Page 4: Historical Events In 1837

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

Jul 20   In the year 1837 hans Sommer, composer   

Jul 24   Charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter in the year 1837.   

Jul 25   On this day in history 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.   

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   Walter Geikie, painter, dies in the year 1837.   

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

Aug 11   On this day in history 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   Theodore Dubois, composer on this day in history.   

Aug 27   Heinrich Urban, composer on this day in history.   

Aug 28   Pharmacists John Lea & William Perrins manufactures Worcester Sauce in the year 1837.   

Aug 30   Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, 1st lady (1881-85) on this day in history.   

Sep 02   James Harrison Wilson, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1925 in the year 1837.   

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

Sep 15   Leo van Gheluwe, composer in the year 1837.   

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

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

Sep 19   Adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld, composer on this day in history.   

Sep 21   On this day in history charles Tiffany founded his jewelry & china stores   

Sep 23   Richard John Samuel Stevens, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1837.   

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

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   On this day in history otto Winter-Hjelm, composer   

Oct 09   Charles Fourier, French utopian socialist (Harmony universal), dies in the year 1837.   

Oct 09   Steamboat "Home" sinks off Okracoke NC killing 100 in the year 1837.   

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

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

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia, composer (Tamara)   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of casimiro de Abreu, Brazil, poet (Camoes e o jau)   

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

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   On this day in history birth of james Phillip Simms, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887   

Jan 19   William Williams Keen, surgeon (brain) was born on this day in history.   

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   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   On this day in history death of aleksandr Pushkin, poet/novelist (Golden Cockeral), killed in a duel   

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

Feb 13   Mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1809 died in the year 1837.