Historical Events In 1837

Mar 12   Felix Alexandre Guilmant, composer on this day in history.  

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   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 in the year 1837.  

Mar 23   In the year 1837 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   In the year 1837 joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53  

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

Mar 29   On this day in history maria Fitzherbert, morganatic wife of King George IV, dies  

Mar 31   Death of English landscape painter John Constable in the year 1837.  

Mar 31   John Constable, English painter/water colors painter, dies at 60 in the year 1837.  

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

Apr 03   John Burroughs, writer/nature enthusiast (Burroughs Medal namesake) in the year 1837.  

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   On this day in history horace Porter, Bvt Brig General (Union Army), died in 1921  

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

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   Cheyney University forms as the Institute for Colored Youth in the year 1837.  

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) in the year 1837.  

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

Apr 30   Alfred Gaul, composer in the year 1837.  

May 02   On this day in history 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   In the year 1837 "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   Adam Opel, German manufacturer (cycling, motorcars) in the year 1837.  

May 10   On this day in history panic of 1837: New York City banks fail, and unemployment reaches record levels.  

May 10   Pinckney B S Pinchback, Lt gov (Louisiana) in the year 1837.  

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Jan 02   Mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia, composer (Tamara) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   In the year 1837 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   Adolf Jensen, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 12   Carlos Troyer, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 16   In the year 1837 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 in the year 1837.  

Jan 11   In the year 1837 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   John Field, composer, dies at 54 in the year 1837.  

Jan 29   On this day in history death of aleksandr Pushkin, poet/novelist (Golden Cockeral), killed in a duel  

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.