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

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

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

Mar 23   In the year 1837 joseph Wieniawski, composer   

Mar 24   Canada gives blacks the right to vote on this day in history.   

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

Mar 26   On this day in history joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53   

Mar 28   Felix Mendelssohn marries Cécile Jeanrenaud on this day in history.   

Mar 29   Maria Fitzherbert, morganatic wife of King George IV, dies on this day in history.   

Mar 31   In the year 1837 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   Robert Ross McBurney, 1st paid secretary of the YMCA on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Apr 17   Edouard viscount de Walckiers, very wealthy slave trader, dies in the year 1837.   

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   On this day in history cheyney University forms as the Institute for Colored Youth   

Apr 21   On this day in history 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 in the year 1837.   

Apr 30   Alfred Gaul, composer in the year 1837.   

May 02   In the year 1837 henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order)   

May 03   On this day in history the University of Athens is founded.   

May 05   On this day in history niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, Italian composer/bandmaster, dies at 85   

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

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

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

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Jan 02   In the year 1837 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   In the year 1837 birth of adolf Jensen, composer   

Jan 12   Carlos Troyer, composer was born in the year 1837.   

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 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 in the year 1837.   

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

Jan 23   John Field, composer, dies at 54 in the year 1837.   

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   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 on this day in history.