Page 4: Historical Events In 1837

Jul 13   Queen Victoria is recorded as becoming the inaugural British monarch to live in Buckingham Palace   

Jul 20   Hans Sommer, composer   

Jul 24   Charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter.   

Jul 25   The inaugural 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.   

Jul 28   Christian Barnekow, composer.   

Jul 28   John Ross, composer, dies at 73   

Jul 30   Elon John Farnsworth, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863   

Jul 31   William Clarke Quantrill, Col (Confederate Army), died in 1865   

Aug 01   Walter Geikie, painter, dies   

Aug 05   1st ascent of Mt Marcy (5344') highest in Adirondack, NY   

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

Aug 16   Emile A H Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer   

Aug 24   Theodore Dubois, composer   

Aug 27   Heinrich Urban, composer   

Aug 28   Pharmacists John Lea and William Perrins manufactures Worcester Sauce.   

Aug 30   Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, 1st lady (1881-85)   

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

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

Sep 15   Leo van Gheluwe, composer.   

Sep 16   Pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61), dies   

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

Sep 19   Adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld, composer.   

Sep 21   Charles Tiffany founded his jewelry and china stores   

Sep 23   Richard John Samuel Stevens, composer, dies at 80   

Oct 01   "Racer's" Hurricane (Gulf of Mexico).   

Oct 01   Treaty with Winnebago Indians.   

Oct 05   Hortense de Beauharnais, French queen of Neth (1806-10), dies at 54.   

Oct 06   Jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer, dies at 77   

Oct 08   Otto Winter-Hjelm, composer.   

Oct 09   Charles Fourier, French utopian socialist (Harmony universal), dies   

Oct 09   Steamboat "Home" sinks off Okracoke NC killing 100.   

Oct 11   Samuel Wesley, composer (Exultate Deo), dies at 71.   

Oct 12   Frederica Louisa Wilhelmina, Queen of Netherlands, dies at 62   

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Jan 02   Mili alexeyevich balakirev: Nizhny-novgorod, russia, composer (tamara)   

Jan 04   Casimiro de abreu: Brazil, poet (camoes e o jau)   

Jan 05   A ch swinburne: Writer [or apr 5]   

Jan 12   Adolf jensen: Composer   

Jan 16   James phillip simms: Brig general (confederate army), died in 1887   

Jan 19   William williams keen: Surgeon (brain)   

Jan 20   David josiah brewer: U.s. supreme court justice    

Feb 05   Dwight lyman moody: Us, evangelist (student volunteer movement)   

Jan 11   John field: Irish pianist/composer (nocturnes),   

Jan 20   John soane: English architect (book of designs),    

Jan 23   John field: Composer,   

Jan 29   Aleksandr pushkin: Poet/novelist (golden cockeral), killed in a duel   

Feb 07   King gustav iv adolf of sweden: King gustav iv adolf of sweden (b. 1778)   

Feb 10   Alexander s pushkin: Writer,    

Feb 12   Ludwig borne: Writer,    

Feb 13   Mariano josé de larra: Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1809