What happened in 1837?

Battle of Jamrud

Wars & Conflicts · Jamrud

1837 battle of the Afghan–Sikh Wars

Battle of Oriamendi

Wars & Conflicts · Oriamendi mountain range

1837 battle of the First Carlist War

First Herat War

Wars & Conflicts · Herat

1837 action by Qajar Persia that preceded the Anglo-Persian War

Dutch–Ahanta War

Wars & Conflicts · Dutch Gold Coast

War

Siege of Constantine

Wars & Conflicts · Constantine

1837 siege at the Algerian city of Constantine

Battle of Huesca

Wars & Conflicts · Huesca

1837 battle of the First Carlist War

Battle of Saint-Eustache

Wars & Conflicts · Saint-Eustache

1837 decisive battle in Canadian history

Battle of Irun

Wars & Conflicts · Irun

1837 battle

Battle of Villar de los Navarros

Wars & Conflicts · Villar de los Navarros

1837 battle of the First Carlist War

1837 Expedition of the Col des Beni Aïcha

Wars & Conflicts

Battle of Aranzueque

Wars & Conflicts · Aranzueque

Battle of the First Carlist War on 19 September 1837

Battle of Andoain

Wars & Conflicts · Andoain

1837 battle of the First Carlist War

Battle of Stone Houses

Wars & Conflicts · Texas

1837 battle

Battle of Saint-Charles

Wars & Conflicts · Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu

1837 conflict

Battle of Saint-Denis

Wars & Conflicts · Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu

1837 battle between Lower Canada rebels and British colonial authorities

Battle of Montgomery's Tavern

Wars & Conflicts

1837 part of the Upper Canada Rebellion

Battle of Lake Okeechobee

Wars & Conflicts · Lake Okeechobee

1837 battle in Second Seminole War

Ali Masjid Fort

Wars & Conflicts

fort in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Morrison Incident

Wars & Conflicts · Uraga

1837 bombardment

Treaty of Paucarpata

Politics & Government · Paucarpata District

1837 treaty

Treaty of St. Peters (1837)

Politics & Government · Mendota

1837 treaty between the United States and representatives of the Ojibwe

1837 Ho-Chunk treaty

Politics & Government · Wisconsin

Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin died

People · Ludwigslust

(1756-1837) German Grand Duke

Yuri Lisyansky died

People · Saint Petersburg

Explorer

Dalai Lama 10 Tsultrim Gyatso died

People · Lhasa

10th Dalai Lama of Tibet (1816-1837)

Herman of Alaska died

People · Spruce Island

Saint, monk

Johann Nepomuk Hummel died

People · Weimar

Austrian composer and pianist (1778–1837)

John Latham died

People · Winchester

English physician, naturalist and author (1740-1837)

Henry Thomas Colebrooke died

People · London

English linguist (1765-1837)

Hans Christian Lyngbye died

People · Søborg

Danish priest and botanist (1782-1837)

Pavel Schilling died

People · Saint Petersburg

Russian inventor of Baltic German origin (1786-1837)

Étienne-Gaspard Robert died

People · Quartier des Batignolles

Belgian stage magician and influential developer of phantasmagoria (1763-1837)

Edward Donovan died

People · Kennington Road

Anglo-Irish writer, natural history illustrator, and amateur zoologist (1768-1837)

Louis-Sébastien Lenormand died

People · Castres

French physicist (1757-1837)

Martinus van Marum died

People · Haarlem

Scientist from the Northern Netherlands (1750-1837)

Johan Afzelius died

People · Uppsala Cathedral Assembly

Chemist

Mary Dixon Kies died

People · Brooklyn

American inventor (1752–1837)

Johann Bartholomäus Trommsdorff died

People · Erfurt

German chemist (1770-1837)

Arthur Woolf died

People · Guernsey

Cornish engineer

Alexander Zasyadko died

People · Kharkiv

Imperial Russian army general

Robert Cocking died

People · London

British inventor (1776-1837)

William Farish died

People · Little Stonham

British chemist

Abner Lacock died

People · Freedom

American politician (1770–1837)

Diedrich Uhlhorn died

People · Grevenbroich

German engineer (1764-1837)

François Richard de Tussac died

People · Montmorillon

French botanist and writer (1751–1837)

Edward Turner died

People · London

British chemist (1798-1837)

