Page 3: Historical Events In 1837

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

May 10   Pinckney B S Pinchback, Lt gov (Louisiana) in the year 1837.   

May 17   On this day in history royal Decides installs the Weapon of Belgium firm(ly)   

May 23   On this day in history james Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1892   

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

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

May 29   Alexander F de Savornin Lohmann, Dutch minister/party leader (CHU) on this day in history.   

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

May 31   In the year 1837 joseph Grimaldi, greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57   

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

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   On this day in history 1st Mormon missionaries to British Isles leave Kirtland, Ohio   

Jun 13   On this day in history 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 in the year 1837.   

Jun 17   On this day in history charles Goodyear obtains his 1st rubber patent   

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

Jun 17   On this day in history vincent Strong, civil war fighter, died in 1863   

Jun 18   In the year 1837 spain gets new Constitution   

Jun 19   In the year 1837 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   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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1837.   

Jun 30   Stephen D Ramseur, youngest West Pointer to be Maj Gen in the year 1837.   

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

Jul 06   Wlasyslaw Zelenski, composer in the year 1837.   

Jul 11   On this day in history 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   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   Adolf Jensen, composer was born in the year 1837.   

Jan 12   In the year 1837 birth of carlos Troyer, composer   

Jan 16   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 29   Aleksandr Pushkin, poet/novelist (Golden Cockeral), killed in a duel died on this day in history.   

Feb 07   King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778) died on this day in history.   

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

Feb 12   In the year 1837 ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50   

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