Historical Events In 1837

Jul 24   Charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter in the year 1837.  

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   US Mint opens in Charlotte, NC in the year 1837.  

Jul 28   Christian Barnekow, composer on this day in history.  

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

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

Jul 31   In the year 1837 william Clarke Quantrill, Col (Confederate Army), died in 1865  

Aug 01   On this day in history 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   Emile A H Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer on this day in history.  

Aug 24   In the year 1837 theodore Dubois, composer  

Aug 27   Heinrich Urban, composer on this day in history.  

Aug 28   Pharmacists John Lea & William Perrins manufactures Worcester Sauce in the year 1837.  

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 on this day in history.  

Sep 06   In the year 1837 oberlin Collegiate Institute of Ohio goes co-ed (4 women, 30 men)  

Sep 15   In the year 1837 leo van Gheluwe, composer  

Sep 16   Pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61) on this day in history.  

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

Sep 19   On this day in history adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld, composer  

Sep 21   Charles Tiffany founded his jewelry & china stores on this day in history.  

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

Oct 01   On this day in history "Racer's" Hurricane (Gulf of Mexico)  

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

Oct 05   Hortense de Beauharnais, French queen of Neth (1806-10), dies at 54 on this day in history.  

Oct 06   In the year 1837 jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer, dies at 77  

Oct 08   On this day in history 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   Frederica Louisa Wilhelmina, Queen of Netherlands, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

Oct 14   On this day in history ellison Capers, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1908  

Oct 16   John Francis Barnett, composer in the year 1837.  

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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 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   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   William Williams Keen, surgeon (brain) was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 20   On this day in history john Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84  

Jan 23   In the year 1837 john Field, composer, dies at 54  

Jan 29   On this day in history death of aleksandr Pushkin, poet/novelist (Golden Cockeral), killed in a duel  

Feb 07   In the year 1837 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   In the year 1837 ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50  

Feb 13   Mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1809 died in the year 1837.