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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.
The Panic of 1837 was a financial crisis in the United States that began a major depression (not to be confused with the Great Depression ), which lasted until the mid-1840s. Profits, prices, and wages dropped, westward expansion was stalled, unemployment rose, and pessimism abounded. The panic had both domestic and foreign origins.
Today's featured picture. The green kingfisher ( Chloroceryle americana) is a species of bird in the kingfisher family, Alcedinidae. It is found from the southern United States, south through Central America, and in every mainland South American country except Chile. The green kingfisher is about 20 cm (7.9 in) long and weighs about 35 to 40 g ...
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 1837, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of ...
June 12 – Cooke and Wheatstone file their patent for the electrical telegraph in the United Kingdom. [10] July 19 – Isambard Kingdom Brunel 's paddle steamer SS Great Western is launched in Bristol. [11] July – Godefroy Engelmann of Mulhouse patents chromolithography.
