Dec 29 Royal Navy Commander Andrew Drew 1792-1878 and a group of Canadian militiamen cross the Niagara River to Fort Schlosser, and capture the American supply steamer Caroline, burn the ship and set her adrife in the river towards Niagra FAlls in the year 1837.
Dec 29 On this day in history steam-powered threshing machine patented, Winthrop, Maine
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Jan 02 Mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia, composer (Tamara) was born on this day in history.
Jan 04 On this day in history birth of casimiro de Abreu, Brazil, poet (Camoes e o jau)
Jan 05 A Ch Swinburne, writer [or Apr 5] was born in the year 1837.
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 On this day in history birth of william Williams Keen, surgeon (brain)
Jan 20 David Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1910) was born in the year 1837.
Jan 11 John Field, Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54 in the year 1837.
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 in the year 1837.
Feb 07 On this day in history 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 Ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50 in the year 1837.
Feb 13 Mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1809 died on this day in history.