Historical Events In 1837

Mar 04   On this day in history weekly Advocate changes its name to the Colored American  

Mar 07   Henry Draper, Virginia, astro-spectro-photographer (Moon, Jupiter) in the year 1837.  

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

Mar 23   On this day in history joseph Wieniawski, composer  

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

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

Mar 26   In the year 1837 joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53  

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

Mar 29   Maria Fitzherbert, morganatic wife of King George IV, dies on this day in history.  

Mar 31   Death of English landscape painter John Constable on this day in history.  

Mar 31   John Constable, English painter/water colors painter, dies at 60 in the year 1837.  

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

Apr 03   On this day in history john Burroughs, writer/nature enthusiast (Burroughs Medal namesake)  

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   In the year 1837 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   On this day in history john Pierpont Morgan, US banker/CEO (US Steel)  

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

Apr 19   In the year 1837 cheyney University forms as the Institute for Colored Youth  

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

Apr 24   Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz) on this day in history.  

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

Apr 30   Alfred Gaul, composer in the year 1837.  

May 02   In the year 1837 henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order)  

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

May 05   In the year 1837 niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, Italian composer/bandmaster, dies at 85  

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

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

May 09   On this day in history adam Opel, German manufacturer (cycling, motorcars)  

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Jan 02   Mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia, composer (Tamara) was born in the year 1837.  

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 on this day in history.  

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   David Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1910) was born in the year 1837.  

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

Jan 20   On this day in history john Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84  

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

Jan 29   Aleksandr Pushkin, poet/novelist (Golden Cockeral), killed in a duel died in the year 1837.  

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

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