Editing 1838 (section)

=== April–June ===
* [[April 4]]–[[April 22|22]] – The [[paddle steamer]] {{SS|Sirius|1837|6}} makes the [[transatlantic crossing]] to New York from [[Cork (city)|Cork]], Ireland in 18 days, though not using steam continuously.<ref>{{cite web|title=Steamship Curaçao|url=http://www.vrcurassow.com/2dvrc/sscuracao/sscuracao.html|access-date=2011-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101224202256/http://vrcurassow.com/2dvrc/sscuracao/sscuracao.html |archive-date=December 24, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[April 8]]–[[April 23|23]] – [[Isambard Kingdom Brunel]]'s paddle steamer {{SS|Great Western}} (1838) makes the transatlantic crossing to New York from [[Avonmouth]], England, in 15 days, inaugurating a regular steamship service.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1820-1840|title=Icons, a portrait of England 1820-1840|access-date=2007-09-12|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070922055840/http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1820-1840|archive-date=September 22, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[April 30]] – [[Nicaragua]] declares independence from the [[Federal Republic of Central America]].<ref name=Sandoval>{{cite web|last=Sandoval|first=Victor Hugo|title=Federal Republic of Central America|url=http://www.monedasdeguatemala.com/centroamericahisIN.html|work=Monedas de Guatemala|access-date=2013-11-05}}</ref>
* [[May]]
** The [[Chartism|People's Charter]] is drawn up in the United Kingdom, demanding [[universal suffrage]].
** [[John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham|Lord Durham]] and his entourage arrive in [[Upper Canada]], to investigate the cause of the [[1837]] rebellion in that province. This leads to Durham submitting the [[Durham Report]] to Britain.
** An insurrection breaks out in [[Tizimín]], beginning the campaign for the independence of [[Yucatán Peninsula|Yucatán]] from Mexico.
* [[May 26]] – [[Trail of Tears]]: The [[Cherokee Nation (19th century)|Cherokee Nation]] is forcibly relocated in the United States.
* [[May 28]] – [[Braulio Carrillo Colina|Braulio Carrillo]] is sworn in as [[Head of State of Costa Rica]], thus beginning his second term in office.
* [[June 10]] – [[Myall Creek massacre]]: 28 [[Indigenous Australians]] are killed.
* [[June 28]] – The [[coronation of Queen Victoria]] of the United Kingdom takes place at [[Westminster Abbey]] in London.<ref name="Pocket On This Day">{{cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-14-102715-0|year=2006}}</ref>