In history, year 1838 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1838.
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
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| 06 january | Samuel Morse and his assistant Alfred Vail successfully tested the electrical telegraph for the first time at Speedwell Ironworks in Morristown, New Jersey. |
| 12 january | In order to avoid persecution by anti-Mormons, Latter Day Saint Movement founder Joseph Smith and his followers fled Kirtland, Ohio, forFar West, Missouri. |
| 10 june | More than 25 Australian Aborigines were massacred nearInverell, New South Wales. |
| 27 june | Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (Chatterjee), famous novelist, ""the father of modern Indian fiction"" and writer of national song 'Vande Mataram', was born at Katalpara near Naihati, West Bengal. Some of his writings are 'Anandmath' and 'Kapal Kundala'. He was among the first two Bengalee Graduates. |
| 28 june | Coronation of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Victoria was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from until her death. From 1 May 1876, she used the additional title of Empress of India. |
| 03 september | Future American abolitionist Frederick Douglass escaped fromslavery. |
| 27 october | Governor of Missouri Lilburn Boggs issued Missouri ExecutiveOrder 44, ordering all Mormons to leave the state or be killed. |
| 03 november | The Times of India, the world's largest circulated English-language daily broadsheet newspaper, was founded as the The Bombay Timesand Journal of Commerce. |
| 05 november | The collapse of the Federal Republic of Central America beganwith Nicaragua seceding from the union. |
| 27 June | Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, the author of the national anthem Vande Mataram, was born. |
| 28 June | Queen Victoria of Britain was crowned at Westminster Abbey in London. |
| 28 September | The last Mughal emperor in India Bahadur Shah Zafar ascended the throne after the death of his father. |
| 18 August | America's first naval expedition took place. |
| 06 January | Alfred Vail and Samuel Morse made the first successful demonstration of the electric telegraph in front of the world. |
| 10 January | Lloyd's Coffee House and Royal Exchange of London were destroyed by fire. |
| 28 February | Patriots leader Robert Nelson declared independence of Lower Canada today (Quebec), |
| 08 March | American mint operation started in New Orleans. |
| 30 April | Nicaragua declared independence from the Central American Federation. |
| 28 May | Broulio Carrillo was sworn in as head of state of Costa Rica, thus beginning his second term in office. |
| 28 June | Queen Victoria was crowned at Westminster Abbey, London. |
| 07 July | Central American Federation dissolved. |
| 01 August | Former slaves were freed from their partners in Jamaica. |
| 05 September | Central Museum opened in Utrecht Netherlands. |
| 27 October | Missouri Governor Lilburn Boggs ordered the expulsion, which is the order of all Mormon people) to leave the state. |
| 27 November | Mexico was invaded by franc forces in the pastry war. |
| 16 December | The Boers won a decisive victory over the Zulus in the Battle of the Blood River. |
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
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| 01 July | William Paine Lord / Politician / United States of America |
| 02 April | Léon Gambetta / Politician / France |
| 06 September | Samuel Arnold / Conspirator / United States of America |
| 06 February | Israel Meir Kagan / Author / Poland |
| 07 December | Thomas Bent / Politician / Australia |
| 07 November | Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam / Author / France |
| 08 July | Ferdinand von Zeppelin / Business Man / Germany |
| 10 May | John Wilkes Booth / Actor / United States of America |
| 11 May | Isabelle Bogelot / Philanthropist / France |
| 12 March | William Henry Perkin / Academic / United Kingdom |
| 14 November | August Šenoa / Poet / Croatia |
| 15 March | Karl Davydov / Composer / Russia |
| 16 September | James J. Hill / Railroad Executive / Canada |
| 20 May | Jules Méline / Politician / France |
| 20 December | Edwin Abbott Abbott / Author / United Kingdom |
| 23 January | Marianne Cope / Saint / Germany |
| 24 June | Jan Matejko / Painter / Poland |
| 25 October | Georges Bizet / Painist / France |
| 27 September | Lawrence Sullivan Ross / Politician / United States of America |
| 31 May | Henry Sidgwick / Philosopher / United Kingdom |