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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.
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The Panic of 1837 was a financial crisis in the United...
- 1837 in the United States
Chicago is granted a city charter by Illinois. May 10 –...
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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.
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.
Events from the year 1837 in the United States.
c. June – smallpox epidemic of 1837–40 breaks out. [1] 1 June – the Government-funded Normal School of Design, predecessor of the Royal College of Art, begins classes at Somerset House in London. 3 June – the Kensington Hippodrome opens in Notting Hill. 12 June – Cooke and Wheatstone file their patent for the electrical telegraph.
Feb 20, 2023 · The Panic of 1837, as it became known, was a brewing major economic crisis that had been led by an ailing economy and the revocation of the national bank charter under president Andrew Jackson. In the 1830s, there was a speculative boom in land, particularly in the western United States.
Aug 16, 2019 · 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.
