1838 in Brazil
| 1838 in Brazil |
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.svg) 19 stars (1823–70) |
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| Year of Constitution: 1824 |
Events in the year 1838 in Brazil.
Incumbents[edit]
Events[edit]
January[edit]
- 2 January: The National Public Archives is established in Rio de Janeiro.
February[edit]
- 28 February: The Provincial Assembly is installed in Pará.
March[edit]
October[edit]
- 2 October: The Brazilian Historical and Geographical Institute is founded in Rio de Janeiro.
December[edit]
- 13 December: The beginning of the Balaiada; a rebellion that took place in Maranhão.
Births[edit]
- January 13 - André Rebouças, military engineer, abolitionist and inventor (d. 1898)[1]
- March 18 - França Júnior, playwright, journalist and painter (d. 1890)
Deaths[edit]
- April 6 - José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva, statesman and mineralist
References[edit]
- ^ Joseph A. Page (1995), The Brazilians. Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-201-44191-8.
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