In history, year 1837 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1837.
Top Historical Events of the Year 1837:
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
|---|---|
| 08 february | Richard Mentor Johnson became the only person to be elected as Vice President of the United States by the Senate. |
| 10 may | Banks in New York City suspended specie payments, triggering aseven-year recession in the United States. |
| 20 june | Queen Victoria succeeded to the British throne. She inherited the throne at the age of 18, after her father's all three elder brothers had died, leaving no legitimate, surviving heir. Victoria attempted to influence government policy and ministerial appointments. Publicly, she became a national icon, and was identified with strict standards of personal morality. |
| 20 june | Victoria succeeded to the British throne, starting a reign thatlasted for more than 63 years. |
| 07 november | American abolitionist Elijah Parish Lovejoy was murdered by apro-slavery mob in Alton, Illinois, during their attack on his warehouse to destroy his printing press and abolitionist materials. |
| 08 november | In South Hadley, Massachusetts, US, Mary Lyon founded aseminary for women that became Mount Holyoke College, the first of theSeven Sisters group of colleges. |
| 03 May | The University of Athens was established in Greece. |
| 18 June | Spain adopted the new constitution. |
| 26 January | Michigan became the 26th province of the United States. |
| 24 March | Black citizens were given the right to vote in Canada. |
| 26 January | Michigan became the 26th state of the United States. |
| 25 February | The first American electric printing press was patented by Thomas Davenport. |
| 04 March | Martin Van Buren was sworn in as the eighth president of the United States. |
| 19 April | Cheyenne University was established as a Colored Youth Institute. |
| 10 May | The Panic Battle of 1837) began in New York City. |
| 05 June | Incorporated by the City of Houston, Republic of Texas. |
| 25 July | The use of electric telegraph was successfully demonstrated for the first time. |
| 16 August | The Dutch Bonzol stronghold ended the Paidi war. |
| 28 September | Samuel Morse filed a caveat for the Telegraph's patent. |
| 22 October | Henry David Thoreau made his first journal entry at the suggestion of Ralph Waldo Emerson. |
| 07 November | American slavery and newspaper editor Elijah Lovejoy was killed by a pro-slave mob in his warehouse in Alton, Illinois. |
| 25 December | Defeated the Seminole Indian in the Battle of Okeibobi-US Army. |
Famous birthdays in the year 1837:
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| 02 January | Mily Balakirev / Composer / Russia |
| 05 February | Dwight L. Moody / Publisher / United States of America |
| 07 May | Karl Mauch / Geographer / Germany |
| 08 November | Ilia Chavchavadze / Journalist / Georgia |
| 09 May | Adam Opel / Engineer / Germany |
| 10 October | Robert Gould Shaw / Colonel / United States of America |
| 11 August | Marie François Sadi Carnot / Politician / France |
| 12 March | Alexandre Guilmant / Composer / France |
| 14 September | Nikolai Bugaev / Philosopher / Russia |
| 16 June | Ernst Laas / Philosopher / Germany |
| 17 July | Joseph-Alfred Mousseau / Lawyer / Canada |
| 18 September | Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos / Bishop / Portugal |
| 21 May | Itagaki Taisuke / Politician / Japan |
| 22 May | Guillaume Fouace / Painter / France |
| 22 June | Ernst Ziller / Architect / Germany |
| 23 May | Józef Wieniawski / Pianist / Poland |
| 24 February | Rosalía de Castro / Poet / Spain |
| 24 August | Théodore Dubois / Composer / France |
| 28 May | Tony Pastor / Singer / United States of America |
| 28 October | Tokugawa Yoshinobu / Shogun / Japan |
Famous Indian Personalities Birthdays in the year 1837:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|---|
| 06 July | R. G. Bhandarkar / Scholar / India |
