Historical Events In 1837

Oct 14   Ellison Capers, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1908 in the year 1837.  

Oct 16   On this day in history john Francis Barnett, composer  

Oct 17   In the year 1837 johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian composer, dies at 58  

Oct 18   On this day in history friedrich W Mengelberg, German sculptor/painter  

Oct 26   James Lawlor Kiernan, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1869 in the year 1837.  

Oct 29   In the year 1837 abraham Kuyper, clergyman/Dutch premier (AR, 1908-12)  

Oct 31   In the year 1837 collision of river boat Monmouth & Trement on Miss; 300 die  

Nov 04   Jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist, dies at 69 in the year 1837.  

Nov 07   Abolitionist Elijah Lovejoy murdered by mob at Alton, Ill in the year 1837.  

Nov 07   In the year 1837 elijah P Lovejoy, publisher, murdered by pro-slavery mob at 34  

Nov 07   In Alton, Illinois, abolitionist printer Elijah P. Lovejoy is shot dead by a mob while attempting to protect his printing shop from being destroyed a third time in the year 1837.  

Nov 08   Mount Holyoke Seminary in Mass-1st US college founded for women on this day in history.  

Nov 08   Mount Holyoke Seminary in Massachusetts-1st US college founded for women in the year 1837.  

Nov 09   In the year 1837 alfred Holmes, composer  

Nov 15   Isaac Pitman introduces his steno system in the year 1837.  

Nov 15   On this day in history the shorthand system, 'Pitman', is first published  

Nov 17   David Capriles, director of psychiatry of Monte Christo, Curacao on this day in history.  

Nov 19   Floridsdorf-Deutsch Wagram railway in Austria opens on this day in history.  

Nov 21   In the year 1837 thomas Morris of Australia skips rope 22,806 times  

Nov 23   In the year 1837 john van der Waals, Hol, physicist (Nobel 1910, Liquid & Gas States)  

Nov 28   On this day in history john Wesley Hyatt, inventor (celluloid)  

Dec 02   In the year 1837 charles Garrison Harker, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864  

Dec 05   In the year 1837 hector Berlioz' "Requiem," premieres  

Dec 14   On this day in history william Wells, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892  

Dec 18   On this day in history a Adolf Daens, Belgian priest/Dutch party founder (CVP)  

Dec 19   John Carpenter Carter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 on this day in history.  

Dec 24   Sissi, Emperor of Austria in the year 1837.  

Dec 25   On this day in history battle of Okeechobee-US forces defeat Seminole Indians  

Dec 25   Cosima Liszt, wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner on this day in history.  

Dec 26   On this day in history adm George Dewey, American naval hero of Manila  

Dec 26   Martinus van Marum, chemist/physicist (giant salamander), dies at 87 on this day in history.  

Dec 28   Benjamin Johnson Lang, composer on this day in history.  

Dec 28   On this day in history upper Canada Governor Francis Bond Head 1793-1875 approves raising of six regiments of incorporated militia to head off potential rebellion  

Dec 29   Canadian militia destroy Caroline, a US steamboat docked at Buffalo 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   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   Carlos Troyer, composer was born in the year 1837.  

Jan 16   In the year 1837 birth of james Phillip Simms, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887  

Jan 19   William Williams Keen, surgeon (brain) was born in the year 1837.  

Jan 20   David Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1910) was born in the year 1837.  

Jan 11   John Field, Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54 in the year 1837.  

Jan 20   John Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1837.  

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

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