Historical Events In 1837

Jul 13   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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   Christian Barnekow, composer in the year 1837.   

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

Jul 30   On this day in history elon John Farnsworth, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863   

Jul 31   William Clarke Quantrill, Col (Confederate Army), died in 1865 in the year 1837.   

Aug 01   Walter Geikie, painter, dies on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1837 emile A H Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer   

Aug 24   Theodore Dubois, composer in the year 1837.   

Aug 27   In the year 1837 heinrich Urban, composer   

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

Aug 30   On this day in history 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   Oberlin Collegiate Institute of Ohio goes co-ed (4 women, 30 men) in the year 1837.   

Sep 15   Leo van Gheluwe, composer on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1837 adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld, composer   

Sep 21   In the year 1837 charles Tiffany founded his jewelry & china stores   

Sep 23   Richard John Samuel Stevens, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

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

Oct 01   In the year 1837 treaty with Winnebago Indians   

Oct 05   Hortense de Beauharnais, French queen of Neth (1806-10), dies at 54 in the year 1837.   

Oct 06   On this day in history jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer, dies at 77   

Oct 08   Otto Winter-Hjelm, composer in the year 1837.   

Oct 09   Charles Fourier, French utopian socialist (Harmony universal), dies on this day in history.   

Oct 09   In the year 1837 steamboat "Home" sinks off Okracoke NC killing 100   

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

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   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   In the year 1837 birth of adolf Jensen, composer   

Jan 12   Carlos Troyer, composer was born in the year 1837.   

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 in the year 1837.   

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 in the year 1837.   

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   Aleksandr Pushkin, poet/novelist (Golden Cockeral), killed in a duel died on this day in history.   

Feb 07   In the year 1837 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 in the year 1837.