Historical Events In 1837

Mar 04   Weekly Advocate changes its name to the Colored American on this day in history.   

Mar 07   Henry Draper, Virginia, astro-spectro-photographer (Moon, Jupiter) in the year 1837.   

Mar 12   Felix Alexandre Guilmant, composer on this day in history.   

Mar 13   On this day in history nikita P Panin, Russian diplomat/min of Foreign affairs, dies at 66   

Mar 14   In the year 1837 charles Ammi Cutter, US librarian (Expansive classification)   

Mar 18   Grover Cleveland, [Stephen], NJ, 22nd/24th Pres (1885-89, 93-97) on this day in history.   

Mar 19   Robert Daniel Johnston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1919 on this day in history.   

Mar 23   Joseph Wieniawski, composer in the year 1837.   

Mar 24   Canada gives blacks the right to vote on this day in history.   

Mar 24   Philips, Count of Flanders Belgium on this day in history.   

Mar 26   Joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53 in the year 1837.   

Mar 28   On this day in history felix Mendelssohn marries Cécile Jeanrenaud   

Mar 29   On this day in history maria Fitzherbert, morganatic wife of King George IV, dies   

Mar 31   In the year 1837 death of English landscape painter John Constable.   

Mar 31   On this day in history john Constable, English painter/water colors painter, dies at 60   

Mar 31   In the year 1837 robert Ross McBurney, 1st paid secretary of the YMCA   

Apr 03   John Burroughs, writer/nature enthusiast (Burroughs Medal namesake) in the year 1837.   

Apr 05   Algernon Charles Swinburne, England, poet (Atalanta in Calydon) in the year 1837.   

Apr 11   Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth, Col (Union Army), died in 1861 in the year 1837.   

Apr 15   Horace Porter, Bvt Brig General (Union Army), died in 1921 on this day in history.   

Apr 17   On this day in history edouard viscount de Walckiers, very wealthy slave trader, dies   

Apr 17   John Pierpont Morgan, US banker/CEO (US Steel) in the year 1837.   

Apr 17   In the year 1837 the birth of John Pierpont Morgan, American industrialist   

Apr 19   Cheyney University forms as the Institute for Colored Youth in the year 1837.   

Apr 21   In the year 1837 fredrik Bajer, Denmark, politican/feminist/pacifist (Nobel 1908)   

Apr 24   On this day in history friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz)   

Apr 25   William Charles Levey, composer in the year 1837.   

Apr 30   On this day in history alfred Gaul, composer   

May 02   On this day in history henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order)   

May 03   The University of Athens is founded on this day in history.   

May 05   Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, Italian composer/bandmaster, dies at 85 in the year 1837.   

May 09   In the year 1837 "Sherrod" burns in Mississippi River below Natchez Miss; 175 dies   

May 09   In the year 1837 "Sherrod" burns in Mississippi River below Natchez MS; 175 dies   

May 09   On this day in history adam Opel, German manufacturer (cycling, motorcars)   

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

Jan 12   Adolf Jensen, composer was born in the year 1837.   

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 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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 12   Ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50 in the year 1837.   

Feb 13   Mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1809 died on this day in history.