Historical Events In 1837

Jul 24   Charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter on this day in history.  

Jul 25   The first commercial use of an electric telegraph was successfully demonstrated by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone on 25 July 1837 between Euston and Camden Town in London on this day in history.  

Jul 27   In the year 1837 uS Mint opens in Charlotte, NC  

Jul 28   In the year 1837 christian Barnekow, composer  

Jul 28   In the year 1837 john Ross, composer, dies at 73  

Jul 30   In the year 1837 elon John Farnsworth, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863  

Jul 31   On this day in history william Clarke Quantrill, Col (Confederate Army), died in 1865  

Aug 01   In the year 1837 walter Geikie, painter, dies  

Aug 05   1st ascent of Mt Marcy (5,344') highest in Adirondack, NY in the year 1837.  

Aug 11   Marie Francois Carnot, engineer/French pres (1887-94); assassinated in the year 1837.  

Aug 16   On this day in history emile A H Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer  

Aug 24   Theodore Dubois, composer on this day in history.  

Aug 27   Heinrich Urban, composer in the year 1837.  

Aug 28   Pharmacists John Lea & William Perrins manufactures Worcester Sauce on this day in history.  

Aug 30   On this day in history ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, 1st lady (1881-85)  

Sep 02   James Harrison Wilson, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1925 in the year 1837.  

Sep 06   On this day in history oberlin Collegiate Institute of Ohio goes co-ed (4 women, 30 men)  

Sep 15   On this day in history leo van Gheluwe, composer  

Sep 16   Pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61) in the year 1837.  

Sep 16   In the year 1837 pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61), dies  

Sep 19   In the year 1837 adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld, composer  

Sep 21   On this day in history charles Tiffany founded his jewelry & china stores  

Sep 23   On this day in history richard John Samuel Stevens, composer, dies at 80  

Oct 01   "Racer's" Hurricane (Gulf of Mexico) in the year 1837.  

Oct 01   Treaty with Winnebago Indians on this day in history.  

Oct 05   In the year 1837 hortense de Beauharnais, French queen of Neth (1806-10), dies at 54  

Oct 06   On this day in history jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer, dies at 77  

Oct 08   In the year 1837 otto Winter-Hjelm, composer  

Oct 09   In the year 1837 charles Fourier, French utopian socialist (Harmony universal), dies  

Oct 09   In the year 1837 steamboat "Home" sinks off Okracoke NC killing 100  

Oct 11   Samuel Wesley, composer (Exultate Deo), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Oct 12   In the year 1837 frederica Louisa Wilhelmina, Queen of Netherlands, dies at 62  

Oct 14   Ellison Capers, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1908 on this day in history.  

Oct 16   On this day in history john Francis Barnett, composer  

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Jan 02   Mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia, composer (Tamara) was born in the year 1837.  

Jan 04   Casimiro de Abreu, Brazil, poet (Camoes e o jau) was born in the year 1837.  

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

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

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

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   In the year 1837 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 in the year 1837.  

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   In the year 1837 alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37  

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.