What is 1838?
{{Year nav|1838}} {{Year in various calendars|1838}} {{Year article header|1838}} == Events == * [[January 10]] – a fire destroys [[Lloyd's Coffee House]] and the [[Royal Exchange (London)|Royal Exchange]] in [[London]]. * [[April 30]] – [[Nicaragua]] declares independence from the [[Central American Federation]] (See [[History of Nicaragua#Early history|Nicaragua's early history]]) * [[May]] – The [[Chartism|People's Charter]] drawn up in the [[United Kingdom]] demanding [[universal suffrage]]. * [[May 26]] – [[History of the United States|USA]]: [[Trail of Tears]] – forced relocation of the [[Cherokee]] tribe, killing at least 8,000. * [[1 August]] – [[Trinidad and Tobago]]: Slavery officially abolished * [[7 September]] – The [[paddlesteamer]] ''[[Forfarshire (ship)|Forfarshire]]'' foundered on the [[Farne Islands]], UK, giving rise to the fame of [[Grace Darling]], who rescued nine passengers. * [[November 3]] [[History of India|India]]: [[The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce]] is founded. This paper was later renamed to [[The Times of India]] in [[1861]] * [[November 5]] – [[United Provinces of Central America#Dissolution of the Union|Central American Civil War]] begins with [[Honduras]]' separation from the [[Central American Federation]]. * December – Beginning of [[Pastry War]]: [[Mexico]] invaded by [[France|French]] forces == Births == * [[January 4]] – [[General Tom Thumb]], American circus performer and entertainer (d. [[1883]]) * [[January 6]] – [[Max Bruch]], German composer (d. [[1920]]) * [[January 16]] – [[Franz Brentano]], German philosopher and psychologist (d. [[1917]]) * [[February 6]] – [[Henry Irving]], English actor (d. [[1905]]) * [[February 10]] – [[Gustav Oelwein]], founder of [[Oelwein, Iowa]] (d. [[1913]]) * [[February 18]] – [[Ernst Mach]], Austrian physicist and philosopher * [[March 3]] – [[George William Hill]], American astronomer * [[April 3]] – [[John Willis Menard]], African-American politician * [[April 8]] – [[Ferdinand von Zeppelin]], German inventor * [[April 12]] –