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Year 1837 (MDCCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini / Common Era numbering system The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar The twentieth century of the Common Era began on See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them Events and Trends End of the Napoleonic Wars in Europe (1803 - 1815 Events and trends Nationalistic independence helped reshape the world during this decade Greece gains independence from the Ottoman Empire Events and trends Electromagnetic induction discovered by Michael Faraday. Events and trends Technology First use of General anesthesia in an operation by Crawford Long. Events and Trends Industry Production of Steel revolutionized by invention of the Bessemer process Benjamin Silliman Events and trends Technology The First Transcontinental Railroad in the USA was completed in 1869 This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1835 ( MDCCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year 1837 in Archaeology. See also 1836 in archaeology, other events of 1837, 1838 in archaeology and the List of years The year 1837 in architecture involved some significant events List of years in Art Events Marie Louise Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun publishes the second volume of her memoirs The year 1837 in literature involved some significant new books Events John Clare is institutionalized as insane The United States Magazine and Democratic Review established a political and literary Events June 11 - Prussian Copyright Act protecting for the first time performances of concert music Pauline Garcia-Viardot makes her The year 1837 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below See also Sports clubs established before 1850, 1850 in sports and the List of 'years in sports', and the History of sport article Events April events April 24 - The Leipzig-Dresdner Eisenbahn, the first major railway line to be built between important cities in See also 1836 in Australia, other events of 1837, 1838 in Australia and the Timeline of Australian history. See also 1836 in Canada, other events of 1837, 1838 in Canada and the List of 'years in Canada'. Events Shaw's Bank merged with Royal Bank of Ireland. See Allied Irish Banks. Incumbents Regal and Vice Regal Head of State – King William IV dies on 20 June and is succeeded by Queen Victoria See also 1836 in South Africa, other events of 1837, 1838 in South Africa and the Timeline of South African history. Events January 10 - DePauw University founded in Greencastle Indiana January 26 - Michigan is admitted Incumbents Monarch - William IV of the United Kingdom (until 20 June) Victoria of the United Kingdom Prime 1836 state leaders - Events of 1837 - 1838 state leaders - State leaders by year ---- Angola - # Temporarily vacant ( 1836 - 1837) # Manuel Bernardo Vidal, Governor-General of Angola ( Roman numerals are a Numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. This is the calendar for any Common year starting on Sunday ( Dominical letter A) or for any year in which “ Doomsday ” is Tuesday The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today This is the Calendar for any Common year starting on Friday ( Dominical letter C) The Julian calendar, a reform of the Roman calendar, was introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 BC and came into force in 45 BC (709 Ab urbe condita

Contents 1 Events of 1837 1.1 January - June 1.2 July - December 1.3 Undated 2 Births 2.1 January - June 2.2 July - December 2.3 Unknown dates 3 Deaths

Events of 1837

January - June

• January 26 - Michigan is the 26th state admitted to the United States of America. Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Michigan ( is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
• February - Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist begins publication in serial form. Oliver Twist (1838 is Charles Dickens' second Novel. The book was originally published in Bentley's Miscellany as a serial
• February 4 - Seminoles attack Fort Foster. Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons The Seminole are a Native American people originally of Florida and now residing in Florida and Oklahoma. Fort Foster (now known as Fort Foster Historic Site) was a fort in central Florida, located 9 miles south of current-day Zephyrhills.
• February 25 - In Philadelphia, The Institute for Colored Youth (ICY) was founded as the first institution for higher education of Blacks. Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə Cheyney University of Pennsylvania is a public co-educational Historically black university that is a part of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.
• March 4
  • Martin Van Buren succeeds Andrew Jackson as the President of the United States. Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Martin Van Buren (December 5 1782 July 24 1862 was the eighth President of the United States from 1837 to 1841 Andrew Jackson (March 15 1767 June 8 1845 was the seventh President of the United States (1829&ndash1837 The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by
  • City of Chicago is incorporated. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States.
• May - * Samuel Morse patents telegraph. Samuel Finley Breese Morse ( April 27, 1791 &ndash April 2, 1872) was an American painter of portraits and historic
• May 10 - Panic of 1837 begins in New York City. Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. The Panic of 1837 was a Panic in the United States built on a speculative fever
• June 5 - City of Houston, Texas is incorporated by the Republic of Texas. Events 70 - Titus and his Roman Legions breach the middle wall of Jerusalem in the Siege of Jerusalem The Republic of Texas was a sovereign Nation in North America between the United States and Mexico that existed from 1836 to
• June 11 - The Broad Street Riot occurred in Boston, Massachusetts, fueled by racial tensions between Irish-Americans and English-Americans. Events 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. The Broad Street Riot occurred in Boston Massachusetts, US on June 11, 1837.
• June 20 - Queen Victoria, monarch of the United Kingdom accedes to the throne. Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun. Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901 was from 20 June 1837 the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located

