Historical Events In 1837

Oct 14   In the year 1837 ellison Capers, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1908   

Oct 16   In the year 1837 john Francis Barnett, composer   

Oct 17   Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian composer, dies at 58 in the year 1837.   

Oct 18   In the year 1837 friedrich W Mengelberg, German sculptor/painter   

Oct 26   James Lawlor Kiernan, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1869 in the year 1837.   

Oct 29   In the year 1837 abraham Kuyper, clergyman/Dutch premier (AR, 1908-12)   

Oct 31   Collision of river boat Monmouth & Trement on Miss; 300 die on this day in history.   

Nov 04   In the year 1837 jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist, dies at 69   

Nov 07   On this day in history abolitionist Elijah Lovejoy murdered by mob at Alton, Ill   

Nov 07   Elijah P Lovejoy, publisher, murdered by pro-slavery mob at 34 in the year 1837.   

Nov 07   In the year 1837 in Alton, Illinois, abolitionist printer Elijah P. Lovejoy is shot dead by a mob while attempting to protect his printing shop from being destroyed a third time.   

Nov 08   In the year 1837 mount Holyoke Seminary in Mass-1st US college founded for women   

Nov 08   On this day in history mount Holyoke Seminary in Massachusetts-1st US college founded for women   

Nov 09   On this day in history alfred Holmes, composer   

Nov 15   Isaac Pitman introduces his steno system on this day in history.   

Nov 15   The shorthand system, 'Pitman', is first published on this day in history.   

Nov 17   David Capriles, director of psychiatry of Monte Christo, Curacao in the year 1837.   

Nov 19   On this day in history floridsdorf-Deutsch Wagram railway in Austria opens   

Nov 21   On this day in history thomas Morris of Australia skips rope 22,806 times   

Nov 23   John van der Waals, Hol, physicist (Nobel 1910, Liquid & Gas States) on this day in history.   

Nov 28   On this day in history john Wesley Hyatt, inventor (celluloid)   

Dec 02   Charles Garrison Harker, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864 on this day in history.   

Dec 05   Hector Berlioz' "Requiem," premieres in the year 1837.   

Dec 14   In the year 1837 william Wells, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892   

Dec 18   On this day in history a Adolf Daens, Belgian priest/Dutch party founder (CVP)   

Dec 19   John Carpenter Carter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 on this day in history.   

Dec 24   In the year 1837 sissi, Emperor of Austria   

Dec 25   In the year 1837 battle of Okeechobee-US forces defeat Seminole Indians   

Dec 25   On this day in history cosima Liszt, wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner   

Dec 26   On this day in history adm George Dewey, American naval hero of Manila   

Dec 26   Martinus van Marum, chemist/physicist (giant salamander), dies at 87 on this day in history.   

Dec 28   Benjamin Johnson Lang, composer on this day in history.   

Dec 28   In the year 1837 upper Canada Governor Francis Bond Head 1793-1875 approves raising of six regiments of incorporated militia to head off potential rebellion   

Dec 29   On this day in history canadian militia destroy Caroline, a US steamboat docked at Buffalo   

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Jan 02   In the year 1837 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   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   In the year 1837 birth of carlos Troyer, composer   

Jan 16   On this day in history birth of james Phillip Simms, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887   

Jan 19   In the year 1837 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 20   John Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84 in the year 1837.   

Jan 23   John Field, composer, dies at 54 in the year 1837.   

Jan 29   In the year 1837 death of aleksandr Pushkin, poet/novelist (Golden Cockeral), killed in a duel   

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

Feb 10   In the year 1837 alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37   

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

Feb 13   In the year 1837 death of mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1809