1838                 Documents in Year 1839                      1840


Links of Interest:

  • Martin Van Buren, Eighth U.S. President

  • (1837-1841)


  • Education:

    Horace Mann (1796-1859) "Father of American Education"

  • "established three normal schools (teacher training institutions), the first such schools in America. The first of these normal schools was established in 1839 at Lexington, Massachusetts."

    Source: Foundations of American Education, Sixth Edition page 127 / L. Dean Webb, Arlene Metha. Published by Pearson Education. 2010 see 1847 for next event...

  • Native Americans 1831-39:

  • Relocation of southeastern tribes to Oklahoma (southeast)
    Viola, Herman I, North American Indians, Crown Publishers, New York: New York, 1996

  • Technology: Charles Goodyear invents vulcanized rubber in 1839.

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