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) in the year 1837.  

Mar 12   In the year 1837 felix Alexandre Guilmant, composer  

Mar 13   On this day in history nikita P Panin, Russian diplomat/min of Foreign affairs, dies at 66  

Mar 14   On this day in history charles Ammi Cutter, US librarian (Expansive classification)  

Mar 18   Grover Cleveland, [Stephen], NJ, 22nd/24th Pres (1885-89, 93-97) on this day in history.  

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

Mar 23   Joseph Wieniawski, composer on this day in history.  

Mar 24   Canada gives blacks the right to vote in the year 1837.  

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

Mar 26   Joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53 in the year 1837.  

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   John Constable, English painter/water colors painter, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Mar 31   In the year 1837 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   Algernon Charles Swinburne, England, poet (Atalanta in Calydon) on this day in history.  

Apr 11   In the year 1837 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   Edouard viscount de Walckiers, very wealthy slave trader, dies in the year 1837.  

Apr 17   John Pierpont Morgan, US banker/CEO (US Steel) on this day in history.  

Apr 17   The birth of John Pierpont Morgan, American industrialist on this day in history.  

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

Apr 21   Fredrik Bajer, Denmark, politican/feminist/pacifist (Nobel 1908) on this day in history.  

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

Apr 25   William Charles Levey, composer in the year 1837.  

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   On this day in history the University of Athens is founded.  

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

May 09   On this day in history "Sherrod" burns in Mississippi River below Natchez Miss; 175 dies  

May 09   "Sherrod" burns in Mississippi River below Natchez MS; 175 dies on this day in history.  

May 09   Adam Opel, German manufacturer (cycling, motorcars) on this day in history.  

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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 on this day in history.  

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

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   In the year 1837 birth of william Williams Keen, surgeon (brain)  

Jan 20   In the year 1837 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   In the year 1837 john Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84  

Jan 23   On this day in history 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   King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778) died on this day in history.  

Feb 10   Alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37 in the year 1837.  

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 on this day in history.