July - December

• July - Charles W. King sets sail on the American merchant ship Morrison. Charles W King was an American trader in Canton, who is famous for having tried to open trade with Japan on the pretext of repatriating seven Japanese castaways In the Morrison Incident, he is turned away from Japanese ports with cannon fire. The of 1837 occurred when the American merchant ship Morrison headed by Charles W
• July 29 - Spanish government auctions the church property. Events 1014 - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. "Auctioneer" redirects here For the DC Comics supervillain see Auctioneer (comics.
• August 16 - Dutch sack of the fortress of Bonjol, ending the Padri War. Events 1384 - The Hongwu Emperor of Ming China, Emperor Dong hears a case of a couple who tore paper money bills while fighting The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands The Padri War (also called the Minangkabau War) was fought from 1821 to 1837, in West Sumatra between Dutch troops and the indigenous
• November 7 - American abolitionist and newspaper editor Elijah Lovejoy is killed by a pro-slavery mob. Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat As a social-economic system slavery is a legal institution under which a Person (called "a slave" is compelled to work for another
• November 8 - Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, later Mount Holyoke College, was founded in South Hadley, Massachusetts. Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration Mount Holyoke College is a liberal arts women's college in South Hadley, Massachusetts.
• November/December - In the Canadas, William Lyon Mackenzie leads the Upper Canada Rebellion and Louis-Joseph Papineau leads the Lower Canada Rebellion. Upper Canada and Lower Canada, collectively referred to as the Canadas, were two British colonies in Canada. William Lyon Mackenzie ( March 12, 1795 &ndash August 28, 1861) was a Canadian Journalist, Politician, and The Upper Canada Rebellion was along with the Lower Canada Rebellion in Lower Canada, a rebellion against the British colonial government in 1837 and 1838 For the 20th century Canadian parliamentarian see Louis-Joseph Papineau (Canadian parliamentarian Louis-Joseph Papineau, ( October 7, 1786 The Lower Canada Rebellion is the name given to the armed conflict between the rebels of Lower Canada (now Quebec) and the British colonial power of that

Undated

• At Le Mans, France, Father Basil Moreau, CSC founds the Congregation of Holy Cross by joining the Brothers of St. Le Mans (ləmɑ̃ in French) is a city in France, located on the Sarthe River. The Congregation of Holy Cross or Congregatio a Sancta Cruce (C Joseph and the Auxiliary Priests of Le Mans.
• Louis Daguerre develops daguerreotype. The daguerreotype (original French daguerréotype) is an early type of Photograph, developed by Louis Daguerre, in which the image is exposed directly

Births

1837 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1837 MDCCCXXXVII
Ab urbe condita	2590
Armenian calendar	1286 ԹՎ ՌՄՁԶ
Bahá'í calendar	-7 – -6
Berber calendar	2787
Buddhist calendar	2381
Burmese calendar	1199
Chinese calendar	4473/4533-11-25 (丙申年十一月廿五日) — to — 4474/4534-12-5 (丁酉年十二月初五日)
Coptic calendar	1553 – 1554
Ethiopian calendar	1829 – 1830
Hebrew calendar	5597 – 5598
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1892 – 1893
- Shaka Samvat	1759 – 1760
- Kali Yuga	4938 – 4939
Holocene calendar	11837
Iranian calendar	1215 – 1216
Islamic calendar	1252 – 1253
Japanese calendar	Tenpō 8 (天保8年)
Korean calendar	4170
Thai solar calendar	2380
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January - June

