Historical Events In 1837

Jul 13   Queen Victoria is 1st monarch to live in present Buckingham Palace in the year 1837.  

Jul 20   In the year 1837 hans Sommer, composer  

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   On this day in history uS Mint opens in Charlotte, NC  

Jul 28   Christian Barnekow, composer in the year 1837.  

Jul 28   John Ross, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1837.  

Jul 30   On this day in history elon John Farnsworth, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863  

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

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

Aug 05   On this day in history 1st ascent of Mt Marcy (5,344') highest in Adirondack, NY  

Aug 11   Marie Francois Carnot, engineer/French pres (1887-94); assassinated on this day in history.  

Aug 16   Emile A H Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer in the year 1837.  

Aug 24   On this day in history theodore Dubois, composer  

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

Aug 28   In the year 1837 pharmacists John Lea & William Perrins manufactures Worcester Sauce  

Aug 30   In the year 1837 ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, 1st lady (1881-85)  

Sep 02   On this day in history james Harrison Wilson, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1925  

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

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   In the year 1837 charles Tiffany founded his jewelry & china stores  

Sep 23   Richard John Samuel Stevens, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

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

Oct 01   In the year 1837 treaty with Winnebago Indians  

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

Oct 06   Jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1837.  

Oct 08   On this day in history otto Winter-Hjelm, composer  

Oct 09   Charles Fourier, French utopian socialist (Harmony universal), dies in the year 1837.  

Oct 09   Steamboat "Home" sinks off Okracoke NC killing 100 in the year 1837.  

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

Oct 12   On this day in history frederica Louisa Wilhelmina, Queen of Netherlands, dies at 62  

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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   In the year 1837 birth of carlos Troyer, composer  

Jan 16   James Phillip Simms, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887 was born on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1837 john Field, Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54  

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   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 on this day in history.  

Feb 10   In the year 1837 alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37  

Feb 12   In the year 1837 ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50  

Feb 13   In the year 1837 death of mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1809