1838
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Jöns Jakob Berzelius, discoverer of protein |
1838 was a
common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar).
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April 30 -
Nicaragua declares independence from the
Central American Federation (See
Nicaragua's early history)
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May 26 -
USA:
Trail of Tears - forced relocation of the
Cherokee tribe, killing 4,000.
* May - The
People's Charter drawn up in the
United Kingdom demanding
universal suffrage.
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1 August -
Trinidad & Tobago: Slavery officially abolished
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7 September - The
paddlesteamer Forfarshire foundered on the
Farne Islands, UK, giving rise to the fame of
Grace Darling, who rescued nine passengers.
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November 3 India:
The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce is founded. This paper was later renamed to
The Times of India in
1861*
November 5 -
Central American Civil War begins with
Honduras' separation from the
Central American Federation.
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Pastry War:
Mexico invaded by French forces
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Yucatan declares independence from
Mexico*
First British-Afghan War begins
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Proteins discovered by
Jöns Jakob Berzelius*
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.
* Regular Atlantic
steamship service begins with the
SS Great Western*
January 4 -
General Tom Thumb, American circus performer and entertainer (d.
1883)
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January 6 -
Max Bruch, German composer (d.
1920)
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January 16 -
Franz Brentano, German philosopher and psychologist (d.
1917)
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February 6 -
Henry Irving, English actor (d.
1905)
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February 10 -
Gustav Oelwein, founder of
Oelwein, Iowa (d.
1913)
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February 16 -
Henry Adams, American historian (d.
1918)
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February 18 -
Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist and philosopher (d.
1916)
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March 3 -
George William Hill, American astronomer (d.
1914)
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April 3 -
John Willis Menard, African-American politician (d.
1893)
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April 8 -
Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German inventor (d.
1917)
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April 16 -
Martha McClellan Brown, American
temperance movement leader (d.
1916)
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April 28 -
Tobias Michael Carel Asser, Dutch jurist, recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize (d.
1913)
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April 21 -
John Muir, American ecologist (d.
1914)
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May 10 -
John Wilkes Booth, American actor and assassin (d.
1865)
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May 20 -
Jules Méline, French statesman (d.
1925)
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September 2 -
Liliuokalani of Hawai'i, last Queen of Hawaii (d.
1917)
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October 6 -
Giuseppe Cesare Abba, Italian patriot and writer (d.
1910)
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October 25 -
Georges Bizet, French composer (d.
1875)
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October 31 - King
Luis I of Portugal (d.
1889)
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November 7 -
Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French writer (d.
1889)
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November 13 -
Joseph Fielding Smith, president of
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d.
1918)
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December 19 -
Khedrup Gyatso, eleventh
Dalai Lama (d.
1856)
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December 20 -
Edwin Abbott Abbott, theologian and author (d.
1926)
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December 30 -
Émile Loubet, 7th
President of France (d.
1929)
Month/day unknown
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Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist (d.
1916)
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John S. Billings,M.D., American military and medical leader (d.
1913)
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January 5 -
Anthony Van Egmond, A Rebel leader in Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837 {died in jail}
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May 17 -
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French diplomat (b.
1754)
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August 21 -
Adelbert von Chamisso, German writer (b.
1781)
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September 1 -
William Clark, American explorer (b.
1770)
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November 21 -
Georges Mouton, count of Lobau,
Marshal of France (b.
1770)
