Historical Events In 1837

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

Jul 20   In the year 1837 hans Sommer, composer  

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

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   In the year 1837 uS Mint opens in Charlotte, NC  

Jul 28   Christian Barnekow, composer in the year 1837.  

Jul 28   On this day in history john Ross, composer, dies at 73  

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

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

Aug 01   In the year 1837 walter Geikie, painter, dies  

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

Aug 11   In the year 1837 marie Francois Carnot, engineer/French pres (1887-94); assassinated  

Aug 16   Emile A H Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer on this day in history.  

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

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

Aug 28   Pharmacists John Lea & William Perrins manufactures Worcester Sauce in the year 1837.  

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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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   "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   Jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1837.  

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

Oct 09   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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   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   In the year 1837 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   In the year 1837 alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37  

Feb 12   On this day in history ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50  

Feb 13   On this day in history death of mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1809