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

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 on this day in history.   

Jul 27   On this day in history uS Mint opens in Charlotte, NC   

Jul 28   On this day in history christian Barnekow, composer   

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

Jul 30   Elon John Farnsworth, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 in the year 1837.   

Jul 31   On this day in history william Clarke Quantrill, Col (Confederate Army), died in 1865   

Aug 01   Walter Geikie, painter, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

Aug 24   In the year 1837 theodore Dubois, composer   

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   Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, 1st lady (1881-85) in the year 1837.   

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

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

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

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

Sep 21   On this day in history 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) in the year 1837.   

Oct 01   In the year 1837 treaty with Winnebago Indians   

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   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   Steamboat "Home" sinks off Okracoke NC killing 100 in the year 1837.   

Oct 11   Samuel Wesley, composer (Exultate Deo), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Oct 12   On this day in history 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   A Ch Swinburne, writer [or Apr 5] was born in the year 1837.   

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

Jan 12   Carlos Troyer, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 16   James Phillip Simms, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887 was born in the year 1837.   

Jan 19   William Williams Keen, surgeon (brain) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 20   On this day in history birth of david Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1910)   

Jan 11   In the year 1837 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   On this day in history 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   King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778) died in the year 1837.   

Feb 10   Alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

Feb 12   Ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

Feb 13   Mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1809 died on this day in history.