Giuseppe Maria Giovene died

People · Molfetta

Italian erudite (1753-1837)

David Edward Jackson died

People · Paris

American businessman

Milton Sublette died

People · Fort William

American fur trader (1801–1837)

William Cox died

People · Windsor

English soldier and early Australian pioneer (1764-1837)

Joseph Grimaldi died

People · London

English actor, comedian and dancer

Duke Charles of Mecklenburg died

People · Berlin

German general (1785-1837)

Josef Gusikov died

People · Aachen

Russian Jewish musician (1806–1837)

Joseph Linke died

People · Vienna

Viennese cellist, friend of Beethoven

Carl Ludwig Costenoble died

People · Prague

German actor, director and writer

Inga Åberg died

People · Sweden

Actress, opera singer

Mihail Timofeevich Vysotskij died

People · Moscow

Russian Composer (1791–1837)

Ekaterina Ezhova died

People · Saint Petersburg

Russian salon-holder and actor (1787-1837)

Christina Rahm died

People · Svea artillery regiment parish

Singer

Ann Holbrook died

People · London

British actress and author

Heinrich Schmelka died

People · Pankow

German director and actor (1777-1837)

John Fawcett died

People · Botley

English actor and playwright (1768-1837)

Eliza Macauley died

People · York

Actor (1785?-1837)

Grover Cleveland born

People · Grover Cleveland Birthplace

Born in Grover Cleveland Birthplace. President of the United States (1885–89; 1893–97).

Ilia Chavchavadze born

People · Kvareli

Born in Kvareli. Georgian public figure and writer; a saint of Georgian Orthodox Church (1837-1907).

Fredrik Bajer born

People · Vester Egede

Born in Vester Egede. Danish politician (1837-1922).

Sadi Carnot born

People · Limoges

Born in Limoges. 5th president of France (1837–1894).

Algernon Charles Swinburne born

People · London

Born in London. English poet, playwright and novelist (1837–1909).

Rosalía de Castro born

People · Conxo, Santiago de Compostela

Born in Conxo, Santiago de Compostela. Galician poet and writer (1837-1885).

Georges Ernest Boulanger born

People · Rennes

Born in Rennes. French general (1837-1891).

Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse born

People · Prinz-Carl-Palais

Born in Prinz-Carl-Palais. Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine from 1877 to 1892.

Ion Creangă born

People · Humulești

Born in Humulești. Moldavian - born Romanian writer, raconteur and schoolteacher.

Henry Becque born

People · former 3rd arrondissement of Paris

Born in former 3rd arrondissement of Paris. French dramatist (1837-1899).

Yohannes IV born

People · Adwa

Born in Adwa. Emperor of Ethiopia from 1871 to 1889.

Francis, Duke of Teck born

People · Osijek

Born in Osijek. British Army general (1837–1900).

Dwight Lyman Moody born

People · Northfield

Born in Northfield. American evangelist (1837–1899).

George Dewey born

People · Montpelier

Born in Montpelier. United States Navy admiral (1837–1917).

Robert Gould Shaw born

People · Boston

Born in Boston. Union United States Army officer (1837-1863).

Prince Albert of Prussia born

People · Berlin

Born in Berlin. German general (1837–1906).

Kabayama Sukenori born

People · Kajiya-chō

Born in Kajiya-chō. Japanese general (1837-1922).

François Lenormant born

People · Paris

Born in Paris. French archaeologist and Assyriologist (1837-1883).

Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden died

People · St. Gallen

Died in St. Gallen. King of Sweden between 1792-1809 (1778–1837).

Pedro V of Portugal born

People · Viseu

Born in Viseu. King of Portugal from 1853 to 1861.

Hortense de Beauharnais died

People · Arenenberg Castle with Chapel and Park

Died in Arenenberg Castle with Chapel and Park. Queen consort of the Netherlands (1783-1837).

Akbar Shah II died

People · Red Fort

Died in Red Fort. 17th Mughal Emperor from 1806 to 1837.

Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands died

People · The Hague

Died in The Hague. Queen consort of the Netherlands from 1815 to 1837 (1774–1837).

Empress Dowager Ci'an born

People · Beijing

Born in Beijing. Dowager empress of China (1837-1881).

