Historical Events In 1837

Mar 04   Weekly Advocate changes its name to the Colored American in the year 1837.   

Mar 07   In the year 1837 henry Draper, Virginia, astro-spectro-photographer (Moon, Jupiter)   

Mar 12   On this day in history felix Alexandre Guilmant, composer   

Mar 13   Nikita P Panin, Russian diplomat/min of Foreign affairs, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Mar 14   On this day in history charles Ammi Cutter, US librarian (Expansive classification)   

Mar 18   In the year 1837 grover Cleveland, [Stephen], NJ, 22nd/24th Pres (1885-89, 93-97)   

Mar 19   In the year 1837 robert Daniel Johnston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1919   

Mar 23   In the year 1837 joseph Wieniawski, composer   

Mar 24   Canada gives blacks the right to vote in the year 1837.   

Mar 24   Philips, Count of Flanders Belgium on this day in history.   

Mar 26   Joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53 in the year 1837.   

Mar 28   Felix Mendelssohn marries Cécile Jeanrenaud on this day in history.   

Mar 29   Maria Fitzherbert, morganatic wife of King George IV, dies in the year 1837.   

Mar 31   Death of English landscape painter John Constable in the year 1837.   

Mar 31   In the year 1837 john Constable, English painter/water colors painter, dies at 60   

Mar 31   On this day in history robert Ross McBurney, 1st paid secretary of the YMCA   

Apr 03   John Burroughs, writer/nature enthusiast (Burroughs Medal namesake) in the year 1837.   

Apr 05   On this day in history algernon Charles Swinburne, England, poet (Atalanta in Calydon)   

Apr 11   On this day in history ephraim Elmer Ellsworth, Col (Union Army), died in 1861   

Apr 15   On this day in history horace Porter, Bvt Brig General (Union Army), died in 1921   

Apr 17   Edouard viscount de Walckiers, very wealthy slave trader, dies on this day in history.   

Apr 17   In the year 1837 john Pierpont Morgan, US banker/CEO (US Steel)   

Apr 17   The birth of John Pierpont Morgan, American industrialist in the year 1837.   

Apr 19   Cheyney University forms as the Institute for Colored Youth on this day in history.   

Apr 21   In the year 1837 fredrik Bajer, Denmark, politican/feminist/pacifist (Nobel 1908)   

Apr 24   Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz) in the year 1837.   

Apr 25   William Charles Levey, composer on this day in history.   

Apr 30   On this day in history alfred Gaul, composer   

May 02   Henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order) on this day in history.   

May 03   In the year 1837 the University of Athens is founded.   

May 05   On this day in history niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, Italian composer/bandmaster, dies at 85   

May 09   In the year 1837 "Sherrod" burns in Mississippi River below Natchez Miss; 175 dies   

May 09   "Sherrod" burns in Mississippi River below Natchez MS; 175 dies in the year 1837.   

May 09   In the year 1837 adam Opel, German manufacturer (cycling, motorcars)   

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Jan 02   Mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia, composer (Tamara) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of casimiro de Abreu, Brazil, poet (Camoes e o jau)   

Jan 05   A Ch Swinburne, writer [or Apr 5] was born in the year 1837.   

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of adolf Jensen, composer   

Jan 12   In the year 1837 birth of carlos Troyer, composer   

Jan 16   On this day in history birth of james Phillip Simms, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887   

Jan 19   William Williams Keen, surgeon (brain) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 20   David Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1910) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 11   John Field, Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

Jan 20   In the year 1837 john Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84   

Jan 23   In the year 1837 john Field, composer, dies at 54   

Jan 29   On this day in history death of aleksandr Pushkin, poet/novelist (Golden Cockeral), killed in a duel   

Feb 07   On this day in history death of king Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778)   

Feb 10   On this day in history alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37   

Feb 12   In the year 1837 ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50   

Feb 13   Mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1809 died on this day in history.