Page 4: Historical Events In 1837

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

Jul 20   Hans Sommer, composer in the year 1837.   

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 in the year 1837.   

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

Jul 28   Christian Barnekow, composer in the year 1837.   

Jul 28   In the year 1837 john Ross, composer, dies at 73   

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 in the year 1837.   

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

Aug 16   In the year 1837 emile A H Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer   

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

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   In the year 1837 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   In the year 1837 oberlin Collegiate Institute of Ohio goes co-ed (4 women, 30 men)   

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

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   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   On this day in history jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer, dies at 77   

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

Oct 09   In the year 1837 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   On this day in history birth of casimiro de Abreu, Brazil, poet (Camoes e o jau)   

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   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   David Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1910) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 11   On this day in history john Field, Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54   

Jan 20   John Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84 in the year 1837.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

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