1838

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	18th century – 19th century – 20th century
Decades:	1800s 1810s 1820s – 1830s – 1840s 1850s 1860s
Years:	1835 1836 1837 – 1838 – 1839 1840 1841

Events

January 10 – a fire destroys Lloyd's Coffee House and the Royal Exchange in London.
April 30 – Nicaragua declares independence from the Central American Federation (See Nicaragua's early history)
May – The People's Charter drawn up in the United Kingdom demanding universal suffrage.
May 26 – 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 foundered on the Farne Islands, UK, giving rise to the fame of Grace Darling, who rescued nine passengers.
November 3 India: The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce is founded. This paper was later renamed to The Times of India in 1861
November 5 – Central American Civil War begins with Honduras' separation from the Central American Federation.
December – Beginning of Pastry War: Mexico invaded by French forces

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 – John Shaw Billings, M.D., American military and medical leader
April 16 – Martha McClellan Brown, American temperance movement leader
May 10 – John Wilkes Booth, the man who killed United States President Abraham Lincoln.
May 20 – Jules Méline, French statesman
September 23 - Victoria Woodhull - the first woman to be up for candidate for the President of the United States.
September 28 – Sai Baba of Shirdi, Indian national saint (d. 1918)

January 3 – Prince Maximilian of Saxony
January 5 – Anthony Van Egmond, rebel leader in Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837 {died in jail}
February 21 – Silvestre de Sacy, linguist
March 13 – Poul Martin Møller, philosopher
April 9 – Piet Uys, Voortrekker leader (in battle)
May 17 – Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French diplomat
July 19 – Christmas Evans, preacher
August 17 – Lorenzo Da Ponte, librettist for Mozart
August 21 – Adelbert von Chamisso, German writer
September 1 – William Clark, American explorer
October 1 – Charles Tennant, Scottish chemist and industrialist
November 21 – Georges Mouton, count of Lobau, Marshal of France