Historical Events In 1837

May 10   In the year 1837 panic of 1837: New York City banks fail, and unemployment reaches record levels.  

May 10   On this day in history pinckney B S Pinchback, Lt gov (Louisiana)  

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

May 23   On this day in history james Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1892  

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

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

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

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

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

May 31   Ernest Daudet, French writer (White Terror) on this day in history.  

May 31   Joseph Grimaldi, greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

Jun 08   In the year 1837 jan Kleczynski, composer  

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

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   Eli Long, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1903 on this day in history.  

Jun 16   Valentino Fioravanti, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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

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

Jun 17   Vincent Strong, civil war fighter, died in 1863 on this day in history.  

Jun 18   In the year 1837 spain gets new Constitution  

Jun 19   Aleksander A Bestoezjev-Marlinsky, Russian writer, dies in battle in the year 1837.  

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   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   Paul Morphy, New Orleans, greatest chess player of all time (1857-61) in the year 1837.  

Jun 23   On this day in history 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   Grand Junction Railway, the world's first long-distance railway, opens between Birmingham and Liverpool on this day in history.  

Jul 06   On this day in history wlasyslaw Zelenski, composer  

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

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

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   In the year 1837 birth of adolf Jensen, composer  

Jan 12   Carlos Troyer, composer was born in the year 1837.  

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

Jan 19   On this day in history 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   John Field, Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 23   In the year 1837 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   In the year 1837 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   In the year 1837 ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50  

Feb 13   Mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1809 died on this day in history.