian force attacks Ghazni fort during the First Afghan War, (c.1839.)
year 1838

Events

January–March

April–June

July–September

October–December

Date unknown


 

Event

EventStartEnd
Pax Brittanica18151915

 

New Groups

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Duke UniversityDuke University Crest.svgMilitary ranks
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Australian Club (Sydney)Australian Club, 165 Macquarie Street, Sydney.jpgThe oldest establishment club in Australia
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University of WestminsterUniWestminster Coat of Arms.pngPublic university based in London, United Kingdom

 

A Birth

TitleBornPlace of birthDiedSummary
James Bryce10 May 1838Belfast
Eire		22 January 1922Politician
Academic
Historian
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References

  1. ↑ "Cilley-Graves Duel", in Historical Dictionary of the Jacksonian Era and Manifest Destiny, by Mark R. Cheathem and Terry Corps (Rowman & Littlefield, 2016) p98
  2. ↑ "Iowa Territory Legal Materials", by David Hanson, in Prestatehood Legal Materials: A Fifty-State Research Guide, Including New York City and the District of Columbia (The Haworth Information Press, 2006) p388
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