Page 5: Historical Events In 1837

Oct 14   Ellison Capers, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1908   

Oct 16   John Francis Barnett, composer   

Oct 17   Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian composer, dies at 58.   

Oct 18   Friedrich W Mengelberg, German sculptor/painter.   

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

Oct 29   Abraham Kuyper, clergyman/Dutch premier (AR, 1908-12).   

Oct 31   Collision of river boat Monmouth and Trement on Miss; 300 die.   

Nov 04   Jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist, dies at 69   

Nov 07   Abolitionist Elijah Lovejoy murdered by mob at Alton, Ill   

Nov 07   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   

Nov 08   Mount Holyoke Seminary in Mass-1st US college founded for women   

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

Nov 09   Alfred Holmes, composer   

Nov 15   Isaac Pitman introduces his steno system   

Nov 15   The shorthand system, 'Pitman', is inaugural published.   

Nov 17   David Capriles, director of psychiatry of Monte Christo, Curacao   

Nov 19   Floridsdorf-Deutsch Wagram railway in Austria opens   

Nov 21   Thomas Morris of Australia skips rope 22806 times.   

Nov 23   John van der Waals, Hol, physicist (Nobel 1910, Liquid and Gas States)   

Nov 28   John Wesley Hyatt, inventor (celluloid)   

Dec 02   Charles Garrison Harker, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864   

Dec 05   Hector Berlioz' "Requiem," premieres   

Dec 14   William Wells, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892.   

Dec 18   A Adolf Daens, Belgian priest/Dutch party founder (CVP).   

Dec 19   John Carpenter Carter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864   

Dec 24   Sissi, Emperor of Austria   

Dec 25   Battle of Okeechobee-US forces defeat Seminole Indians.   

Dec 25   Cosima Liszt, wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner   

Dec 26   Adm George Dewey, American naval hero of Manila   

Dec 26   Martinus van Marum, chemist/physicist (giant salamander), dies at 87   

Dec 28   Benjamin Johnson Lang, composer.   

Dec 28   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   

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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