Page 4: Historical Events In 1837

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

Jul 20   Hans Sommer, composer in the year 1837.   

Jul 24   On this day in history charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter   

Jul 25   On this day in history 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.   

Jul 27   US Mint opens in Charlotte, NC on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1837 walter Geikie, painter, dies   

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

Aug 11   Marie Francois Carnot, engineer/French pres (1887-94); assassinated in the year 1837.   

Aug 16   On this day in history emile A H Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer   

Aug 24   On this day in history theodore Dubois, composer   

Aug 27   Heinrich Urban, composer on this day in history.   

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

Aug 30   Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, 1st lady (1881-85) on this day in history.   

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

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

Sep 15   Leo van Gheluwe, composer on this day in history.   

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

Sep 16   Pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61), dies in the year 1837.   

Sep 19   On this day in history adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld, composer   

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

Sep 23   On this day in history richard John Samuel Stevens, composer, dies at 80   

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

Oct 01   On this day in history 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   In the year 1837 jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer, dies at 77   

Oct 08   Otto Winter-Hjelm, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 09   Charles Fourier, French utopian socialist (Harmony universal), dies on this day in history.   

Oct 09   On this day in history steamboat "Home" sinks off Okracoke NC killing 100   

Oct 11   In the year 1837 samuel Wesley, composer (Exultate Deo), dies at 71   

Oct 12   In the year 1837 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 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 12   Adolf Jensen, composer was born on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1837 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   On this day in history john Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84   

Jan 23   In the year 1837 john Field, composer, dies at 54   

Jan 29   In the year 1837 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   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   In the year 1837 death of mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1809