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   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   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 on this day in history.  

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

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   On this day in history astor Hotel opens in NYC, it later becomes the Waldorf-Astoria  

May 31   In the year 1837 ernest Daudet, French writer (White Terror)  

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

Jun 08   Jan Kleczynski, composer in the year 1837.  

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   In the year 1837 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   Eli Long, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1903 on this day in history.  

Jun 16   Valentino Fioravanti, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1837.  

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

Jun 17   In the year 1837 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   Aleksander A Bestoezjev-Marlinsky, Russian writer, dies in battle on this day in history.  

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

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

Jun 20   Giovanni Furno, composer, dies at 89 in the year 1837.  

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

Jun 23   On this day in history ernest Guiraud, composer  

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 in the year 1837.  

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

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

Jul 11   Paul Lacombe, composer in the year 1837.  

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   Mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia, composer (Tamara) was born in the year 1837.  

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 in the year 1837.  

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of adolf Jensen, composer  

Jan 12   Carlos Troyer, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 16   In the year 1837 birth of james Phillip Simms, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887  

Jan 19   William Williams Keen, surgeon (brain) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 20   David Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1910) was born on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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.