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   In the year 1837 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   In the year 1837 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   In the year 1837 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   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   In the year 1837 joseph Grimaldi, greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57  

Jun 08   In the year 1837 jan Kleczynski, composer  

Jun 11   The Broad Street Riot occurres in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between English-Americans and Irish-Americans in the year 1837.  

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   In the year 1837 valentino Fioravanti, composer, dies at 72  

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 in the year 1837.  

Jun 18   Spain gets new Constitution on this day in history.  

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

Jun 20   On this day in history england issues its 1st stamp, 1P Queen Victoria  

Jun 20   England issues its first stamp, 1P Queen Victoria in the year 1837.  

Jun 20   In the year 1837 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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

Jul 06   Wlasyslaw Zelenski, composer in the year 1837.  

Jul 11   In the year 1837 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   In the year 1837 birth of mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia, composer (Tamara)  

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   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   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 on this day in history.  

Feb 07   On this day in history 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   Ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

Feb 13   On this day in history death of mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1809