WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO AUGUST 1838
Find out what all happened February to August 1838

The Iowa Territory is organized. (4. July 1838)

Robert Nelson, leader of the Patriotes, proclaims the independence of Lower Canada (today Quebec) (28. February 1838)

The Wilkes Expedition, which would explore the Puget Sound and Antarctica, weighs anchor at Hampton Roads in 1838 (18. August 1838)

Weenen massacre: Hundreds of Voortrekkers along the Blaukraans River, Natal are killed by Zulus. (17. February 1838)

Coronation of Victoria of the United Kingdom. (28. June 1838)

Myall Creek massacre: 28 Aboriginal Australians are murdered. (10. June 1838)

Non-laborer slaves in most of the British Empire are emancipated. (1. August 1838)

Ralph Waldo Emerson delivers the Divinity School Address at Harvard Divinity School, discounting Biblical miracles and declaring Jesus a great man, but not God. The Protestant community reacts with outrage. (15. July 1838)

Nicaragua declares independence from the Central American Federation. (30. April 1838)