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)Joseph A. Page (1995), The Brazilians. Da Capo Press. . March 18 - França Júnior, playwright, journalist and painter (d. 1890)
Deaths April 6 - José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva, statesman and mineralist
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