Page 3: Historical Events In 1837

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

May 10   Pinckney B S Pinchback, Lt gov (Louisiana) on this day in history.   

May 17   In the year 1837 royal Decides installs the Weapon of Belgium firm(ly)   

May 23   James Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 on this day in history.   

May 25   The Patriots of Lower Canada (Quebec) rebel against the British for freedom on this day in history.   

May 27   "Wild Bill" Hickok, [James Butler], cowboy/scout in the year 1837.   

May 29   On this day in history alexander F de Savornin Lohmann, Dutch minister/party leader (CHU)   

May 31   Astor Hotel (most elaborate in US) opens in NYC, it later becomes the Waldorf-Astoria on this day in history.   

May 31   In the year 1837 astor Hotel opens in NYC, it later becomes the Waldorf-Astoria   

May 31   Ernest Daudet, French writer (White Terror) in the year 1837.   

May 31   Joseph Grimaldi, greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57 in the year 1837.   

Jun 08   Jan Kleczynski, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 11   The Broad Street Riot occurres in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between English-Americans and Irish-Americans on this day in history.   

Jun 13   1st Mormon missionaries to British Isles leave Kirtland, Ohio in the year 1837.   

Jun 13   On this day in history first Mormon missionaries to the British Isles leave Kirtland, Ohio   

Jun 16   On this day in history eli Long, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1903   

Jun 16   Valentino Fioravanti, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

Jun 17   In the year 1837 charles Goodyear obtains his 1st rubber patent   

Jun 17   On this day in history charles Goodyear obtains his first rubber patent   

Jun 17   Vincent Strong, civil war fighter, died in 1863 on this day in history.   

Jun 18   On this day in history spain gets new Constitution   

Jun 19   On this day in history aleksander A Bestoezjev-Marlinsky, Russian writer, dies in battle   

Jun 20   England issues its 1st stamp, 1P Queen Victoria on this day in history.   

Jun 20   In the year 1837 england issues its first stamp, 1P Queen Victoria   

Jun 20   In the year 1837 giovanni Furno, composer, dies at 89   

Jun 20   In the year 1837 queen Victoria at 18 ascends British throne following death of uncle King William IV Ruled for 63 years ending in 1901   

Jun 22   Paul Morphy, New Orleans, greatest chess player of all time (1857-61) in the year 1837.   

Jun 23   Ernest Guiraud, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 26   Martin Davis Hardin II, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1923 in the year 1837.   

Jun 30   In the year 1837 stephen D Ramseur, youngest West Pointer to be Maj Gen   

Jul 04   On this day in history grand Junction Railway, the world's first long-distance railway, opens between Birmingham and Liverpool.   

Jul 06   On this day in history wlasyslaw Zelenski, composer   

Jul 11   On this day in history paul Lacombe, composer   

Jul 13   On this day in history queen Victoria becomes the first British monarch to live in Buckingham Palace   

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia, composer (Tamara)   

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   In the year 1837 birth of carlos Troyer, composer   

Jan 16   James Phillip Simms, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887 was born on this day in history.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 10   Alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37 in the year 1837.   

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.