Historical Events In 1837

Mar 04   Weekly Advocate changes its name to the Colored American in the year 1837.   

Mar 07   On this day in history henry Draper, Virginia, astro-spectro-photographer (Moon, Jupiter)   

Mar 12   In the year 1837 felix Alexandre Guilmant, composer   

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

Mar 14   Charles Ammi Cutter, US librarian (Expansive classification) in the year 1837.   

Mar 18   Grover Cleveland, [Stephen], NJ, 22nd/24th Pres (1885-89, 93-97) in the year 1837.   

Mar 19   Robert Daniel Johnston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1919 in the year 1837.   

Mar 23   Joseph Wieniawski, composer in the year 1837.   

Mar 24   On this day in history canada gives blacks the right to vote   

Mar 24   On this day in history philips, Count of Flanders Belgium   

Mar 26   Joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

Mar 28   Felix Mendelssohn marries Cécile Jeanrenaud in the year 1837.   

Mar 29   In the year 1837 maria Fitzherbert, morganatic wife of King George IV, dies   

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

Mar 31   In the year 1837 john Constable, English painter/water colors painter, dies at 60   

Mar 31   On this day in history 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   In the year 1837 algernon Charles Swinburne, England, poet (Atalanta in Calydon)   

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

Apr 15   Horace Porter, Bvt Brig General (Union Army), died in 1921 in the year 1837.   

Apr 17   Edouard viscount de Walckiers, very wealthy slave trader, dies on this day in history.   

Apr 17   In the year 1837 john Pierpont Morgan, US banker/CEO (US Steel)   

Apr 17   The birth of John Pierpont Morgan, American industrialist on this day in history.   

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

Apr 21   Fredrik Bajer, Denmark, politican/feminist/pacifist (Nobel 1908) in the year 1837.   

Apr 24   Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz) on this day in history.   

Apr 25   William Charles Levey, composer on this day in history.   

Apr 30   Alfred Gaul, composer in the year 1837.   

May 02   Henry Martyn Robert, parliamentarian (Robert's Rules of Order) in the year 1837.   

May 03   The University of Athens is founded in the year 1837.   

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

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

May 09   "Sherrod" burns in Mississippi River below Natchez MS; 175 dies on this day in history.   

May 09   Adam Opel, German manufacturer (cycling, motorcars) in the year 1837.   

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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   In the year 1837 birth of a Ch Swinburne, writer [or Apr 5]   

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

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of carlos Troyer, composer   

Jan 16   In the year 1837 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   On this day in history john Field, Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54   

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

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 in the year 1837.   

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

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.