Page 4: Historical Events In 1837

Jul 13   On this day in history queen Victoria is 1st monarch to live in present Buckingham Palace   

Jul 20   Hans Sommer, composer on this day in history.   

Jul 24   In the year 1837 charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter   

Jul 25   The first commercial use of an electric telegraph was successfully demonstrated by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone on 25 July 1837 between Euston and Camden Town in London on this day in history.   

Jul 27   On this day in history uS Mint opens in Charlotte, NC   

Jul 28   In the year 1837 christian Barnekow, composer   

Jul 28   John Ross, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1837.   

Jul 30   Elon John Farnsworth, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 in the year 1837.   

Jul 31   William Clarke Quantrill, Col (Confederate Army), died in 1865 on this day in history.   

Aug 01   In the year 1837 walter Geikie, painter, dies   

Aug 05   1st ascent of Mt Marcy (5,344') highest in Adirondack, NY in the year 1837.   

Aug 11   In the year 1837 marie Francois Carnot, engineer/French pres (1887-94); assassinated   

Aug 16   Emile A H Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer in the year 1837.   

Aug 24   On this day in history theodore Dubois, composer   

Aug 27   Heinrich Urban, composer in the year 1837.   

Aug 28   In the year 1837 pharmacists John Lea & William Perrins manufactures Worcester Sauce   

Aug 30   On this day in history ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, 1st lady (1881-85)   

Sep 02   James Harrison Wilson, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1925 on this day in history.   

Sep 06   In the year 1837 oberlin Collegiate Institute of Ohio goes co-ed (4 women, 30 men)   

Sep 15   On this day in history leo van Gheluwe, composer   

Sep 16   Pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61) on this day in history.   

Sep 16   On this day in history pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61), dies   

Sep 19   On this day in history adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld, composer   

Sep 21   Charles Tiffany founded his jewelry & china stores on this day in history.   

Sep 23   In the year 1837 richard John Samuel Stevens, composer, dies at 80   

Oct 01   On this day in history "Racer's" Hurricane (Gulf of Mexico)   

Oct 01   Treaty with Winnebago Indians in the year 1837.   

Oct 05   Hortense de Beauharnais, French queen of Neth (1806-10), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

Oct 06   Jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1837.   

Oct 08   Otto Winter-Hjelm, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 09   Charles Fourier, French utopian socialist (Harmony universal), dies on this day in history.   

Oct 09   On this day in history steamboat "Home" sinks off Okracoke NC killing 100   

Oct 11   Samuel Wesley, composer (Exultate Deo), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Oct 12   Frederica Louisa Wilhelmina, Queen of Netherlands, dies at 62 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 in the year 1837.   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of a Ch Swinburne, writer [or Apr 5]   

Jan 12   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of william Williams Keen, surgeon (brain)   

Jan 20   In the year 1837 birth of david Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1910)   

Jan 11   John Field, Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54 in the year 1837.   

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

Jan 23   John Field, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 10   Alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1837.