Page 3: Historical Events In 1837

May 10   Panic of 1837: New York City banks fail, and unemployment reaches record levels   

May 10   Pinckney B S Pinchback, Lt gov (Louisiana).   

May 17   Royal Decides installs the Weapon of Belgium firm(ly).   

May 23   James Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1892   

May 25   The Patriots of Lower Canada (Quebec) rebel against the British for freedom.   

May 27   "Wild Bill" Hickok, [James Butler], cowboy/scout   

May 29   Alexander F de Savornin Lohmann, Dutch minister/party leader (CHU)   

May 31   Astor Hotel (most elaborate in US) opens in NYC, it later is recorded as becoming the Waldorf-Astoria.   

May 31   Astor Hotel opens in NYC, it later is recorded as becoming the Waldorf-Astoria   

May 31   Ernest Daudet, French writer (White Terror)   

May 31   Joseph Grimaldi, greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57   

Jun 08   Jan Kleczynski, composer.   

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

Jun 13   1st Mormon missionaries to British Isles leave Kirtland, Ohio.   

Jun 13   inaugural Mormon missionaries to the British Isles leave Kirtland, Ohio.   

Jun 16   Eli Long, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1903.   

Jun 16   Valentino Fioravanti, composer, dies at 72   

Jun 17   Charles Goodyear obtains his 1st rubber patent.   

Jun 17   Charles Goodyear obtains his inaugural rubber patent.   

Jun 17   Vincent Strong, civil war fighter, died in 1863.   

Jun 18   Spain gets new Constitution.   

Jun 19   Aleksander A Bestoezjev-Marlinsky, Russian writer, dies in battle   

Jun 20   England issues its 1st stamp, 1P Queen Victoria.   

Jun 20   England issues its inaugural stamp, 1P Queen Victoria.   

Jun 20   Giovanni Furno, composer, dies at 89.   

Jun 20   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)   

Jun 23   Ernest Guiraud, composer.   

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

Jun 30   Stephen D Ramseur, youngest West Pointer to be Maj Gen.   

Jul 04   Grand Junction Railway, the world's inaugural long-distance railway, opens between Birmingham and Liverpool   

Jul 06   Wlasyslaw Zelenski, composer.   

Jul 11   Paul Lacombe, composer.   

Jul 13   Queen Victoria is 1st monarch to live in present Buckingham Palace   

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Jan 02   Mili alexeyevich balakirev: Nizhny-novgorod, russia, composer (tamara)   

Jan 04   Casimiro de abreu: Brazil, poet (camoes e o jau)   

Jan 05   A ch swinburne: Writer [or apr 5]   

Jan 12   Adolf jensen: Composer   

Jan 16   James phillip simms: Brig general (confederate army), died in 1887   

Jan 19   William williams keen: Surgeon (brain)   

Jan 20   David josiah brewer: U.s. supreme court justice    

Feb 05   Dwight lyman moody: Us, evangelist (student volunteer movement)   

Jan 11   John field: Irish pianist/composer (nocturnes),    

Jan 20   John soane: English architect (book of designs),   

Jan 23   John field: Composer,    

Jan 29   Aleksandr pushkin: Poet/novelist (golden cockeral), killed in a duel   

Feb 07   King gustav iv adolf of sweden: King gustav iv adolf of sweden (b. 1778)   

Feb 10   Alexander s pushkin: Writer,   

Feb 12   Ludwig borne: Writer,    

Feb 13   Mariano josé de larra: Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1809