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   On this day in history pinckney B S Pinchback, Lt gov (Louisiana)   

May 17   Royal Decides installs the Weapon of Belgium firm(ly) on this day in history.   

May 23   On this day in history 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 in the year 1837.   

May 27   "Wild Bill" Hickok, [James Butler], cowboy/scout on this day in history.   

May 29   Alexander F de Savornin Lohmann, Dutch minister/party leader (CHU) in the year 1837.   

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

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

May 31   On this day in history ernest Daudet, French writer (White Terror)   

May 31   On this day in history joseph Grimaldi, greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57   

Jun 08   On this day in history jan Kleczynski, composer   

Jun 11   On this day in history 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 in the year 1837.   

Jun 13   In the year 1837 first Mormon missionaries to the British Isles leave Kirtland, Ohio   

Jun 16   In the year 1837 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   Charles Goodyear obtains his 1st rubber patent in the year 1837.   

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

Jun 17   In the year 1837 vincent Strong, civil war fighter, died in 1863   

Jun 18   In the year 1837 spain gets new Constitution   

Jun 19   Aleksander A Bestoezjev-Marlinsky, Russian writer, dies in battle in the year 1837.   

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

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

Jun 20   Giovanni Furno, composer, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

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

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

Jun 23   Ernest Guiraud, composer in the year 1837.   

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

Jun 30   Stephen D Ramseur, youngest West Pointer to be Maj Gen on this day in history.   

Jul 04   In the year 1837 grand Junction Railway, the world's first long-distance railway, opens between Birmingham and Liverpool.   

Jul 06   Wlasyslaw Zelenski, composer on this day in history.   

Jul 11   In the year 1837 paul Lacombe, composer   

Jul 13   In the year 1837 queen Victoria becomes the first British monarch to live in Buckingham Palace   

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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   A Ch Swinburne, writer [or Apr 5] was born in the year 1837.   

Jan 12   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of william Williams Keen, surgeon (brain)   

Jan 20   In the year 1837 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   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   Aleksandr Pushkin, poet/novelist (Golden Cockeral), killed in a duel died in the year 1837.   

Feb 07   On this day in history death of king Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778)   

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

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.