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Historical Events in July 1838

  • Jul 4 Huskar Pit Disaster: 26 children drown trying to escape flooding in the Silkstone Colliery in England. Leads to the 1842 Mines Act, which bans women and children working underground. [1]
  • Jul 4 Iowa Territory is organised from Wisconsin Territory, lasting until 1846
  • Jul 7 Central American federation is dissolved
  • Jul 8 Arabs attack Jewish community of Safed