Page 2: Historical Events In 1837

Mar 04   In the year 1837 weekly Advocate changes its name to the Colored American   

Mar 07   Henry Draper, Virginia, astro-spectro-photographer (Moon, Jupiter) on this day in history.   

Mar 12   Felix Alexandre Guilmant, composer on this day in history.   

Mar 13   In the year 1837 nikita P Panin, Russian diplomat/min of Foreign affairs, dies at 66   

Mar 14   In the year 1837 charles Ammi Cutter, US librarian (Expansive classification)   

Mar 18   Grover Cleveland, [Stephen], NJ, 22nd/24th Pres (1885-89, 93-97) in the year 1837.   

Mar 19   Robert Daniel Johnston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1919 in the year 1837.   

Mar 23   Joseph Wieniawski, composer in the year 1837.   

Mar 24   On this day in history canada gives blacks the right to vote   

Mar 24   Philips, Count of Flanders Belgium on this day in history.   

Mar 26   In the year 1837 joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53   

Mar 28   On this day in history felix Mendelssohn marries Cécile Jeanrenaud   

Mar 29   In the year 1837 maria Fitzherbert, morganatic wife of King George IV, dies   

Mar 31   On this day in history death of English landscape painter John Constable.   

Mar 31   In the year 1837 john Constable, English painter/water colors painter, dies at 60   

Mar 31   On this day in history robert Ross McBurney, 1st paid secretary of the YMCA   

Apr 03   On this day in history john Burroughs, writer/nature enthusiast (Burroughs Medal namesake)   

Apr 05   On this day in history algernon Charles Swinburne, England, poet (Atalanta in Calydon)   

Apr 11   On this day in history ephraim Elmer Ellsworth, Col (Union Army), died in 1861   

Apr 15   Horace Porter, Bvt Brig General (Union Army), died in 1921 in the year 1837.   

Apr 17   In the year 1837 edouard viscount de Walckiers, very wealthy slave trader, dies   

Apr 17   In the year 1837 john Pierpont Morgan, US banker/CEO (US Steel)   

Apr 17   The birth of John Pierpont Morgan, American industrialist in the year 1837.   

Apr 19   Cheyney University forms as the Institute for Colored Youth on this day in history.   

Apr 21   In the year 1837 fredrik Bajer, Denmark, politican/feminist/pacifist (Nobel 1908)   

Apr 24   Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz) on this day in history.   

Apr 25   William Charles Levey, composer on this day in history.   

Apr 30   Alfred Gaul, composer on this day in history.   

May 02   On this day in history henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order)   

May 03   The University of Athens is founded on this day in history.   

May 05   In the year 1837 niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, Italian composer/bandmaster, dies at 85   

May 09   In the year 1837 "Sherrod" burns in Mississippi River below Natchez Miss; 175 dies   

May 09   "Sherrod" burns in Mississippi River below Natchez MS; 175 dies in the year 1837.   

May 09   In the year 1837 adam Opel, German manufacturer (cycling, motorcars)   

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia, composer (Tamara)   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of casimiro de Abreu, Brazil, poet (Camoes e o jau)   

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

Jan 12   Adolf Jensen, composer was born in the year 1837.   

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   On this day in history john Field, Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54   

Jan 20   John Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

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   King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778) died in the year 1837.   

Feb 10   On this day in history 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.