Historical Events In 1837

Jul 24   In the year 1837 charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter  

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 in the year 1837.  

Jul 27   On this day in history uS Mint opens in Charlotte, NC  

Jul 28   In the year 1837 christian Barnekow, composer  

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

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

Jul 31   William Clarke Quantrill, Col (Confederate Army), died in 1865 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1837 marie Francois Carnot, engineer/French pres (1887-94); assassinated  

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

Aug 24   On this day in history theodore Dubois, composer  

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

Aug 28   On this day in history pharmacists John Lea & William Perrins manufactures Worcester Sauce  

Aug 30   On this day in history 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   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   Pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61), dies on this day in history.  

Sep 19   In the year 1837 adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld, composer  

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

Sep 23   Richard John Samuel Stevens, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1837.  

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

Oct 01   On this day in history treaty with Winnebago Indians  

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

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

Oct 08   Otto Winter-Hjelm, composer in the year 1837.  

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

Oct 09   On this day in history steamboat "Home" sinks off Okracoke NC killing 100  

Oct 11   Samuel Wesley, composer (Exultate Deo), dies at 71 in the year 1837.  

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

Oct 14   In the year 1837 ellison Capers, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1908  

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

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Jan 02   In the year 1837 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   A Ch Swinburne, writer [or Apr 5] was born on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1837.  

Jan 20   John Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84 in the year 1837.  

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

Jan 29   In the year 1837 death of aleksandr Pushkin, poet/novelist (Golden Cockeral), killed in a duel  

Feb 07   King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778) died on this day in history.  

Feb 10   Alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37 on this day in history.  

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.