What Happened In February 1838 In History

Historical Events for February, 1838

• 17th » Weenen massacre: Hundreds of Voortrekkers along the Blaukraans River, KwaZulu-Natal Province known as Natal are killed by Zulu people e.g Zulus.
• 28th » Robert Nelson (insurrectionist) or Robert Nelson, leader of the Patriotes, proclaims the independence of Lower Canada (today Quebec)

Famous Birthdays on February in 1838

• 6th » Henry Irving, English actor (d. 1905)
• 6th » Yisrael Meir Kagan, Lithuanian rabbi (d. 1933)
• 14th » Margaret E. Knight, American inventor (d. 1914)
• 16th » Henry Adams, American journalist, historian, and author (d. 1918)
• 18th » Ernst Mach, Austrian physicist (d. 1916)
• 28th » Maurice Lévy, French mathematician and engineer (d. 1910)

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