Historical Events In 1837

Jul 24   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

Jul 28   On this day in history christian Barnekow, composer  

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

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

Jul 31   In the year 1837 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 on this day in history.  

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

Aug 16   In the year 1837 emile A H Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer  

Aug 24   In the year 1837 theodore Dubois, composer  

Aug 27   Heinrich Urban, composer in the year 1837.  

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

Aug 30   Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, 1st lady (1881-85) in the year 1837.  

Sep 02   James Harrison Wilson, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1925 on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1837.  

Sep 19   Adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld, composer on this day in history.  

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

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

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   On this day in history hortense de Beauharnais, French queen of Neth (1806-10), dies at 54  

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

Oct 08   Otto Winter-Hjelm, composer on this day in history.  

Oct 09   On this day in history 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   In the year 1837 samuel Wesley, composer (Exultate Deo), dies at 71  

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

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   Mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia, composer (Tamara) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of a Ch Swinburne, writer [or Apr 5]  

Jan 12   Adolf Jensen, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 12   In the year 1837 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   John Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Jan 23   John Field, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1837.  

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

Feb 12   On this day in history ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50  

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