January 1838 in History

Events in History

Morse Telegraph First Demonstrated

Jan 6 Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail demonstrate their telegraph machine in New Jersey

The original Morse telegraph machine, as developed by Samuel Morse

Jan 8 Rebellion at Amherstburg, Ontario breaks out

Historic Communication

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

Jan 26 Tennessee enacts the first prohibition law in the United States
Jan 26 Myall Creek Massacre: about 50 Wirrayaraay indigenous people killed by New South Wales Mounted Police (seven men later the first ever to be hanged for killing Australian Aborigines) [1]

Birthdays in History

Jan 1 William Hugh Young, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), (d. 1901)
Jan 4 Charles Stratton [General Tom Thumb], famous short person
Jan 5 Camille Jordan, French mathematician, born in Lyon, France (d. 1922)
Jan 16 Franz Brentano, German philosopher & psychologist, born in Rhine Province, Germany (d. 1917)