Page 4: Historical Events In 1837

Jul 13   Queen Victoria is 1st monarch to live in present Buckingham Palace on this day in history.   

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

Jul 24   In the year 1837 charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter   

Jul 25   In the year 1837 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   On this day in history uS Mint opens in Charlotte, NC   

Jul 28   In the year 1837 christian Barnekow, composer   

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

Jul 30   On this day in history elon John Farnsworth, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863   

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

Aug 01   Walter Geikie, painter, dies in the year 1837.   

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

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

Aug 16   Emile A H Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer in the year 1837.   

Aug 24   Theodore Dubois, composer on this day in history.   

Aug 27   On this day in history heinrich Urban, composer   

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

Aug 30   On this day in history ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, 1st lady (1881-85)   

Sep 02   James Harrison Wilson, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1925 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

Sep 19   Adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld, composer in the year 1837.   

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

Sep 23   Richard John Samuel Stevens, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1837.   

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   In the year 1837 hortense de Beauharnais, French queen of Neth (1806-10), dies at 54   

Oct 06   Jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

Oct 08   On this day in history otto Winter-Hjelm, composer   

Oct 09   On this day in history charles Fourier, French utopian socialist (Harmony universal), dies   

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

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 in the year 1837.   

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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 on this day in history.   

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of carlos Troyer, composer   

Jan 16   In the year 1837 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   John Field, Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54 in the year 1837.   

Jan 20   In the year 1837 john Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84   

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   On this day in history death of king Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778)   

Feb 10   Alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37 in the year 1837.   

Feb 12   Ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50 in the year 1837.   

Feb 13   Mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1809 died in the year 1837.