1837

Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century

Decades: 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s - 1830s - 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s

Years: 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 - 1837 - 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842

Events:

January 10 - DePauw University founded in Greencastle, Indiana
January 26 - Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. State.
February 8 - Richard Johnson becomes the first Vice President of the United States chosen by the United States Senate
February 11 - American Physiological Society[?] organizes in Boston
March 4 - Martin Van Buren succeeds Andrew Jackson as the President of the United States of America.
March 4 - Chicago, Illinois is granted a city charter by Illinois.
May 10 - Panic of 1837: New York City banks fail, and unemployment reaches record levels.
June 20 - Queen Victoria,monarch of the United Kingdom ascends to the throne .
August 16 - Dutch sack of the fortress of Bonjol[?], ending the Padri War[?]

Samuel Morse invents the telegraph
In the Canadas, William Lyon Mackenzie leads the Upper Canada Rebellion and Louis-Joseph Papineau leads the Patriotes Rebellion.
Panic of 1837 (Global economic crisis)

Arts, Sciences, Literature and Philosophy

1837 in literature:

Births:

February 5 - Dwight L. Moody, evangelist
March 1 - William Dean Howells, writer, historian, editor, politician.
March 18 - Grover Cleveland, President of the United States (+ 1908)
May 9 - Adam Opel[?], German engineer and industrialist
June 22 - Paul Morphy, American chess player (+ 1884).
November 14 - Lucas Barrett, English naturalist

Deaths:

Saint Herman of Alaska
January 23 - John Field, composer
February 7 - Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden
February 10 - Alexander Pushkin, author
March 31 - John Constable, painter
June 20 - King William IV of the United Kingdom
October 5 - Hortense de Beauharnais Queen of Holland and mother of the Emperor Napoleon III of France

		1837
		Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century Decades: 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s - 1830s - 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s Years: 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836 - 1837 - 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 Events: January 10 - DePauw University founded in Greencastle, Indiana January 26 - Michigan is admitted as the 26th U.S. State. February 8 - Richard Johnson becomes the first Vice President of the United States chosen by the United States Senate February 11 - American Physiological Society[?] organizes in Boston March 4 - Martin Van Buren succeeds Andrew Jackson as the President of the United States of America. March 4 - Chicago, Illinois is granted a city charter by Illinois. May 10 - Panic of 1837: New York City banks fail, and unemployment reaches record levels. June 20 - Queen Victoria,monarch of the United Kingdom ascends to the throne . August 16 - Dutch sack of the fortress of Bonjol[?], ending the Padri War[?] Samuel Morse invents the telegraph In the Canadas, William Lyon Mackenzie leads the Upper Canada Rebellion and Louis-Joseph Papineau leads the Patriotes Rebellion. Panic of 1837 (Global economic crisis) Arts, Sciences, Literature and Philosophy 1837 in literature: Births: February 5 - Dwight L. Moody, evangelist March 1 - William Dean Howells, writer, historian, editor, politician. March 18 - Grover Cleveland, President of the United States (+ 1908) May 9 - Adam Opel[?], German engineer and industrialist June 22 - Paul Morphy, American chess player (+ 1884). November 14 - Lucas Barrett, English naturalist Deaths: Saint Herman of Alaska January 23 - John Field, composer February 7 - Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden February 10 - Alexander Pushkin, author March 31 - John Constable, painter June 20 - King William IV of the United Kingdom October 5 - Hortense de Beauharnais Queen of Holland and mother of the Emperor Napoleon III of France
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