1838 in Brazil

Events in the year 1838 in Brazil.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Pedro II

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

• 16 March: End of the Sabinada.

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)
• March 18 - França Júnior, playwright, journalist and painter (d. 1890)

Deaths

• April 6 - José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva, statesman and mineralist