Historical Events In 1837

Mar 12   Felix Alexandre Guilmant, composer in the year 1837.  

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

Mar 14   Charles Ammi Cutter, US librarian (Expansive classification) on this day in history.  

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

Mar 19   On this day in history robert Daniel Johnston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1919  

Mar 23   In the year 1837 joseph Wieniawski, composer  

Mar 24   In the year 1837 canada gives blacks the right to vote  

Mar 24   On this day in history philips, Count of Flanders Belgium  

Mar 26   On this day in history joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53  

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

Mar 29   On this day in history maria Fitzherbert, morganatic wife of King George IV, dies  

Mar 31   In the year 1837 death of English landscape painter John Constable.  

Mar 31   John Constable, English painter/water colors painter, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Mar 31   Robert Ross McBurney, 1st paid secretary of the YMCA on this day in history.  

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

Apr 05   Algernon Charles Swinburne, England, poet (Atalanta in Calydon) in the year 1837.  

Apr 11   In the year 1837 ephraim Elmer Ellsworth, Col (Union Army), died in 1861  

Apr 15   In the year 1837 horace Porter, Bvt Brig General (Union Army), died in 1921  

Apr 17   On this day in history edouard viscount de Walckiers, very wealthy slave trader, dies  

Apr 17   John Pierpont Morgan, US banker/CEO (US Steel) on this day in history.  

Apr 17   The birth of John Pierpont Morgan, American industrialist on this day in history.  

Apr 19   Cheyney University forms as the Institute for Colored Youth in the year 1837.  

Apr 21   On this day in history fredrik Bajer, Denmark, politican/feminist/pacifist (Nobel 1908)  

Apr 24   In the year 1837 friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz)  

Apr 25   In the year 1837 william Charles Levey, composer  

Apr 30   In the year 1837 alfred Gaul, composer  

May 02   Henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order) in the year 1837.  

May 03   The University of Athens is founded in the year 1837.  

May 05   Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, Italian composer/bandmaster, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

May 09   "Sherrod" burns in Mississippi River below Natchez Miss; 175 dies on this day in history.  

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

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

May 10   Panic of 1837: New York City banks fail, and unemployment reaches record levels on this day in history.  

May 10   Pinckney B S Pinchback, Lt gov (Louisiana) in the year 1837.  

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

Jan 04   In the year 1837 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   Adolf Jensen, composer was born in the year 1837.  

Jan 12   Carlos Troyer, composer was born in the year 1837.  

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

Jan 19   On this day in history 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   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   Alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37 on this day in history.  

Feb 12   Ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50 in the year 1837.  

Feb 13   On this day in history death of mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1809