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

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

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

Mar 23   On this day in history joseph Wieniawski, composer   

Mar 24   In the year 1837 canada gives blacks the right to vote   

Mar 24   On this day in history philips, Count of Flanders Belgium   

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

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

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

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   On this day in history algernon Charles Swinburne, England, poet (Atalanta in Calydon)   

Apr 11   On this day in history 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   On this day in history cheyney University forms as the Institute for Colored Youth   

Apr 21   Fredrik Bajer, Denmark, politican/feminist/pacifist (Nobel 1908) in the year 1837.   

Apr 24   On this day in history friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz)   

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

Apr 30   In the year 1837 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   In the year 1837 "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   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   A Ch Swinburne, writer [or Apr 5] was born in the year 1837.   

Jan 12   Adolf Jensen, composer was born in the year 1837.   

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

Jan 16   In the year 1837 birth of james Phillip Simms, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887   

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history john Field, composer, dies at 54   

Jan 29   Aleksandr Pushkin, poet/novelist (Golden Cockeral), killed in a duel died in the year 1837.   

Feb 07   In the year 1837 death of king Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778)   

Feb 10   On this day in history alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37   

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.