• January 2 - Mily Balakirev, Russian composer (d. The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today Ab Urbe condita (literally "from The Armenian calendar is the traditional calendar of Armenia. The Bahá'í calendar, also called the Badí‘ calendar, used by the Bahá'í Faith, is a Solar calendar with regular years of 365 days and Leap The Berber calendar is the annual Calendar used by Berber people in North Africa. The Buddhist calendar is used on mainland Southeast Asia in the countries of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar (formerly Burma The traditional Burmese calendar is a Lunisolar calendar based on both the phases of the moon and the motion of the sun The Chinese calendar is lunisolar, incorporating elements of a Lunar calendar with those of a Solar calendar. The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Chinese sexagenary cycle ( is a cyclic numeral system of 60 combinations of the two basic cycles the ten Heavenly Stems (天干 tiāngān The Coptic calendar, also called the Alexandrian calendar, is used by the Coptic Orthodox Church and still used in Egypt The Ethiopian calendar ( Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ዘመን አቆጣጠር ye'Ītyōṗṗyā zemen āḳoṭaṭer) also called the Ge'ez calendar, The Hebrew calendar (הלוח העברי ha'luach ha'ivri) or Jewish calendar is a Lunisolar calendar used by Jews for predominantly religious The Hindu calendar used in ancient times has undergone many changes in the process of regionalization and today there are several regional Indian Calendars, as The Indian national calendar (sometimes called Saka calendar) is the official civil calendar in use in India. Kali Yuga ( Devanāgarī: sa कलियुग lit "Age of Kali " "age of vice" is one of the four stages of development that the world goes The Iranian calendar or Solar Hejri (تقویم هجری شمسی؛ سالنمای هجری خورشیدی Taqwim Hejri Shamsi Salanmay Hejri Khurshidi) is an astronomical The Islamic calendar or Muslim calendar ( Arabic: التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī; Persian: تقویم هجری قمری ‎ Since January 1, 1873, Japan has used the Gregorian calendar, with local names for the months and mostly fixed holidays was a after Bunsei and before Kōka. The period spanned the years from 1830 through 1844. The traditional Korean calendar is a Lunisolar calendar which like the traditional calendars of other East Asian countries was based on the Chinese calendar The Thai solar calendar, Suriyakati (สุริยคติ has been the official and prevalent Calendar in Thailand since it was adopted by King Events 366 - The Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers invading the Roman Empire. Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev ( Милий Алексеевич Балакирев, Milij Alekseevič Balakirev) ( 2 January 1837 1910)
• February 5 - Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist (d. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. Early life Dwight Moody was born in Northfield Massachusetts to a large family 1899)
• January 7 - Thomas Henry Ismay, known for acquiring the WSL flag. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Thomas Henry Ismay ( 7 January 1837 &ndash 23 November 1899) was the founder of the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company more commonly known
• March 1 - William Dean Howells, American writer, historian, editor, and politician (d. Events 86 BC - Lucius Cornelius Sulla, at the head of a Roman Republic army enters in Athens, removing the Tyrant William Dean Howells ( March 1 1837 – May 11 1920) was an American realist author and literary critic 1920)
• March 7 - Henry Draper, American physician and astronomer (d. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Events 161 - Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius dies and is succeeded by co-Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus Henry Draper ( March 7, 1837 &ndash November 20 1882) was an American doctor and Astronomer. 1882)
• March 18 - Grover Cleveland, President of the United States (d. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18 1837 June 24 1908 was both the twenty-second and twenty-fourth President of the United States. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by 1908)
• March 23 - Charles Wyndham, English actor and theatrical manager (d. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. Sir Charles Wyndham ( 23 March 1837 &ndash 1919 was an English Actor, was born Charles Culverwell in Liverpool, the son 1919)
• April 5 - Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet (d. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Algernon Charles Swinburne (5 April 1837 – 10 April 1909 was a Victorian era English poet 1909)
• April 17 - John Pierpont Morgan, American financier and banker (d. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. John Pierpont Morgan ( April 17, 1837 &ndash March 31, 1913) was an American financier banker and art collector who 1913)
• April 21 - Fredrik Bajer, Danish politician and pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) Fredrik Bajer ( April 21, 1837 &ndash January 22, 1922) was a Danish writer teacher and pacifist Politician The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 1922)
• May 9 - Adam Opel, German engineer and industrialist (d. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Adam Opel ( May 9, 1837 - September 8, 1895) was the founder of the German car -maker Opel. 1895)
• May 27 - Wild Bill Hickok, American gunfighter (d. Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 927 - Simeon the Great, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1120 - Richard III of Capua is anointed James Butler Hickok ( May 27, 1837 &ndash August 2, 1876) better known as Wild Bill Hickok, was a figure in the American Old 1876)
• May 28 - George Ashlin, Irish Architect (d. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 585 BC - A Solar eclipse occurs as predicted by Greek philosopher and scientist Thales, while Alyattes is battling George Coppinger Ashlin (1837 &ndash 1921 was an Irish Architect, particularly noted for his work on churches and Cathedrals Early life 1921)
• June 22 - Paul Morphy, American chess player (d. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. Disambiguation Morphy redirects here For the fictional character nicknamed Morphy see King Morpheus. 1884)
• June 22 - Paul Bachmann, German mathematician (d. Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 217 BC - Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV of Egypt defeats Antiochus III the Great of the Seleucid kingdom. Paul Gustav Heinrich Bachmann ( June 22 1837 &ndash March 31 1920) was a German Mathematician. 1920)