Georg von Kopp born

People · Duderstadt

Born in Duderstadt. German cardinal, bishop of Wrocław (1837–1914).

Cheol-in born

People · Joseon

Born in Joseon. Queen; Korean royal consort (1837-1878).

Charles-Joseph Bouchard born

People · Montier-en-Der

Born in Montier-en-Der. French pathologist (1837–1915).

Mustafa ibn Mahmud died

People · La Goulette

Died in La Goulette. Bey of Tunis (1835-1837).

Muteesa I of Buganda born

People · Mulago

Born in Mulago. King of Buganda (1837–1884).

Malabo Löpèlo Mëlaka born

People · Moka

Born in Moka. Bubi king.

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Science & Technology

University in Athens, Greece

National Technical University of Athens

Science & Technology

Greek university

Marshall University

Science & Technology

Public research university in Huntington, West Virginia, United States

Astronomical Observatory of the University of Kazan

Science & Technology

Observatory in Kazan, Russia

Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

Science & Technology

Public historically black university in Cheyney, Pennsylvania

Old Botanical Garden, Zurich

Science & Technology

Botanical garden in Switzerland

Rush University Medical Center

Science & Technology

Hospital in Illinois, United States

West Liberty University

Science & Technology

Public university in West Liberty, West Virginia

Muskingum University

Science & Technology

Private liberal arts college in New Concord, Ohio

St Woolos Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Newport, Wales

MetroHealth

Science & Technology

Medical organization in Ohio, United States

Royal College of Art

Science & Technology · London

Postgraduate art and design university in London, England

Lapinlahti hospital

Science & Technology · Lapinlahti

Former hospital in Helsinki, Finland

Academia Polytechnica do Porto

Science & Technology · Freguesia da Vitória

Polytechnic school in Porto, Portugal

St. Charles College

Science & Technology

Former Jesuit college in Grand Coteau, Louisiana

Caixa de Rotllan

Exploration & Discovery

Dolmen in Arles-sur-Tech, France

Ingleborough Cave

Exploration & Discovery

Cave in United Kingdom

Coahuila meteorite

Exploration & Discovery

Meteorite

Blue cameo vase from Pompeii

Exploration & Discovery · Naples National Archaeological Museum

Ancient roman amphora made of cameo glas

Ain Nechma inscriptions

Exploration & Discovery · Louvre Museum

Punic inscriptions from ancient Calama

Royal Expedition

Exploration & Discovery · Cantabria

1837 operation of the First Carlist War

Zaratiegui Expedition

Exploration & Discovery · Basque Country

1837 military expedition

Mokuʻula

Exploration & Discovery

historic house in Hawaii, United States

Orenburg Caravanserai

Religion & Belief Systems

Historic site in Orenburg, Orenburg Oblast

Basilica in Eger

Religion & Belief Systems

Church

St. Anthony of Padua Cathedral, Breda

Religion & Belief Systems · Breda

Dutch church in Breda, North Brabant

Synagogue of Bayonne

Religion & Belief Systems

Synagogue located in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, in France

Dearborn Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Dearborn, Michigan, United States

Cheltenham Synagogue

Religion & Belief Systems

Synagogue in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK

New Synagogue

Religion & Belief Systems

Synagogue in Kedainiai, Lithuania

Synagogue in Cieszyn

Religion & Belief Systems

Royal Sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin of the Graces

Religion & Belief Systems

Shrine in Racconigi, Italy

Church of Saint Joseph

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Mazatlán

Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Religion & Belief Systems

Cathedral in Tuam, County Galway, Ireland

St James's English Methodist Church

Religion & Belief Systems · Monmouth

Wesleyan chapel in Monmouth

Orthodox Church of Saint Euphrosyne in Vilnius

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Vilnius, Lithuania

Cathedral of Saint Peter-in-Chains

Religion & Belief Systems

Roman Catholic cathedral in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

Peter and Paul Church in Hamina

Religion & Belief Systems

Eastern orthodox church in Hamina, Finland

Hebron

Religion & Belief Systems

Former human settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Novo-Alekseevsky convent

Religion & Belief Systems

Monastery in Krasnoselsky District, Russia

Jewish Cemetery in Radom

Religion & Belief Systems

temple protestant de Saint-Martin-de-Ré

Religion & Belief Systems

Protestant church located in Charente-Maritime, in France

Osterville Baptist Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Massachusetts, United States of America

