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.