Page 2: Historical Events In 1837

Mar 04   On this day in history weekly Advocate changes its name to the Colored American   

Mar 07   On this day in history henry Draper, Virginia, astro-spectro-photographer (Moon, Jupiter)   

Mar 12   Felix Alexandre Guilmant, composer in the year 1837.   

Mar 13   Nikita P Panin, Russian diplomat/min of Foreign affairs, dies at 66 in the year 1837.   

Mar 14   Charles Ammi Cutter, US librarian (Expansive classification) on this day in history.   

Mar 18   Grover Cleveland, [Stephen], NJ, 22nd/24th Pres (1885-89, 93-97) on this day in history.   

Mar 19   Robert Daniel Johnston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1919 in the year 1837.   

Mar 23   In the year 1837 joseph Wieniawski, composer   

Mar 24   Canada gives blacks the right to vote in the year 1837.   

Mar 24   Philips, Count of Flanders Belgium in the year 1837.   

Mar 26   In the year 1837 joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53   

Mar 28   Felix Mendelssohn marries Cécile Jeanrenaud in the year 1837.   

Mar 29   Maria Fitzherbert, morganatic wife of King George IV, dies on this day in history.   

Mar 31   Death of English landscape painter John Constable on this day in history.   

Mar 31   On this day in history john Constable, English painter/water colors painter, dies at 60   

Mar 31   In the year 1837 robert Ross McBurney, 1st paid secretary of the YMCA   

Apr 03   In the year 1837 john Burroughs, writer/nature enthusiast (Burroughs Medal namesake)   

Apr 05   In the year 1837 algernon Charles Swinburne, England, poet (Atalanta in Calydon)   

Apr 11   Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth, Col (Union Army), died in 1861 on this day in history.   

Apr 15   On this day in history horace Porter, Bvt Brig General (Union Army), died in 1921   

Apr 17   Edouard viscount de Walckiers, very wealthy slave trader, dies on this day in history.   

Apr 17   John Pierpont Morgan, US banker/CEO (US Steel) in the year 1837.   

Apr 17   The birth of John Pierpont Morgan, American industrialist on this day in history.   

Apr 19   On this day in history cheyney University forms as the Institute for Colored Youth   

Apr 21   Fredrik Bajer, Denmark, politican/feminist/pacifist (Nobel 1908) in the year 1837.   

Apr 24   On this day in history friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz)   

Apr 25   William Charles Levey, composer in the year 1837.   

Apr 30   Alfred Gaul, composer in the year 1837.   

May 02   Henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order) on this day in history.   

May 03   The University of Athens is founded in the year 1837.   

May 05   In the year 1837 niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, Italian composer/bandmaster, dies at 85   

May 09   In the year 1837 "Sherrod" burns in Mississippi River below Natchez Miss; 175 dies   

May 09   On this day in history "Sherrod" burns in Mississippi River below Natchez MS; 175 dies   

May 09   On this day in history adam Opel, German manufacturer (cycling, motorcars)   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Next Page »

Jan 02   In the year 1837 birth of mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia, composer (Tamara)   

Jan 04   In the year 1837 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 in the year 1837.   

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of carlos Troyer, composer   

Jan 16   James Phillip Simms, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887 was born on this day in history.   

Jan 19   On this day in history birth of william Williams Keen, surgeon (brain)   

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

Jan 23   In the year 1837 john Field, composer, dies at 54   

Jan 29   Aleksandr Pushkin, poet/novelist (Golden Cockeral), killed in a duel died on this day in history.   

Feb 07   King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778) died on this day in history.   

Feb 10   Alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37 in the year 1837.   

Feb 12   Ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50 in the year 1837.   

Feb 13   In the year 1837 death of mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1809