Historical Events In 1837

Jul 13   Queen Victoria is 1st monarch to live in present Buckingham Palace in the year 1837.   

Jul 20   On this day in history hans Sommer, composer   

Jul 24   On this day in history charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter   

Jul 25   The first commercial use of an electric telegraph was successfully demonstrated by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone on 25 July 1837 between Euston and Camden Town in London on this day in history.   

Jul 27   In the year 1837 uS Mint opens in Charlotte, NC   

Jul 28   In the year 1837 christian Barnekow, composer   

Jul 28   John Ross, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Jul 30   Elon John Farnsworth, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 on this day in history.   

Jul 31   On this day in history william Clarke Quantrill, Col (Confederate Army), died in 1865   

Aug 01   In the year 1837 walter Geikie, painter, dies   

Aug 05   1st ascent of Mt Marcy (5,344') highest in Adirondack, NY on this day in history.   

Aug 11   Marie Francois Carnot, engineer/French pres (1887-94); assassinated in the year 1837.   

Aug 16   Emile A H Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer in the year 1837.   

Aug 24   On this day in history theodore Dubois, composer   

Aug 27   Heinrich Urban, composer in the year 1837.   

Aug 28   Pharmacists John Lea & William Perrins manufactures Worcester Sauce on this day in history.   

Aug 30   Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, 1st lady (1881-85) on this day in history.   

Sep 02   On this day in history james Harrison Wilson, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1925   

Sep 06   On this day in history oberlin Collegiate Institute of Ohio goes co-ed (4 women, 30 men)   

Sep 15   Leo van Gheluwe, composer in the year 1837.   

Sep 16   On this day in history pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61)   

Sep 16   On this day in history pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61), dies   

Sep 19   Adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld, composer in the year 1837.   

Sep 21   In the year 1837 charles Tiffany founded his jewelry & china stores   

Sep 23   In the year 1837 richard John Samuel Stevens, composer, dies at 80   

Oct 01   "Racer's" Hurricane (Gulf of Mexico) in the year 1837.   

Oct 01   Treaty with Winnebago Indians on this day in history.   

Oct 05   On this day in history hortense de Beauharnais, French queen of Neth (1806-10), dies at 54   

Oct 06   On this day in history jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer, dies at 77   

Oct 08   Otto Winter-Hjelm, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 09   Charles Fourier, French utopian socialist (Harmony universal), dies in the year 1837.   

Oct 09   Steamboat "Home" sinks off Okracoke NC killing 100 in the year 1837.   

Oct 11   Samuel Wesley, composer (Exultate Deo), dies at 71 in the year 1837.   

Oct 12   In the year 1837 frederica Louisa Wilhelmina, Queen of Netherlands, dies at 62   

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

Jan 04   Casimiro de Abreu, Brazil, poet (Camoes e o jau) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 12   Adolf Jensen, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 12   Carlos Troyer, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 16   In the year 1837 birth of james Phillip Simms, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887   

Jan 19   In the year 1837 birth of william Williams Keen, surgeon (brain)   

Jan 20   On this day in history birth of david Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1910)   

Jan 11   John Field, Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54 in the year 1837.   

Jan 20   John Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84 in the year 1837.   

Jan 23   John Field, composer, dies at 54 in the year 1837.   

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

Feb 07   In the year 1837 death of king Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778)   

Feb 10   Alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

Feb 12   Ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

Feb 13   Mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1809 died in the year 1837.