Historical Events In 1837

Jul 13   In the year 1837 queen Victoria is 1st monarch to live in present Buckingham Palace  

Jul 20   On this day in history hans Sommer, composer  

Jul 24   Charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter in the year 1837.  

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   Christian Barnekow, composer on this day in history.  

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

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

Jul 31   William Clarke Quantrill, Col (Confederate Army), died in 1865 on this day in history.  

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

Aug 05   In the year 1837 1st ascent of Mt Marcy (5,344') highest in Adirondack, NY  

Aug 11   In the year 1837 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   In the year 1837 theodore Dubois, composer  

Aug 27   Heinrich Urban, composer in the year 1837.  

Aug 28   In the year 1837 pharmacists John Lea & William Perrins manufactures Worcester Sauce  

Aug 30   Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, 1st lady (1881-85) in the year 1837.  

Sep 02   James Harrison Wilson, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1925 in the year 1837.  

Sep 06   Oberlin Collegiate Institute of Ohio goes co-ed (4 women, 30 men) on this day in history.  

Sep 15   Leo van Gheluwe, composer in the year 1837.  

Sep 16   In the year 1837 pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61)  

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

Sep 19   Adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld, composer on this day in history.  

Sep 21   Charles Tiffany founded his jewelry & china stores in the year 1837.  

Sep 23   In the year 1837 richard John Samuel Stevens, composer, dies at 80  

Oct 01   On this day in history "Racer's" Hurricane (Gulf of Mexico)  

Oct 01   Treaty with Winnebago Indians in the year 1837.  

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

Oct 06   In the year 1837 jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer, dies at 77  

Oct 08   Otto Winter-Hjelm, composer in the year 1837.  

Oct 09   Charles Fourier, French utopian socialist (Harmony universal), dies in the year 1837.  

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

Oct 11   On this day in history samuel Wesley, composer (Exultate Deo), dies at 71  

Oct 12   Frederica Louisa Wilhelmina, Queen of Netherlands, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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Jan 02   In the year 1837 birth of mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia, composer (Tamara)  

Jan 04   Casimiro de Abreu, Brazil, poet (Camoes e o jau) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of a Ch Swinburne, writer [or Apr 5]  

Jan 12   Adolf Jensen, composer was born in the year 1837.  

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

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   In the year 1837 john Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84  

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   In the year 1837 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   Mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1809 died on this day in history.