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 ( 1830s: )  1837    | |
|---|---|
 Capture of Constantine, Algeria by Horace Vernet | |
| Year 1837 |
Contents
Events
- January 26 – Michigan becomes the 26th state admitted to the United States.
- March 4 - The city of Chicago is incorporated.
- May – W. F. Cooke and Charles Wheatstone patent a system of electrical telegraph.
- May 10 – The Panic of 1837 begins in New York City.
- June 5 – The settlement of Houston is incorporated, by the Republic of Texas.
- June 11 – The Broad Street Riot occurs in Boston, Massachusetts, fueled by ethnic tensions between the Irish and the Yankees.
- June 20 – Queen Victoria, 18, accedes to the throne of the United Kingdom, on the death of her uncle William IV without legitimate heirs (she will reign for more than 63 years).
- September 19 – First Carlist War: Battle of Aranzueque – The liberal forces loyal to Queen Isabel II of Spain are victorious, ending the Carlist campaign known as the Expedición Real.
- October 10–13 – The French army besieges and captures Constantine in French Algeria.
- October 30 – The Tsarskoye Selo Railway, the first in the Russian Empire, opens between Saint Petersburg Tsarskoselsky station and Zarskoje Selo (modern-day Pushkin), engineered by Franz Anton von Gerstner.
- November–December – In the Canadas, William Lyon Mackenzie leads the Upper Canada Rebellion, and Louis-Joseph Papineau leads the Lower Canada Rebellion.
Event
| Event | Start | End |
|---|---|---|
| Pax Brittanica | 1815 | 1915 |
New Groups
| Group | Image | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Technical University of Athens |  | Public | The oldest higher education institutions of Greece and the most prestigious among engineering schools |
| DePauw University |  | Military ranks Liberal arts Co-educational | Small Midwestern university |
| Mount Holyoke College |  | Military ranks | Exclusive Massachusetts women's college |
| Davidson College |  | Military ranks Liberal arts | North Carolina college with 23 Rhodes Scholars. |
| Marshall University |  | Public | West Virginia university |
| Madras Christian College |  | Indian college with many distinguished alumni | |
| Knox College |  | Military ranks Liberal arts | Private liberal arts college in Illinois |
| University of Athens |  | Public | An integral part of the modern Greek academic and intellectual tradition |
| Procter & Gamble |  | Huge multi-billion dollar multinational corporation; specialising in consumer goods. |
Births
| Title | Born | Place of birth | Died | Summary | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charles D. Lanier | 19 January 1837 | US | 6 March 1926 | Banker Deep state operative Businessperson | A Morgan man. |
| Grover Cleveland | 18 March 1837 | United States New Jersey Caldwell | 24 June 1908 | Politician Lawyer | |
| J. P. Morgan | 17 April 1837 | United States Connecticut Hartford | 31 March 1913 | Banker Deep politician Businessperson | Ultra wealthy US deep politician whose The Money Trust ruthlessly dominated corporate finance and industrial consolidation there for decades. |
| Mark Hanna | 24 September 1837 | Ohio New Lisbon | 15 February 1904 | Politician Deep politician | American businessman and Republican party kingmaker |
