Historical Events In 1837

Mar 04   In the year 1837 weekly Advocate changes its name to the Colored American  

Mar 07   On this day in history henry Draper, Virginia, astro-spectro-photographer (Moon, Jupiter)  

Mar 12   Felix Alexandre Guilmant, composer in the year 1837.  

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   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 on this day in history.  

Mar 23   In the year 1837 joseph Wieniawski, composer  

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 28   In the year 1837 felix Mendelssohn marries Cécile Jeanrenaud  

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

Mar 31   Death of English landscape painter John Constable on this day in history.  

Mar 31   On this day in history john Constable, English painter/water colors painter, dies at 60  

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) on this day in history.  

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

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   John Pierpont Morgan, US banker/CEO (US Steel) in the year 1837.  

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   On this day in history 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   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   "Sherrod" burns in Mississippi River below Natchez MS; 175 dies in the year 1837.  

May 09   Adam Opel, German manufacturer (cycling, motorcars) in the year 1837.  

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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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 20   On this day in history birth of david Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1910)  

Jan 11   On this day in history john Field, Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54  

Jan 20   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 12   Ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

Feb 13   Mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1809 died on this day in history.