Couvent de la Visitation du Puy-en-Velay

Religion & Belief Systems

Convent located in Haute-Loire, in France

Luodong Zhen'an Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Temple in Yilan County

Zum Gegeißelten Heiland

Religion & Belief Systems · Steinberg

Church building in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Upper Palatinate, Germany

Obertaufkirchen cemetery chapel

Religion & Belief Systems

Cemetery chapel in Obertaufkirchen, Germany

Maraetai Mission Station

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Maraetai, Auckland

Centre Street Congregational Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Maine, United States of America

Beulah Presbyterian Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Pennsylvania, United States of America

Imiola Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Waimea, United States of America

St. Luke's Episcopal Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Ohio, United States of America

Buck's Bridge Community Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in New York, United States of America

Byrd Presbyterian Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Virginia, United States of America

First Congregational and Presbyterian Society Church of Westport

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in New York, United States of America

First Baptist Church

Religion & Belief Systems

megachurch in Woodstock, Georgia, United States

First Presbyterian Church in Jackson, Mississippi

Religion & Belief Systems

church in Mississippi, United States

Middle Island Presbyterian Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in New York, United States of America

St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Huntly Street, Inverness

Religion & Belief Systems · Inverness

Church building in Highland, Scotland, UK

St Edmund's Church

Religion & Belief Systems · Bury St Edmunds

Catholic church in Bury St Edmunds, West Suffolk, England, UK

St. Elisabeth

Religion & Belief Systems · Elisabethszell

Parish church in Elisabethszell, Germany

Église Saint-Martin de Succos

Religion & Belief Systems

Church located in Pyrénées-Atlantiques, in France

St. Mary's of the Barrens Catholic Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Missouri, United States

Church of Saints Peter and Paul

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Luzki, Istra, Moscow Oblast, Russia

Rittergut Siebitz

Religion & Belief Systems · Siebitz/Zejicy

Procter & Gamble

Economy & Trade · Cincinnati

American multinational consumer goods corporation

Hermès

Economy & Trade · Paris

French luxury goods manufacturer

Tiffany & Co.

Economy & Trade · New York City

American multinational luxury jewelry and specialty retailer

Deere & Company

Economy & Trade · Moline

American agricultural and industrial auto manufacturing corporation

Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company

Economy & Trade · London

British shipping and logistics company

P&O Cruises

Economy & Trade · Southampton

British-American owned cruise line

Schichau-Werke

Economy & Trade · Elbląg

German engineering works and shipyard

Invicta Watch Group

Economy & Trade · Hollywood

American watch company

William Beardmore and Company

Economy & Trade · Parkhead

Company

Holt Renfrew

Economy & Trade · Toronto

Canadian department store

Italgas

Economy & Trade · Turin

Italian natural gas company

Lea & Perrins

Economy & Trade · London

British condiment manufacturer

Jordan A/S

Economy & Trade · Oslo

Norwegian manufacturing company

Vieille Montagne

Economy & Trade · Liège

Traduzione

Bauersche Gießerei

Economy & Trade · Frankfurt

German type foundry

Harlan and Hollingsworth

Economy & Trade · Wilmington

Ship and railroad car builder in Wilmington, Delaware

Kitson and Company

Economy & Trade · Leeds

Defunct British locomotive manufacturer

Emaux de Briare

Economy & Trade · Briare

French mosaic company

V. Manheimer

Economy & Trade · Berlin

German fashion company (1837-1931)

Tredegar Iron Works

Economy & Trade · Richmond

Virginia, United States

T. Cooke & Sons

Economy & Trade · York

English instrument makers, 1837–1851

Crepelle

Economy & Trade · Lille

French manufacturer of compressors and engines

Em. Bærentzen & Co.

