Historical Events In 1837

Jul 13   On this day in history queen Victoria is 1st monarch to live in present Buckingham Palace  

Jul 20   Hans Sommer, composer on this day in history.  

Jul 24   Charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter on this day in history.  

Jul 25   The first commercial use of an electric telegraph was successfully demonstrated by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone on 25 July 1837 between Euston and Camden Town in London on this day in history.  

Jul 27   In the year 1837 uS Mint opens in Charlotte, NC  

Jul 28   On this day in history christian Barnekow, composer  

Jul 28   John Ross, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Jul 30   Elon John Farnsworth, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 in the year 1837.  

Jul 31   In the year 1837 william Clarke Quantrill, Col (Confederate Army), died in 1865  

Aug 01   On this day in history walter Geikie, painter, dies  

Aug 05   1st ascent of Mt Marcy (5,344') highest in Adirondack, NY on this day in history.  

Aug 11   On this day in history marie Francois Carnot, engineer/French pres (1887-94); assassinated  

Aug 16   In the year 1837 emile A H Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer  

Aug 24   On this day in history theodore Dubois, composer  

Aug 27   In the year 1837 heinrich Urban, composer  

Aug 28   Pharmacists John Lea & William Perrins manufactures Worcester Sauce on this day in history.  

Aug 30   In the year 1837 ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, 1st lady (1881-85)  

Sep 02   On this day in history james Harrison Wilson, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1925  

Sep 06   In the year 1837 oberlin Collegiate Institute of Ohio goes co-ed (4 women, 30 men)  

Sep 15   On this day in history leo van Gheluwe, composer  

Sep 16   Pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61) on this day in history.  

Sep 16   On this day in history pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61), dies  

Sep 19   In the year 1837 adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld, composer  

Sep 21   In the year 1837 charles Tiffany founded his jewelry & china stores  

Sep 23   Richard John Samuel Stevens, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Oct 01   In the year 1837 "Racer's" Hurricane (Gulf of Mexico)  

Oct 01   In the year 1837 treaty with Winnebago Indians  

Oct 05   Hortense de Beauharnais, French queen of Neth (1806-10), dies at 54 on this day in history.  

Oct 06   On this day in history jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer, dies at 77  

Oct 08   In the year 1837 otto Winter-Hjelm, composer  

Oct 09   In the year 1837 charles Fourier, French utopian socialist (Harmony universal), dies  

Oct 09   Steamboat "Home" sinks off Okracoke NC killing 100 on this day in history.  

Oct 11   Samuel Wesley, composer (Exultate Deo), dies at 71 in the year 1837.  

Oct 12   On this day in history frederica Louisa Wilhelmina, Queen of Netherlands, dies at 62  

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Jan 02   Mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia, composer (Tamara) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Casimiro de Abreu, Brazil, poet (Camoes e o jau) was born in the year 1837.  

Jan 05   A Ch Swinburne, writer [or Apr 5] was born on this day in history.  

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   James Phillip Simms, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887 was born in the year 1837.  

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   On this day in history john Field, Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54  

Jan 20   On this day in history john Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84  

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

Feb 13   In the year 1837 death of mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1809