15th » 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.
Famous Birthdays on July in 1838
6th » Vatroslav Jagić, Croatian philologist and scholar (d. 1923)
8th » Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general and businessman, founded the Zeppelin named Zeppelin Airship Company (d. 1917)
20th » Augustin Daly, American playwright and manager (d. 1899)
20th » Sir George Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet, English politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (d. 1928)
23rd » Édouard Colonne, French violinist and conductor (d. 1910)
Famous Deaths for July 1838
19th » Pierre Louis Dulong, French physicist and chemist (b. 1785)