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

Jul 31   William Clarke Quantrill, Col (Confederate Army), died in 1865 on this day in history.   

Aug 01   In the year 1837 walter Geikie, painter, dies   

Aug 05   1st ascent of Mt Marcy (5,344') highest in Adirondack, NY on this day in history.   

Aug 11   Marie Francois Carnot, engineer/French pres (1887-94); assassinated on this day in history.   

Aug 16   On this day in history emile A H Seipgens, Dutch priest/beer brewer   

Aug 24   In the year 1837 theodore Dubois, composer   

Aug 27   In the year 1837 heinrich Urban, composer   

Aug 28   On this day in history pharmacists John Lea & William Perrins manufactures Worcester Sauce   

Aug 30   In the year 1837 ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, 1st lady (1881-85)   

Sep 02   In the year 1837 james Harrison Wilson, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1925   

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

Sep 15   In the year 1837 leo van Gheluwe, composer   

Sep 16   On this day in history 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   On this day in history adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld, composer   

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

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

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

Oct 01   Treaty with Winnebago Indians on this day in history.   

Oct 05   Hortense de Beauharnais, French queen of Neth (1806-10), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

Oct 06   In the year 1837 jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer, dies at 77   

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

Oct 09   On this day in history charles Fourier, French utopian socialist (Harmony universal), dies   

Oct 09   Steamboat "Home" sinks off Okracoke NC killing 100 in the year 1837.   

Oct 11   Samuel Wesley, composer (Exultate Deo), dies at 71 in the year 1837.   

Oct 12   Frederica Louisa Wilhelmina, Queen of Netherlands, dies at 62 in the year 1837.   

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

Jan 04   Casimiro de Abreu, Brazil, poet (Camoes e o jau) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of a Ch Swinburne, writer [or Apr 5]   

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

Jan 12   In the year 1837 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   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   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 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 in the year 1837.   

Feb 12   In the year 1837 ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50   

Feb 13   On this day in history death of mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1809