Page 4: Historical Events In 1837

Jul 13   On this day in history queen Victoria is 1st monarch to live in present Buckingham Palace   

Jul 20   Hans Sommer, composer in the year 1837.   

Jul 24   Charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter in the year 1837.   

Jul 25   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 in the year 1837.   

Jul 27   On this day in history uS Mint opens in Charlotte, NC   

Jul 28   Christian Barnekow, composer on this day in history.   

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

Jul 30   Elon John Farnsworth, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 in the year 1837.   

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

Aug 01   On this day in history walter Geikie, painter, dies   

Aug 05   1st ascent of Mt Marcy (5,344') highest in Adirondack, NY in the year 1837.   

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 on this day in history.   

Aug 27   On this day in history 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   On this day in history james Harrison Wilson, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1925   

Sep 06   Oberlin Collegiate Institute of Ohio goes co-ed (4 women, 30 men) in the year 1837.   

Sep 15   On this day in history leo van Gheluwe, composer   

Sep 16   On this day in history pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61)   

Sep 16   In the year 1837 pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61), dies   

Sep 19   In the year 1837 adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld, composer   

Sep 21   On this day in history charles Tiffany founded his jewelry & china stores   

Sep 23   In the year 1837 richard John Samuel Stevens, composer, dies at 80   

Oct 01   "Racer's" Hurricane (Gulf of Mexico) on this day in history.   

Oct 01   Treaty with Winnebago Indians in the year 1837.   

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

Oct 06   Jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1837 frederica Louisa Wilhelmina, Queen of Netherlands, dies at 62   

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Jan 02   Mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia, composer (Tamara) was born in the year 1837.   

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 in the year 1837.   

Jan 12   Adolf Jensen, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 16   James Phillip Simms, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887 was born on this day in history.   

Jan 19   On this day in history birth of william Williams Keen, surgeon (brain)   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 20   On this day in history john Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84   

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 in the year 1837.   

Feb 07   King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778) died in the year 1837.   

Feb 10   On this day in history alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37   

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

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