Page 2: Historical Events In 1837

Mar 04   In the year 1837 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   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   On this day in history charles Ammi Cutter, US librarian (Expansive classification)   

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

Mar 19   On this day in history robert Daniel Johnston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1919   

Mar 23   In the year 1837 joseph Wieniawski, composer   

Mar 24   Canada gives blacks the right to vote on this day in history.   

Mar 24   On this day in history 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   Maria Fitzherbert, morganatic wife of King George IV, dies in the year 1837.   

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   In the year 1837 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   In the year 1837 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   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 in the year 1837.   

Apr 17   In the year 1837 john Pierpont Morgan, US banker/CEO (US Steel)   

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   In the year 1837 fredrik Bajer, Denmark, politican/feminist/pacifist (Nobel 1908)   

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   In the year 1837 henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order)   

May 03   In the year 1837 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   In the year 1837 "Sherrod" burns in Mississippi River below Natchez MS; 175 dies   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1837 birth of casimiro de Abreu, Brazil, poet (Camoes e o jau)   

Jan 05   A Ch Swinburne, writer [or Apr 5] was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of carlos Troyer, composer   

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 in the year 1837.   

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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history 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   Alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37 in the year 1837.   

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 in the year 1837.