Today in History for February 1838
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Months in 1838: January March April May June July August September October November December
Historical Events
Events 1 - 4 of 4
16th - Kentucky passes law permitting women to attend school under conditions
16th - Weenen Massacre: Hundreds of Voortrekkers along the Blaukraans River, Natal are killed by Zulus.
25th - London pedestrian walks 20 miles backward then forward in 8 hours
28th - Robert Nelson, leader of the Patriotes, proclaims the independence of Lower Canada (today Québec)
Famous Birthdays
Birthdays 1 - 13 of 13
6th - Henry Irving, [John H Brodribb], Engld, knighted 1895/actor (Hamlet)
6th - Yisrael Meir Kagan, Chofetz Chayim (d. 1933)
12th - Charles Carroll Walcott, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1898
14th - Margaret Knight, inventor, "the female Thomas Edison"
16th - Arnoldus Pannevis, South African ship's doctor/linguist
16th - Henry Adams, Boston Mass, historian, writer (Education of Henry Adams)
18th - Ernst Mach, Chirlitz-Turas Austria, physicist/philosopher/psychologist
20th - James Barbour Terrill, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
22nd - Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen, discoverer of hydrogen in Sun
23rd - Gilbert Moxley Sorrel, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
24th - Thomas Benton Smith, Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1923
26th - Wendelin Weissheimer, composer
28th - Maurice Lévy, French engineer (d. 1910)
Famous Deaths
Deaths 1 - 3 of 3
1st - Abraham de Veer, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1822-28), dies at 71
5th - Philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62
22nd - Friedrich Johann Eck, composer, dies at 70
