Page 2: Historical Events In 1837

Mar 04   In the year 1837 weekly Advocate changes its name to the Colored American   

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   In the year 1837 nikita P Panin, Russian diplomat/min of Foreign affairs, dies at 66   

Mar 14   On this day in history charles Ammi Cutter, US librarian (Expansive classification)   

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 on this day in history.   

Mar 23   Joseph Wieniawski, composer on this day in history.   

Mar 24   In the year 1837 canada gives blacks the right to vote   

Mar 24   In the year 1837 philips, Count of Flanders Belgium   

Mar 26   In the year 1837 joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53   

Mar 28   In the year 1837 felix Mendelssohn marries Cécile Jeanrenaud   

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

Mar 31   Death of English landscape painter John Constable on this day in history.   

Mar 31   John Constable, English painter/water colors painter, dies at 60 in the year 1837.   

Mar 31   Robert Ross McBurney, 1st paid secretary of the YMCA in the year 1837.   

Apr 03   On this day in history john Burroughs, writer/nature enthusiast (Burroughs Medal namesake)   

Apr 05   In the year 1837 algernon Charles Swinburne, England, poet (Atalanta in Calydon)   

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 in the year 1837.   

Apr 17   Edouard viscount de Walckiers, very wealthy slave trader, dies in the year 1837.   

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

Apr 17   The birth of John Pierpont Morgan, American industrialist in the year 1837.   

Apr 19   On this day in history cheyney University forms as the Institute for Colored Youth   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

May 03   In the year 1837 the University of Athens is founded.   

May 05   In the year 1837 niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, Italian composer/bandmaster, dies at 85   

May 09   On this day in history "Sherrod" burns in Mississippi River below Natchez Miss; 175 dies   

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

Jan 04   Casimiro de Abreu, Brazil, poet (Camoes e o jau) was born in the year 1837.   

Jan 05   A Ch Swinburne, writer [or Apr 5] was born on this day in history.   

Jan 12   In the year 1837 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   In the year 1837 john Field, Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54   

Jan 20   In the year 1837 john Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Feb 10   Alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37 in the year 1837.   

Feb 12   On this day in history ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50   

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