Historical Events In 1837

Jul 13   In the year 1837 queen Victoria is 1st monarch to live in present Buckingham Palace   

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

Jul 24   Charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter on this day in history.   

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   US Mint opens in Charlotte, NC in the year 1837.   

Jul 28   Christian Barnekow, composer in the year 1837.   

Jul 28   John Ross, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Jul 30   On this day in history elon John Farnsworth, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863   

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

Aug 11   Marie Francois Carnot, engineer/French pres (1887-94); assassinated on this day in history.   

Aug 16   Emile A H Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer on this day in history.   

Aug 24   On this day in history theodore Dubois, composer   

Aug 27   On this day in history heinrich Urban, composer   

Aug 28   On this day in history pharmacists John Lea & William Perrins manufactures Worcester Sauce   

Aug 30   Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, 1st lady (1881-85) in the year 1837.   

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

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

Sep 15   Leo van Gheluwe, composer on this day in history.   

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

Sep 16   In the year 1837 pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61), dies   

Sep 19   Adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld, composer in the year 1837.   

Sep 21   In the year 1837 charles Tiffany founded his jewelry & china stores   

Sep 23   On this day in history richard John Samuel Stevens, composer, dies at 80   

Oct 01   "Racer's" Hurricane (Gulf of Mexico) in the year 1837.   

Oct 01   Treaty with Winnebago Indians on this day in history.   

Oct 05   Hortense de Beauharnais, French queen of Neth (1806-10), dies at 54 in the year 1837.   

Oct 06   In the year 1837 jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer, dies at 77   

Oct 08   Otto Winter-Hjelm, composer in the year 1837.   

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

Oct 09   In the year 1837 steamboat "Home" sinks off Okracoke NC killing 100   

Oct 11   On this day in history samuel Wesley, composer (Exultate Deo), dies at 71   

Oct 12   On this day in history frederica Louisa Wilhelmina, Queen of Netherlands, dies at 62   

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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   A Ch Swinburne, writer [or Apr 5] was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1837.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Feb 07   In the year 1837 death of king Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778)   

Feb 10   On this day in history alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37   

Feb 12   In the year 1837 ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50   

Feb 13   On this day in history death of mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1809