Historical Events In 1837

May 17   Royal Decides installs the Weapon of Belgium firm(ly) on this day in history.  

May 23   James Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 in the year 1837.  

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

May 27   On this day in history "Wild Bill" Hickok, [James Butler], cowboy/scout  

May 29   Alexander F de Savornin Lohmann, Dutch minister/party leader (CHU) on this day in history.  

May 31   On this day in history astor Hotel (most elaborate in US) opens in NYC, it later becomes the Waldorf-Astoria  

May 31   On this day in history astor Hotel opens in NYC, it later becomes the Waldorf-Astoria  

May 31   On this day in history ernest Daudet, French writer (White Terror)  

May 31   On this day in history joseph Grimaldi, greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57  

Jun 08   On this day in history jan Kleczynski, composer  

Jun 11   The Broad Street Riot occurres in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between English-Americans and Irish-Americans on this day in history.  

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

Jun 13   First Mormon missionaries to the British Isles leave Kirtland, Ohio in the year 1837.  

Jun 16   On this day in history eli Long, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1903  

Jun 16   On this day in history valentino Fioravanti, composer, dies at 72  

Jun 17   In the year 1837 charles Goodyear obtains his 1st rubber patent  

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

Jun 17   On this day in history vincent Strong, civil war fighter, died in 1863  

Jun 18   On this day in history spain gets new Constitution  

Jun 19   Aleksander A Bestoezjev-Marlinsky, Russian writer, dies in battle on this day in history.  

Jun 20   On this day in history 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   On this day in history queen Victoria at 18 ascends British throne following death of uncle King William IV Ruled for 63 years ending in 1901  

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

Jun 23   Ernest Guiraud, composer in the year 1837.  

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

Jun 30   In the year 1837 stephen D Ramseur, youngest West Pointer to be Maj Gen  

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

Jul 06   On this day in history wlasyslaw Zelenski, composer  

Jul 11   Paul Lacombe, composer on this day in history.  

Jul 13   Queen Victoria becomes the first British monarch to live in Buckingham Palace in the year 1837.  

Jul 13   On this day in history queen Victoria is 1st monarch to live in present Buckingham Palace  

Jul 20   In the year 1837 hans Sommer, composer  

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia, composer (Tamara)  

Jan 04   Casimiro de Abreu, Brazil, poet (Camoes e o jau) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 12   Adolf Jensen, composer was born in the year 1837.  

Jan 12   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.  

Jan 11   On this day in history john Field, Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54  

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 07   King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778) died in the year 1837.  

Feb 10   On this day in history alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37  

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