Historical Events in 1838
38 curated events dated to this year, and 153 musicalized poets on V2Melody were alive then.
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Brothers Grimm Begin Deutsches Wörterbuch
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Meeting Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The Agonizing Treks of the Trail of Tears
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The Epic Narrative of Frederick Douglass's Escape from Slavery
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Bessel Measures Stellar Parallax
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British Emancipation Act Enforcement in Colonies
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Brunel's SS Great Western Inaugurates Regular Transatlantic Steam Service
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Death of Letitia Elizabeth Landon
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Poor Relief (Ireland) Act 1838 Passed
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Publication of 'Fugitive Verses'
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Publication of 'The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym'
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Publication of 'The Poetical Works of William Sidney Walker'
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Publication of 'The Poetical Works'
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Publication of 'The Seraphim and Other Poems'
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Publication of Jenny Kissed Me
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Second Seatonian Prize win
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Słowacki writes Anhelli and Ojciec zadżumionych
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Boston Establishes First Full-Time Day Police Force in US
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Emily and Anne Deepen Gondal Saga
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Enrollment at Magdalene College, Cambridge
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Establishment of the Le Bon Marché Department Store
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Great Reform Act Aftermath and Chartist Movement
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London and Birmingham Railway Opens
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People's Charter Published Advocating Democratic Reforms
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Poe's Move to Philadelphia
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Publication of 'Pencilings'
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Return to England from India
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The Great Hungarian Flood
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Death of Macaulay's Father
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Early Career Beginnings for Allingham
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Early Education at Charleston Academy
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Invention of the Stereoscope
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Moritz von Jacobi demonstrates electric boat on the Neva River
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Myall Creek Massacre in Australia
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The Beaufort Wind Scale Adopted by Royal Navy
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Appointment as a Teacher
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Death of Paternal Grandfather Samuel Fowler Dickinson
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Polytechnic Institution Opens in London
Poets alive in 1838
153 poets
Poets in 1838
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