Economy & Trade · Copenhagen

Lithography workshop and publisher based in Copenhagen, Denmark

Vaux Breweries

Economy & Trade · Sunderland

Major brewer based in Sunderland, United Kingdom

Swan & Edgar

Economy & Trade · London

Former department store in London

Wayne Corporation

Economy & Trade · Richmond

Defunct American bus manufacturer

Stehli Silks

Economy & Trade · Obfelden

Crompton Corporation

Economy & Trade · Middlebury

Former chemical company

Carisbo

Economy & Trade · Palazzo di Residenza della Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna

Former Italian savings bank

Australian Gas Light Company

Economy & Trade · Sydney

Former Australian energy company

Pairpoint Glass Company

Economy & Trade · Sagamore

American glass factory founded in 1837 by Deming Jarves

W. Watson and Son

Economy & Trade · London

British business making optical instruments

Palmers Department Store

Economy & Trade · Great Yarmouth

Independent and family-run department store located in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk

Watney Combe & Reid

Economy & Trade · London

London brewery business

E. W. Clark & Co.

Economy & Trade · Philadelphia

Banking and financial firm founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Wilson, Sons

Economy & Trade · Hamilton

Shipping company in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Marshall & Snelgrove

Economy & Trade · London

Former department store in London

Galilee earthquake of 1837

Disasters & Pandemics

1837 earthquake in present-day Israel

1837 Valdivia earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

1837 earthquake and tsunami centered in south-central Chile

Fire in the Winter Palace

Disasters & Pandemics · Winter Palace

December 1837 fire in Saint Petersburg, Russia

1837 Surat fire

Disasters & Pandemics · Surat

1837 fire in Surat, British India (now within Gujarat, India)

Ngatik massacre

Disasters & Pandemics

1837 massacre in Micronesia

Rebellions of 1837

Social Movements & Revolutions · Canada

Rebellion

Upper Canada Rebellion

Social Movements & Revolutions · Toronto

Insurrection against the oligarchic government of the British colony of Upper Canada (present-day Ontario) in December 1837

Sabinada

Social Movements & Revolutions · Bahia Province

Revolt in Brazil

Broad Street Riot

Social Movements & Revolutions · Boston

Massive street brawl of Yankees vs Irish in 1830s Boston

Rebellion of Ōshio Heihachirō

Social Movements & Revolutions · Ōsaka

1837 Japanese rebellion in Ōsaka, by Ōshio Heihachirō

Kåfjord Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Alta, Norway

Hazarduari Palace

Architecture & Engineering

Historical building of Murshidabad, West Bengal

Kanta-Loimaa Church

Architecture & Engineering · Hirvikoski

Church building in Loimaa, Finland

Kvinesdal Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Kvinesdal, Southern Norway

Iveland Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Iveland Municipality, Norway

Ss. Peter and Paul, Wannsee

Architecture & Engineering · Wannsee

Church

Church of Sainte-Croix of Tunis

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Tunisia

Holy Trinity Church, Derby

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Derby, UK

Christ Episcopal Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Tarrytown, New York, United States

Church of Holy Trinity and St George, Kendal

Architecture & Engineering

Church in South Lakeland, UK

St Werburgh's Church, Birkenhead

Architecture & Engineering · Birkenhead

Church in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England, UK

Citadel Prins Frederik

Architecture & Engineering

Old State Capitol State Historic Site

Architecture & Engineering

Museum and historic site in Springfield, Illinois, USA

Barclay de Tolly & Mikhail Kutuzov monuments near Kazan Cathedral

Architecture & Engineering

Monument in Saint Petersburg, Russia

Benjamin Wegner's sundial

Architecture & Engineering · Frogner Park

Sundial in Frogner Park, Oslo

Christ Church Cathedral, Indianapolis

Architecture & Engineering

church in Indiana, United States

Orchard Street United Methodist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Maryland, United States of America

North Hillsdale Methodist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in New York, United States of America

St. Thomas Chapel

Architecture & Engineering

historic church in Frederick County, Virginia, United States

North Taunton Baptist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Taunton, United States of America

Yatesville Methodist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in New York, United States of America

Mount Lebanon Baptist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Louisiana, United States of America

First Presbyterian Church of Maumee Chapel

Architecture & Engineering

historic church in Ohio, United States

Old Medicine School of San Carlos

Architecture & Engineering

Cultural property in Madrid, Spain

Theatre Royal, Newcastle

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in Newcastle upon Tyne, England

Magyar Theatre

Sports & Entertainment

Hungarian state-run theater in Budapest (1837–)

Theatre Royal, Hobart

Sports & Entertainment · Hobart city center

Performing arts venue in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Old Bank of Louisville

Sports & Entertainment

Former bank, now a theater, in Louisville, Kentucky, United States

Michigan founded

Empires & Countries · Lansing

Michigan was founded, with its capital at Lansing.