Page 5: Historical Events In 1837

Oct 14   Ellison Capers, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1908 in the year 1837.   

Oct 16   On this day in history john Francis Barnett, composer   

Oct 17   Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

Oct 18   Friedrich W Mengelberg, German sculptor/painter in the year 1837.   

Oct 26   On this day in history james Lawlor Kiernan, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1869   

Oct 29   Abraham Kuyper, clergyman/Dutch premier (AR, 1908-12) in the year 1837.   

Oct 31   In the year 1837 collision of river boat Monmouth & Trement on Miss; 300 die   

Nov 04   In the year 1837 jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist, dies at 69   

Nov 07   In the year 1837 abolitionist Elijah Lovejoy murdered by mob at Alton, Ill   

Nov 07   On this day in history elijah P Lovejoy, publisher, murdered by pro-slavery mob at 34   

Nov 07   In Alton, Illinois, abolitionist printer Elijah P. Lovejoy is shot dead by a mob while attempting to protect his printing shop from being destroyed a third time in the year 1837.   

Nov 08   On this day in history mount Holyoke Seminary in Mass-1st US college founded for women   

Nov 08   Mount Holyoke Seminary in Massachusetts-1st US college founded for women in the year 1837.   

Nov 09   In the year 1837 alfred Holmes, composer   

Nov 15   Isaac Pitman introduces his steno system in the year 1837.   

Nov 15   In the year 1837 the shorthand system, 'Pitman', is first published   

Nov 17   David Capriles, director of psychiatry of Monte Christo, Curacao in the year 1837.   

Nov 19   In the year 1837 floridsdorf-Deutsch Wagram railway in Austria opens   

Nov 21   On this day in history thomas Morris of Australia skips rope 22,806 times   

Nov 23   On this day in history john van der Waals, Hol, physicist (Nobel 1910, Liquid & Gas States)   

Nov 28   John Wesley Hyatt, inventor (celluloid) in the year 1837.   

Dec 02   Charles Garrison Harker, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1864 in the year 1837.   

Dec 05   In the year 1837 hector Berlioz' "Requiem," premieres   

Dec 14   In the year 1837 william Wells, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1892   

Dec 18   A Adolf Daens, Belgian priest/Dutch party founder (CVP) in the year 1837.   

Dec 19   In the year 1837 john Carpenter Carter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864   

Dec 24   On this day in history sissi, Emperor of Austria   

Dec 25   In the year 1837 battle of Okeechobee-US forces defeat Seminole Indians   

Dec 25   Cosima Liszt, wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner in the year 1837.   

Dec 26   In the year 1837 adm George Dewey, American naval hero of Manila   

Dec 26   In the year 1837 martinus van Marum, chemist/physicist (giant salamander), dies at 87   

Dec 28   In the year 1837 benjamin Johnson Lang, composer   

Dec 28   In the year 1837 upper Canada Governor Francis Bond Head 1793-1875 approves raising of six regiments of incorporated militia to head off potential rebellion   

Dec 29   Canadian militia destroy Caroline, a US steamboat docked at Buffalo 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 in the year 1837.   

Jan 12   In the year 1837 birth of adolf Jensen, composer   

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   William Williams Keen, surgeon (brain) was born in the year 1837.   

Jan 20   In the year 1837 birth of david Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1910)   

Jan 11   On this day in history 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   On this day in history john Field, composer, dies at 54   

Jan 29   In the year 1837 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   On this day in history alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37   

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

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