1838 in Brazil

Events in the year 1838 in Brazil.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Pedro II

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