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1837 ( MDCCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1837th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 837th year of the 2nd millennium, the 37th year of the 19th century, and the 8th year of the 1830s decade.
Chicago is granted a city charter by Illinois. May 10 – Panic of 1837: New York City banks fail, and unemployment reaches record levels. June 5 – Houston, Texas, is granted a city charter. June 11 – The Broad Street Riot occurs in Boston, Massachusetts, fueled by ethnic tensions between the Irish and the Yankees.
1837 (MDCCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1837th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 837th year of the 2nd millennium, the 37th year of the 19th century, and the 8th year of the 1830s decade. As of the start of ...
Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin [a] ( English: / ˈpʊʃkɪn /; [2] Russian: Александр Сергеевич Пушкин, IPA: [ɐlʲɪkˈsandr sʲɪrˈɡʲe (j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈpuʂkʲɪn] ⓘ; 6 June [ O.S. 26 May] 1799 – 10 February [ O.S. 29 January] 1837) was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era. [3] .
Andrew Jackson Jr. (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American politician who was the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. He was the first president to be a Democrat [1] and is on the twenty dollar bill. His nickname was "Old Hickory".
Charles Robert Darwin FRS FRGS FLS FZS JP [6] ( / ˈdɑːrwɪn / [7] DAR-win; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist and biologist, [8] widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended from a common ancestor is now generally accepted and ...
Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) was the 22nd and also the 24th president of the United States from 1885 to 1889 and then from 1893 to 1897. He was the only president to serve two terms non-consecutively.
