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* [[March 4]] - [[Martin Van Buren]] succeeds [[Andrew Jackson]] as the [[President of the United States of America]]. |
* [[March 4]] - [[Martin Van Buren]] succeeds [[Andrew Jackson]] as the [[President of the United States of America]]. |
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* [[March 4]] - [[Chicago, Illinois]] is granted a city charter by [[Illinois]]. |
* [[March 4]] - [[Chicago, Illinois]] is granted a city charter by [[Illinois]]. |
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* [[May 10]] - [[Panic of 1837]]: [[New York City]] banks fail, and [[unemployment]] reaches record levels. |
* [[May 10]] - [[Panic of 1837]] (Global economic crisis): [[New York City]] banks fail, and [[unemployment]] reaches record levels. |
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* [[June 5]] - The city of [[Houston, Texas]] is granted a city charter. |
* [[June 5]] - The city of [[Houston, Texas]] is granted a city charter. |
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* [[June 20]] - [[Queen Victoria]], monarch of the [[United Kingdom]] ascends to the throne . |
* [[June 20]] - [[Queen Victoria]], monarch of the [[United Kingdom]] ascends to the throne . |
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*[[Samuel Morse]] invents the [[telegraph]] |
*[[Samuel Morse]] invents the [[telegraph]] |
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*In the [[Canadas]], [[William Lyon Mackenzie]] leads the [[Upper Canada Rebellion]] and [[Louis-Joseph Papineau]] leads the [[Patriotes Rebellion]]. |
*In the [[Canadas]], [[William Lyon Mackenzie]] leads the [[Upper Canada Rebellion]] and [[Louis-Joseph Papineau]] leads the [[Patriotes Rebellion]]. |
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* [[Panic of 1837]] (Global economic crisis) |
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'''Arts, Sciences, Literature and Philosophy''' |
'''Arts, Sciences, Literature and Philosophy''' |
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Revision as of 12:30, 23 October 2003
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 (Global economic crisis): New York City banks fail, and unemployment reaches record levels.
- June 5 - The city of Houston, Texas is granted a city charter.
- 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.
Arts, Sciences, Literature and Philosophy
Births:
- February 5 - Dwight L. Moody, evangelist († 1899)
- March 1 - William Dean Howells, writer, historian, editor, politician. († 1920)
- 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)
- August 24 - Théodore Dubois, composer and teacher († 1924)
- October 11 - Joseph Burton Sumner, later founder and first mayor of Sumner, Mississippi, USA. (†1920)
- November 14 - Lucas Barrett, English naturalist († 1862)
Deaths:
- 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
- Saint Herman of Alaska
- John Soane, British architect
Heads of states
- Ottoman Empire - Mahmud II Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1808-1839)
- Prussia - Frederick William III King of Prussia (1797-1840)