Page 2: Historical Events In 1837

Mar 04   On this day in history weekly Advocate changes its name to the Colored American   

Mar 07   In the year 1837 henry Draper, Virginia, astro-spectro-photographer (Moon, Jupiter)   

Mar 12   On this day in history felix Alexandre Guilmant, composer   

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

Mar 14   Charles Ammi Cutter, US librarian (Expansive classification) in the year 1837.   

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

Mar 19   On this day in history robert Daniel Johnston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1919   

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   Joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

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

Mar 29   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   John Burroughs, writer/nature enthusiast (Burroughs Medal namesake) on this day in history.   

Apr 05   Algernon Charles Swinburne, England, poet (Atalanta in Calydon) on this day in history.   

Apr 11   Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth, Col (Union Army), died in 1861 in the year 1837.   

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

Apr 17   Edouard viscount de Walckiers, very wealthy slave trader, dies on this day in history.   

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

Apr 17   In the year 1837 the birth of John Pierpont Morgan, American industrialist   

Apr 19   Cheyney University forms as the Institute for Colored Youth in the year 1837.   

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

Apr 24   In the year 1837 friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz)   

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

Apr 30   On this day in history alfred Gaul, composer   

May 02   Henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order) in the year 1837.   

May 03   The University of Athens is founded in the year 1837.   

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

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

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

May 09   On this day in history adam Opel, German manufacturer (cycling, motorcars)   

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Jan 02   Mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia, composer (Tamara) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1837 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   On this day in history birth of adolf Jensen, composer   

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of carlos Troyer, composer   

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 in the year 1837.   

Jan 20   David Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1910) was born in the year 1837.   

Jan 11   In the year 1837 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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1837.