Page 4: Historical Events In 1837

Jul 13   Queen Victoria is 1st monarch to live in present Buckingham Palace on this day in history.   

Jul 20   Hans Sommer, composer in the year 1837.   

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

Jul 25   In the year 1837 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   US Mint opens in Charlotte, NC on this day in history.   

Jul 28   Christian Barnekow, composer in the year 1837.   

Jul 28   In the year 1837 john Ross, composer, dies at 73   

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

Jul 31   On this day in history william Clarke Quantrill, Col (Confederate Army), died in 1865   

Aug 01   On this day in history walter Geikie, painter, dies   

Aug 05   1st ascent of Mt Marcy (5,344') highest in Adirondack, NY on this day in history.   

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

Aug 16   On this day in history emile A H Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer   

Aug 24   On this day in history theodore Dubois, composer   

Aug 27   On this day in history heinrich Urban, composer   

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

Aug 30   In the year 1837 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   In the year 1837 leo van Gheluwe, composer   

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 in the year 1837.   

Sep 21   Charles Tiffany founded his jewelry & china stores in the year 1837.   

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

Oct 01   In the year 1837 "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   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 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

Jan 04   In the year 1837 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   James Phillip Simms, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887 was born in the year 1837.   

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

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   On this day in history john Field, composer, dies at 54   

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

Feb 07   On this day in history death of king Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778)   

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 in the year 1837.