Page 5: Historical Events In 1837

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

Oct 16   John Francis Barnett, composer on this day in history.   

Oct 17   Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Austrian composer, dies at 58 in the year 1837.   

Oct 18   On this day in history friedrich W Mengelberg, German sculptor/painter   

Oct 26   In the year 1837 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   Collision of river boat Monmouth & Trement on Miss; 300 die on this day in history.   

Nov 04   On this day in history jean-Louis M Alibert, French dermatologist, dies at 69   

Nov 07   On this day in history abolitionist Elijah Lovejoy murdered by mob at Alton, Ill   

Nov 07   In the year 1837 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 on this day in history.   

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

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   The shorthand system, 'Pitman', is first published in the year 1837.   

Nov 17   On this day in history david Capriles, director of psychiatry of Monte Christo, Curacao   

Nov 19   Floridsdorf-Deutsch Wagram railway in Austria opens on this day in history.   

Nov 21   In the year 1837 thomas Morris of Australia skips rope 22,806 times   

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

Nov 28   On this day in history john Wesley Hyatt, inventor (celluloid)   

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

Dec 05   Hector Berlioz' "Requiem," premieres on this day in history.   

Dec 14   On this day in history 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   John Carpenter Carter, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 on this day in history.   

Dec 24   In the year 1837 sissi, Emperor of Austria   

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

Dec 25   In the year 1837 cosima Liszt, wife of Austrian composer Richard Wagner   

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

Dec 26   Martinus van Marum, chemist/physicist (giant salamander), dies at 87 in the year 1837.   

Dec 28   Benjamin Johnson Lang, composer in the year 1837.   

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

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of casimiro de Abreu, Brazil, poet (Camoes e o jau)   

Jan 05   In the year 1837 birth of a Ch Swinburne, writer [or Apr 5]   

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   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 13   Mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1809 died in the year 1837.