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

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 23   In the year 1837 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   Joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

Mar 28   In the year 1837 felix Mendelssohn marries Cécile Jeanrenaud  

Mar 29   In the year 1837 maria Fitzherbert, morganatic wife of King George IV, dies  

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

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

Mar 31   In the year 1837 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   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   Edouard viscount de Walckiers, very wealthy slave trader, dies on this day in history.  

Apr 17   John Pierpont Morgan, US banker/CEO (US Steel) in the year 1837.  

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   Fredrik Bajer, Denmark, politican/feminist/pacifist (Nobel 1908) in the year 1837.  

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   On this day in history henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order)  

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   Adam Opel, German manufacturer (cycling, motorcars) in the year 1837.  

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   Casimiro de Abreu, Brazil, poet (Camoes e o jau) was born in the year 1837.  

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

Jan 19   William Williams Keen, surgeon (brain) was born in the year 1837.  

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 in the year 1837.  

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

Jan 23   On this day in history john Field, composer, dies at 54  

Jan 29   In the year 1837 death of aleksandr Pushkin, poet/novelist (Golden Cockeral), killed in a duel  

Feb 07   King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778) died on this day in history.  

Feb 10   Alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37 in the year 1837.  

Feb 12   On this day in history ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50  

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