Page 2: Historical Events In 1837

Mar 04   Weekly Advocate changes its name to the Colored American in the year 1837.   

Mar 07   On this day in history 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) 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   Canada gives blacks the right to vote in the year 1837.   

Mar 24   In the year 1837 philips, Count of Flanders Belgium   

Mar 26   Joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

Mar 28   Felix Mendelssohn marries Cécile Jeanrenaud in the year 1837.   

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

Apr 03   In the year 1837 john Burroughs, writer/nature enthusiast (Burroughs Medal namesake)   

Apr 05   Algernon Charles Swinburne, England, poet (Atalanta in Calydon) in the year 1837.   

Apr 11   Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth, Col (Union Army), died in 1861 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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   Fredrik Bajer, Denmark, politican/feminist/pacifist (Nobel 1908) in the year 1837.   

Apr 24   Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz) in the year 1837.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

May 09   On this day in history "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 in the year 1837.   

Jan 04   Casimiro de Abreu, Brazil, poet (Camoes e o jau) was born in the year 1837.   

Jan 05   A Ch Swinburne, writer [or Apr 5] was born in the year 1837.   

Jan 12   In the year 1837 birth of adolf Jensen, composer   

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

Jan 16   On this day in history birth of james Phillip Simms, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887   

Jan 19   On this day in history birth of william Williams Keen, surgeon (brain)   

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   In the year 1837 john Field, composer, dies at 54   

Jan 29   In the year 1837 death of aleksandr Pushkin, poet/novelist (Golden Cockeral), killed in a duel   

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.