July - December

• July 4 - Carolus-Duran, French painter (d. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Carolus-Duran was the name adopted by the French painter Charles Auguste Émile Durand ( July 4, 1837 - 1917 who was born at Lille. 1917)
• July 18 - Vasil Levski, Bulgarian revolutionary (d. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, Vasil Levski (Васил Левски also transliterated as Vassil Levski) born Vasil Ivanov Kountchev (Васил Иванов Кунчев ( Karlovo 1873)
• August 24 - Théodore Dubois, French composer (d. Year 1873 ( MDCCCLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River François-Clément Théodore Dubois (August 24 1837 &ndash June 11 1924 was a French Composer, Organist and Music teacher 1924)
• September 14 - Nikolai Bugaev, prominent Russian mathematician (d. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 81 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. Nikolai Vasilievich Bugaev (Николай Васильевич Бугаев September 14 1837 - June 11 1903) was a prominent Russian 1903)
• September 16 - King Pedro V of Portugal (d. Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Events 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr is declared Prince of Wales by his followers Ancestors 1861)
• September 18 - Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, (Portuguese) Archbishop of Goa (d. Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 96 - Nerva is proclaimed Roman Emperor after Domitian is assassinated Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos (1837-1880 was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Goa. 1880)
• October 10 - Robert Gould Shaw, American Civil War General, reformer (d. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Robert Gould Shaw ( October 10, 1837 &ndash July 18, 1863) was the Colonel in command of the all- black 54th Massachusetts 1863)
• October 29 - African-American folk artist Harriet Powers (d. Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II Harriet Powers ( October 29, 1837 &ndash January 1, 1910) was an African American slave, Folk artist and 1910)
• November 2 - Émile Bayard, French artist, illustrator (d. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1570 - A Tidal wave in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1000 Émile-Antoine Bayard (1837-1891 was born November 2, 1837, in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, France. 1891)
• November 5 - Saint Arnold Janssen (d. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Saint Arnold Janssen ( November 5, 1837 – January 15, 1909) was a Roman Catholic Priest best known for founding the 1909)
• November 14 - Lucas Barrett, English naturalist (d. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1533 - Conquistadors from Spain under the leadership of Francisco Pizarro arrive in Cajamarca, Inca Lucas Barrett ( November 14, 1837 - December 18, 1862) was an English naturalist and Geologist. 1862)
• November 20 - Lewis Waterman, American inventor and businessman (d. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday Events 284 - Diocletian was chosen as Roman Emperor. 762 - Bögü Khan of the Uyghurs, Lewis Edson Waterman ( November 20, 1837 &ndash May 1, 1901) born in Decatur New York, was the inventor of the capillary feed 1901)
• November 23 - Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Dutch physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Johannes Diderik van der Waals ( November 23, 1837 &ndash March 8, 1923) was a Dutch Scientist and Thermodynamicist The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1923)
• December 15 - George B. Post American architect (d. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of George Browne Post ( December 15, 1837 &ndash November 28, 1913) was an American architect trained in the Beaux-Arts tradition 1913)
• December 26 - George Dewey, U. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1481 - Battle of Westbrook - Holland defeats troops of Utrecht. George Dewey ( December 26, 1837 &ndash January 16, 1917) was an Admiral of the United States Navy, best known for his S. naval officer (d. 1917)

