Page 3: Historical Events In 1837

May 10   Panic of 1837: New York City banks fail, and unemployment reaches record levels on this day in history.   

May 10   On this day in history pinckney B S Pinchback, Lt gov (Louisiana)   

May 17   On this day in history royal Decides installs the Weapon of Belgium firm(ly)   

May 23   James Sanks Brisbin, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1892 in the year 1837.   

May 25   The Patriots of Lower Canada (Quebec) rebel against the British for freedom in the year 1837.   

May 27   "Wild Bill" Hickok, [James Butler], cowboy/scout on this day in history.   

May 29   In the year 1837 alexander F de Savornin Lohmann, Dutch minister/party leader (CHU)   

May 31   Astor Hotel (most elaborate in US) opens in NYC, it later becomes the Waldorf-Astoria on this day in history.   

May 31   Astor Hotel opens in NYC, it later becomes the Waldorf-Astoria in the year 1837.   

May 31   Ernest Daudet, French writer (White Terror) in the year 1837.   

May 31   In the year 1837 joseph Grimaldi, greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57   

Jun 08   On this day in history jan Kleczynski, composer   

Jun 11   In the year 1837 the Broad Street Riot occurres in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between English-Americans and Irish-Americans.   

Jun 13   1st Mormon missionaries to British Isles leave Kirtland, Ohio on this day in history.   

Jun 13   First Mormon missionaries to the British Isles leave Kirtland, Ohio on this day in history.   

Jun 16   Eli Long, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1903 in the year 1837.   

Jun 16   On this day in history valentino Fioravanti, composer, dies at 72   

Jun 17   In the year 1837 charles Goodyear obtains his 1st rubber patent   

Jun 17   Charles Goodyear obtains his first rubber patent on this day in history.   

Jun 17   In the year 1837 vincent Strong, civil war fighter, died in 1863   

Jun 18   Spain gets new Constitution in the year 1837.   

Jun 19   In the year 1837 aleksander A Bestoezjev-Marlinsky, Russian writer, dies in battle   

Jun 20   In the year 1837 england issues its 1st stamp, 1P Queen Victoria   

Jun 20   In the year 1837 england issues its first stamp, 1P Queen Victoria   

Jun 20   On this day in history giovanni Furno, composer, dies at 89   

Jun 20   Queen Victoria at 18 ascends British throne following death of uncle King William IV Ruled for 63 years ending in 1901 on this day in history.   

Jun 22   In the year 1837 paul Morphy, New Orleans, greatest chess player of all time (1857-61)   

Jun 23   Ernest Guiraud, composer on this day in history.   

Jun 26   Martin Davis Hardin II, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1923 in the year 1837.   

Jun 30   In the year 1837 stephen D Ramseur, youngest West Pointer to be Maj Gen   

Jul 04   In the year 1837 grand Junction Railway, the world's first long-distance railway, opens between Birmingham and Liverpool.   

Jul 06   In the year 1837 wlasyslaw Zelenski, composer   

Jul 11   Paul Lacombe, composer in the year 1837.   

Jul 13   Queen Victoria becomes the first British monarch to live in Buckingham Palace on this day in history.   

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Jan 02   Mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia, composer (Tamara) was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 12   On this day in history birth of adolf Jensen, composer   

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

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   On this day in history birth of david Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1910)   

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   John Field, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

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

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 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