Historical Events In 1837

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

Oct 16   In the year 1837 john Francis Barnett, composer  

Oct 17   On this day in history johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian composer, dies at 58  

Oct 18   In the year 1837 friedrich W Mengelberg, German sculptor/painter  

Oct 26   On this day in history james Lawlor Kiernan, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1869  

Oct 29   Abraham Kuyper, clergyman/Dutch premier (AR, 1908-12) on this day in history.  

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

Nov 04   In the year 1837 jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist, dies at 69  

Nov 07   Abolitionist Elijah Lovejoy murdered by mob at Alton, Ill on this day in history.  

Nov 07   Elijah P Lovejoy, publisher, murdered by pro-slavery mob at 34 on this day in history.  

Nov 07   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

Nov 09   On this day in history alfred Holmes, composer  

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

Nov 15   The shorthand system, 'Pitman', is first published in the year 1837.  

Nov 17   On this day in history david Capriles, director of psychiatry of Monte Christo, Curacao  

Nov 19   In the year 1837 floridsdorf-Deutsch Wagram railway in Austria opens  

Nov 21   Thomas Morris of Australia skips rope 22,806 times on this day in history.  

Nov 23   John van der Waals, Hol, physicist (Nobel 1910, Liquid & Gas States) on this day in history.  

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   William Wells, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 in the year 1837.  

Dec 18   A Adolf Daens, Belgian priest/Dutch party founder (CVP) in the year 1837.  

Dec 19   On this day in history john Carpenter Carter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864  

Dec 24   On this day in history sissi, Emperor of Austria  

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

Dec 25   On this day in history cosima Liszt, wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner  

Dec 26   Adm George Dewey, American naval hero of Manila on this day in history.  

Dec 26   On this day in history martinus van Marum, chemist/physicist (giant salamander), dies at 87  

Dec 28   On this day in history benjamin Johnson Lang, composer  

Dec 28   In the year 1837 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   In the year 1837 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   In the year 1837 birth of adolf Jensen, composer  

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   John Field, Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54 on this day in history.  

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

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   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   In the year 1837 death of mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1809