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1838 in Brazil
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Events in the year 1838 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Events
January
- 2 January: The National Public Archives is established in Rio de Janeiro.
February
- 28 February: The Provincial Assembly is installed in Pará.
March
October
- 2 October: The Brazilian Historical and Geographical Institute is founded in Rio de Janeiro.
December
- 13 December: The beginning of the Balaiada; a rebellion that took place in Maranhão.
Births
- January 13 - André Rebouças, military engineer, abolitionist and inventor (d. 1898)[1]
- March 18 - França Júnior, playwright, journalist and painter (d. 1890)
Deaths
- April 6 - José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva, statesman and mineralist