Unknown dates

• Sarah Lockwood Pardee, American builder of the Winchester Mystery House (d. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year 1922)
• Tadeusz Żychiewicz, Polish activist, pułkownik (d. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Tadeusz Żychiewicz (b 12 January 1922 in Bratkowice, d 11 November 1994 in Kraków) was a Polish Journalist after 1901)

Deaths

• January 20 - John Soane, British architect (b. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Sir John Soane ( 10 September 1753 &ndash 20 January 1837) was an English Architect who specialised in the Neo-Classical 1753)
• January 23 - John Field, Irish composer (b. Year 1753 ( MDCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor John Field (26 July 1782 &ndash 23 January 1837 was an Irish Composer and Pianist. 1782)
• February 7 - Gustav IV Adolf, ex-King of Sweden (b. Year 1782 ( MDCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince Gustav IV Adolf (November 1 1778 &ndash February 7 1837 was King of Sweden from 1792 until his abdication in 1809 1778)
• February 10 - Alexander Pushkin, Russian author (b. Year 1778 ( MDCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead 1799)
• February 19, Georg Büchner, German playwright (b. Year 1799 ( MDCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum Karl Georg Büchner ( October 17, 1813 &ndash February 19, 1837) was a German Dramatist and Writer of prose 1813)
• March 31 - John Constable, English painter (b. Year 1813 ( MDCCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 307 - After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor John Constable ( 11 June 1776 &ndash 31 March 1837 1776)
• April 28 - Joseph Souham, French general (b. Year 1776 ( MDCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title Joseph Souham ( April 30, 1760 - April 28, 1837) was a French general who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and the 1760)
• May 20 - Landgrave Frederick of Hesse-Cassel (b. Year 1760 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Events 325 - The First Council of Nicaea &ndash the first Ecumenical Council of the Christian Church is held Prince Frederick of Hesse ( 11 September 1747 &ndash 20 May 1837) was a younger member of the dynasty that ruled the Landgraviate 1747)
• June 14 - Giacomo Leopardi, Italian writer (b. Year 1747 ( MDCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1276 - While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi Conte ( June 29, 1798 &ndash June 14, 1837) was an Italian Poet, 1798)
• June 20 - King William IV of the United Kingdom (b. Year 1798 ( MDCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 451 - Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius ' defeats Attila the Hun. William IV (William Henry 21 August 1765 &ndash 20 June 1837 was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until 1765)
• September 7 - Fabian Gottlieb von Osten-Sacken, Russian military leader (b. Year 1765 ( MDCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. Prince Fabian Gottlieb von der Osten-Sacken (Фабиан Вильгельмович Остен-Сакен ( 20 October 1752 &ndash 7 September 1837 1752)
• September 21 - Pieter Vreede, Dutch politician (b. Year 1752 ( MDCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar for European countries but not Great Britain) of Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights. Pieter Vreede ( October 8 1750 &ndash September 21 1837) was a Dutch politician of the Batavian Republic in the 18th century 1750)
• September 28 - Akbar Shah II, last Mughal emperor of India (b. Year 1750 ( MDCCL) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 48 BC - Pompey the Great is assassinated on orders of King Ptolemy of Egypt after landing in Egypt. Akbar Shah II (1760 - 1837 also known as Mirza Akbar, was the second-to-last of the Mughal emperors of India. 1760)
• October 1 - Robert Clark, American politician (b. Year 1760 ( MDCCLX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Robert Clark ( 1777-06-12 - 1837-10-01) was a United States Representative from New York. 1777)
• October 10 - Charles Fourier, philosopher (b. Year 1777 ( MDCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated François Marie Charles Fourier ( April 7, 1772 - October 10, 1837) was a French Utopian 1772)
• November 7 - Elijah P. Lovejoy, American abolitionist (b. Year 1772 ( MDCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat Elijah Parish Lovejoy ( November 9 1802 &ndash November 7 1837) was an American Presbyterian minister, 1809)

Year 1809 ( MDCCCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year

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