Historical Events In 1837

Mar 12   Felix Alexandre Guilmant, composer on this day in history.  

Mar 13   Nikita P Panin, Russian diplomat/min of Foreign affairs, dies at 66 in the year 1837.  

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

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

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

Mar 23   Joseph Wieniawski, composer in the year 1837.  

Mar 24   Canada gives blacks the right to vote on this day in history.  

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

Mar 26   Joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

Mar 28   Felix Mendelssohn marries Cécile Jeanrenaud in the year 1837.  

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

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

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   Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth, Col (Union Army), died in 1861 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Apr 21   Fredrik Bajer, Denmark, politican/feminist/pacifist (Nobel 1908) on this day in history.  

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

Apr 25   William Charles Levey, composer in the year 1837.  

Apr 30   Alfred Gaul, composer in the year 1837.  

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

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

May 09   On this day in history 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   In the year 1837 pinckney B S Pinchback, Lt gov (Louisiana)  

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Next Page »

Jan 02   In the year 1837 birth of mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia, composer (Tamara)  

Jan 04   In the year 1837 birth of casimiro de Abreu, Brazil, poet (Camoes e o jau)  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of a Ch Swinburne, writer [or Apr 5]  

Jan 12   In the year 1837 birth of adolf Jensen, composer  

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

Jan 16   James Phillip Simms, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887 was born in the year 1837.  

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   On this day in history john Field, Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54  

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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1837.  

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 on this day in history.