Historical Events In 1837

Mar 04   In the year 1837 weekly Advocate changes its name to the Colored American   

Mar 07   In the year 1837 henry Draper, Virginia, astro-spectro-photographer (Moon, Jupiter)   

Mar 12   In the year 1837 felix Alexandre Guilmant, composer   

Mar 13   In the year 1837 nikita P Panin, Russian diplomat/min of Foreign affairs, dies at 66   

Mar 14   On this day in history charles Ammi Cutter, US librarian (Expansive classification)   

Mar 18   Grover Cleveland, [Stephen], NJ, 22nd/24th Pres (1885-89, 93-97) in the year 1837.   

Mar 19   Robert Daniel Johnston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1919 on this day in history.   

Mar 23   Joseph Wieniawski, composer on this day in history.   

Mar 24   On this day in history canada gives blacks the right to vote   

Mar 24   In the year 1837 philips, Count of Flanders Belgium   

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

Mar 28   On this day in history felix Mendelssohn marries Cécile Jeanrenaud   

Mar 29   On this day in history maria Fitzherbert, morganatic wife of King George IV, dies   

Mar 31   On this day in history death of English landscape painter John Constable.   

Mar 31   John Constable, English painter/water colors painter, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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

Apr 03   John Burroughs, writer/nature enthusiast (Burroughs Medal namesake) on this day in history.   

Apr 05   Algernon Charles Swinburne, England, poet (Atalanta in Calydon) on this day in history.   

Apr 11   Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth, Col (Union Army), died in 1861 in the year 1837.   

Apr 15   Horace Porter, Bvt Brig General (Union Army), died in 1921 on this day in history.   

Apr 17   On this day in history edouard viscount de Walckiers, very wealthy slave trader, dies   

Apr 17   John Pierpont Morgan, US banker/CEO (US Steel) on this day in history.   

Apr 17   In the year 1837 the birth of John Pierpont Morgan, American industrialist   

Apr 19   In the year 1837 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   Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz) in the year 1837.   

Apr 25   In the year 1837 william Charles Levey, composer   

Apr 30   On this day in history alfred Gaul, composer   

May 02   In the year 1837 henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order)   

May 03   On this day in history the University of Athens is founded.   

May 05   Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, Italian composer/bandmaster, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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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 in the year 1837.   

Jan 05   A Ch Swinburne, writer [or Apr 5] was born in the year 1837.   

Jan 12   In the year 1837 birth of adolf Jensen, composer   

Jan 12   In the year 1837 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   In the year 1837 birth of william Williams Keen, surgeon (brain)   

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

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   John Field, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

Jan 29   In the year 1837 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   In the year 1837 ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50   

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