Historical Events
- Jan 11 First public demonstration of telegraph messages sent using dots and dashes at Speedwell Ironworks in Morristown, New Jersey by Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail
- Jun 28 Coronation of Queen Victoria in Westminster Abbey, London
- Jul 4 Huskar Colliery Mining Disaster in Silkstone England: mining pit floods drown 26 children, leads to 1842 'Mines and Collieries Act' bans women and children working underground
- Aug 18 United States Exploring Expedition headed by Charles Wilkes departs for the Pacific Ocean and Antarctica
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John Muir
John Wilkes Booth
Ferdinand von Zeppelin
Victoria Woodhull
Georges BizetFamous People in 1838
Charles DickensWorld Leaders in 1838
Martin Van Buren
William Lamb
Would You Believe?
Would You Believe?The Times of India, world's largest circulated English language daily broadsheet newspaper founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce
On November 3, 1838
Famous Weddings
- Sep 14 Newly escaped slave Frederick Douglass marries free woman Anne Murray in New York
- Nov 11 Emma Wedgwood accepts English naturalist Charles Darwin's marriage proposal
Talleyrand
William Clark1838 in Pictures
Morse Telegraph First Demonstrated
The original Morse telegraph machine, as developed by Samuel MorseJanuary 6The Fire and Fury of Jonathan Martin
Jonathan Martin was a religious extremist who described the clergy as 'vipers from hell' and tried to burn down one of England’s most treasured cathedrals.June 3Coronation of Queen Victoria
Coronation of Queen Victoria in Westminster Abbey by Sir George HayterJune 28The Age of Zeppelins
Through peace and war the sky was the limit for Zeppelin airships, named after their German inventor – until the Hindenburg disaster put an end to the dream.July 8
