Historical Events In 1837

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)  

May 17   In the year 1837 royal Decides installs the Weapon of Belgium firm(ly)  

May 23   James Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 on this day in history.  

May 25   In the year 1837 the Patriots of Lower Canada (Quebec) rebel against the British for freedom.  

May 27   In the year 1837 "Wild Bill" Hickok, [James Butler], cowboy/scout  

May 29   Alexander F de Savornin Lohmann, Dutch minister/party leader (CHU) in the year 1837.  

May 31   Astor Hotel (most elaborate in US) opens in NYC, it later becomes the Waldorf-Astoria in the year 1837.  

May 31   Astor Hotel opens in NYC, it later becomes the Waldorf-Astoria in the year 1837.  

May 31   Ernest Daudet, French writer (White Terror) in the year 1837.  

May 31   In the year 1837 joseph Grimaldi, greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57  

Jun 08   On this day in history jan Kleczynski, composer  

Jun 11   In the year 1837 the Broad Street Riot occurres in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between English-Americans and Irish-Americans.  

Jun 13   In the year 1837 1st Mormon missionaries to British Isles leave Kirtland, Ohio  

Jun 13   On this day in history first Mormon missionaries to the British Isles leave Kirtland, Ohio  

Jun 16   In the year 1837 eli Long, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1903  

Jun 16   In the year 1837 valentino Fioravanti, composer, dies at 72  

Jun 17   Charles Goodyear obtains his 1st rubber patent on this day in history.  

Jun 17   On this day in history charles Goodyear obtains his first rubber patent  

Jun 17   In the year 1837 vincent Strong, civil war fighter, died in 1863  

Jun 18   On this day in history spain gets new Constitution  

Jun 19   In the year 1837 aleksander A Bestoezjev-Marlinsky, Russian writer, dies in battle  

Jun 20   In the year 1837 england issues its 1st stamp, 1P Queen Victoria  

Jun 20   England issues its first stamp, 1P Queen Victoria on this day in history.  

Jun 20   Giovanni Furno, composer, dies at 89 in the year 1837.  

Jun 20   Queen Victoria at 18 ascends British throne following death of uncle King William IV Ruled for 63 years ending in 1901 in the year 1837.  

Jun 22   On this day in history paul Morphy, New Orleans, greatest chess player of all time (1857-61)  

Jun 23   In the year 1837 ernest Guiraud, composer  

Jun 26   In the year 1837 martin Davis Hardin II, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1923  

Jun 30   Stephen D Ramseur, youngest West Pointer to be Maj Gen on this day in history.  

Jul 04   On this day in history grand Junction Railway, the world's first long-distance railway, opens between Birmingham and Liverpool.  

Jul 06   Wlasyslaw Zelenski, composer in the year 1837.  

Jul 11   Paul Lacombe, composer in the year 1837.  

Jul 13   On this day in history queen Victoria becomes the first British monarch to live in Buckingham Palace  

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

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of casimiro de Abreu, Brazil, poet (Camoes e o jau)  

Jan 05   In the year 1837 birth of a Ch Swinburne, writer [or Apr 5]  

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of adolf Jensen, composer  

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

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   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 in the year 1837.  

Jan 20   John Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

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

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   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.