1838

Year 1838 () was a (link will display the full calendar) of the  (or a  of the 12-day slower ).

January - March

 * - a fire destroys and the  in.

April - June

 * - declares independence from the  (See )
 * - The drawn up in the  demanding.
 * - : - forced relocation of the  tribe, killing at least 8,000.
 * - 28 were killed at the  massacre.

July - September

 * - : Slavery officially abolished
 * - The  foundered on the, UK, giving rise to the fame of , who rescued nine passengers.

October - December



 * : is founded. This paper was later renamed to  in
 * - begins with ' separation from the.
 * December - Beginning of : invaded by  forces

Undated

 * declares independence from Mexico
 * begins
 * s discovered by
 * makes the first accurate measurement of distance to a star.
 * : proposes the.
 * Regular Atlantic service begins with the
 * is established in.

1838 in Fiction

 * 's film,  is set in 1838.

January - June

 * -, American circus performer and entertainer (d. )
 * -, German composer (d. )
 * -, German philosopher and psychologist (d. )
 * -, English actor (d. )
 * -, founder of (d. )
 * , American historian (d. )
 * - Japanese politician (d. )
 * -, Austrian physicist and philosopher (d. )
 * -, American astronomer (d. )
 * -, African-American politician (d. )
 * -, German inventor (d. )
 * -, M.D., American military and medical leader (d. )
 * -, American leader (d. )
 * -, Dutch jurist, recipient of the (d. )
 * -, American ecologist (d. )
 * -, American actor and assassin (d. )
 * -, French statesman (d. )
 * -, French statesman (d. )

July - December

 * -, last Queen of Hawaii (d. )
 * -, Portuguese writer (b. )
 * -, Italian patriot and writer (d. )
 * -, French composer (d. )
 * - King (d. )
 * -, French writer (d. )
 * -, tenth president of (d. )
 * -, American meteorologist (d. )
 * -, eleventh (d. )
 * -, theologian and author (d. )
 * -, 7th (d. )


 * See also .

January - June

 * - (b. )
 * -, rebel leader in Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837 {died in jail}
 * -, linguist (b. )
 * -, philosopher (b. )
 * -, Voortrekker leader (in battle) (b. )
 * May -, president of El Salvador (b. )
 * -, French diplomat (b. )

July - December

 * -, preacher (b. )
 * -, librettist for Mozart (b. )
 * -, German writer (b. )
 * -, American explorer (b. )
 * -, Scottish chemist and industrialist (b. )
 * -, count of Lobau, (b. )


 * See also .