Page 2: Historical Events In 1837

Mar 04   Weekly Advocate changes its name to the Colored American in the year 1837.   

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

Mar 12   On this day in history felix Alexandre Guilmant, composer   

Mar 13   On this day in history nikita P Panin, Russian diplomat/min of Foreign affairs, dies at 66   

Mar 14   In the year 1837 charles Ammi Cutter, US librarian (Expansive classification)   

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

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

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

Mar 24   Canada gives blacks the right to vote on this day in history.   

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

Mar 26   On this day in history joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53   

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

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

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   Robert Ross McBurney, 1st paid secretary of the YMCA on this day in history.   

Apr 03   On this day in history john Burroughs, writer/nature enthusiast (Burroughs Medal namesake)   

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

Apr 11   On this day in history ephraim Elmer Ellsworth, Col (Union Army), died in 1861   

Apr 15   In the year 1837 horace Porter, Bvt Brig General (Union Army), died in 1921   

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

Apr 17   On this day in history john Pierpont Morgan, US banker/CEO (US Steel)   

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

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) on this day in history.   

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

Apr 25   In the year 1837 william Charles Levey, composer   

Apr 30   Alfred Gaul, composer in the year 1837.   

May 02   Henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order) in the year 1837.   

May 03   The University of Athens is founded on this day in history.   

May 05   Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, Italian composer/bandmaster, dies at 85 in the year 1837.   

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

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

May 09   Adam Opel, German manufacturer (cycling, motorcars) on this day in history.   

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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 in the year 1837.   

Jan 05   In the year 1837 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 on this day in history.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1837.   

Jan 29   Aleksandr Pushkin, poet/novelist (Golden Cockeral), killed in a duel died in the year 1837.   

Feb 07   King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778) died in the year 1837.   

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

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 on this day in history.