Page 2: Historical Events In 1837

Mar 04   On this day in history 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 in the year 1837.   

Mar 13   Nikita P Panin, Russian diplomat/min of Foreign affairs, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

Mar 14   Charles Ammi Cutter, US librarian (Expansive classification) on this day in history.   

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

Mar 19   Robert Daniel Johnston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1919 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1837.   

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

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

Mar 29   Maria Fitzherbert, morganatic wife of King George IV, dies in the year 1837.   

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   Robert Ross McBurney, 1st paid secretary of the YMCA in the year 1837.   

Apr 03   In the year 1837 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   Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth, Col (Union Army), died in 1861 in the year 1837.   

Apr 15   Horace Porter, Bvt Brig General (Union Army), died in 1921 on this day in history.   

Apr 17   On this day in history edouard viscount de Walckiers, very wealthy slave trader, dies   

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 in the year 1837.   

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) in the year 1837.   

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

Apr 25   On this day in history william Charles Levey, composer   

Apr 30   Alfred Gaul, composer in the year 1837.   

May 02   Henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order) on this day in history.   

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

May 05   Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, Italian composer/bandmaster, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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

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

May 09   In the year 1837 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   On this day in history birth of casimiro de Abreu, Brazil, poet (Camoes e o jau)   

Jan 05   In the year 1837 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 in the year 1837.   

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   John Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84 in the year 1837.   

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

Feb 10   In the year 1837 alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37   

Feb 12   Ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50 in the year 1837.   

Feb 13   In the year 1837 death of mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1809