* 1930 – Cosima Wagner, Hungarian daughter of Franz Liszt and widow of Richard Wagner ( b. 1837 )

* 1837 – Mary Harris Jones, American labor organizer ( d. 1930 )

* 1765 – William IV of the United Kingdom ( d. 1837 )

Andrew Jackson ( March 15, 1767 June 8, 1845 ) was the seventh President of the United States ( 1829 – 1837 ).

The dethroning of queen Isabel II meant a vacuum that was profited by the Bank of New York and some Cubans opposed to the projected extension of the 1837 Abolition Act to finance a Texas style " independence " revolution known as the Cuban 10 Years War ( 1868 – 78 ) lost by the Cubans.

* 1837 – J. P. Morgan, American financier ( d. 1913 )

* 1837 – Marie François Sadi Carnot, French statesman, 4th President of the French Republic ( d. 1894 )

* 1787 – Deaf Smith, American frontiersman and revolutionary ( d. 1837 )

* 1837 – Fredrik Bajer, Danish politician, Nobel laureate ( d. 1922 )

* 1772 – Charles Fourier, French philosopher ( d. 1837 )

* Christian Bunsen ( librarian ) ( 1770 – 1837 ), chief librarian of Göttingen and professor of modern philology, father of Robert Bunsen

* John Cuthbert Hedley ( 1837 – 1915 )

* Chemistry ( 1837 ) – the science concerned with the laws and effects of molecular forces ( Dumas ).

In 1878 the Monets temporarily moved into the home of Ernest Hoschedé, ( 1837 – 1891 ), a wealthy department store owner and patron of the arts.

The winter of 1837 – 38 saw rebellion in both of the Canadas, with the result they were rejoined as the Province of Canada in 1841.

Charles Ammi Cutter ( 1837 – 1903 ), inspired by the decimal classification of his contemporary Melvil Dewey, and with Dewey's initial encouragement, developed his own classification scheme for the Winchester Town Library and then the Boston Athenaeum, at which he served as librarian for twenty-four years.

* 1837 – Elisabeth of Bavaria, also known as Sissi, Empress of Austria ( d. 1898 )

* 1837 – George Dewey, U. S. admiral ( d. 1917 )

* 1837 – Morgan Bulkeley, American politician, 54th Governor of Connecticut ( d. 1922 )

* 1837 – Émile Waldteufel, French composer ( d. 1915 )

* 1837 – Herman of Alaska, Russian Orthodox hermit ( b. 1756 )

In 1877, German physiologist Wilhelm Kühne ( 1837 – 1900 ) first used the term enzyme, which comes from Greek ενζυμον, " in leaven ", to describe this process.

Category: UK MPs 1835 – 1837

Category: UK MPs 1837 – 1841

* 1837 – Georg Büchner, German playwright ( b. 1813 )

In the spring of 1837 the town of Harrisonville was located by Enoch Rice, Francis Prine and Welcome Scott, who had been appointed commissioners by the state legislature in the winter of 1836.

Dade County was established in 1837 and was named for Major Francis Langhorne Dade, who was killed in the Dade Massacre by Seminole Indians in December, 1835.

His nephew John Francis Barnett ( 1837 – 1916 ) was also a composer.

** John Francis Barnett, composer and music teacher ( b. 1837 )

Francis J. Harper ( D ), until March 18, 1837

Sir Francis Bond Head, 1st Baronet KCH PC ( 1 January 1793 – 20 July 1875 ), known as " Galloping Head ", was Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada during the rebellion of 1837.

Francis, Duke of Teck ( Francis Paul Charles Louis Alexander ; 28 August 1837 – 21 January 1900 ), was a member of the German nobility, and later of the British Royal Family.

Francis was born Franz Paul Karl Ludwig Alexander on 28 August 1837 in Esseg, Slavonia ( now Osijek, Croatia ).

* 28 August 1837 – 1 December 1863: Count Francis of Hohenstein

* Francis J. Herron ( 1837 – 1902 ), American Civil War Union Army Major General and Medal of Honor recipient

Kemble wrote two plays, Francis the First ( 1832 ) and The Star of Seville ( 1837 ).

* Marmaduke Francis Constable-Maxwell, 11th Lord Herries of Terregles ( 1837 – 1908 )

* Francis Knollys, 1st Viscount Knollys ( 1837 – 1924 )

** Peter Leopold Louis Francis Nassau Clavering-Cowper, 5th Earl Cowper ( 1778 – 1837 )

Francis Thomas de Grey Cowper, 7th Earl Cowper KG, PC, DL ( 11 June 1834 – 18 July 1905 ), known as Viscount Fordwich from 1837 to 1856, was a British Liberal politician.

Aqar Quf ( referred to then as Akerkuf, Agger Koof, or Akar-kuf ) was visited and examined in 1837 by Francis Rawdon Chesney.

Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin ( 10 December 1756 – 1 February 1837 ) ruled over the German state of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, first as Duke ( 1785 – 1815 ), and then as Grand Duke ( 1815 – 1837 ).

Francis Howard Greenway ( 20 November 1777 – September 1837 ) was an English architect who was transported to Australia for the crime of forgery.

On February 15, executive councillors Francis Hincks and William Hume Blake retorted in the same tone and Blake even went as far as claiming the Tories to be the true rebels, because, he said, it was they who had violated the principles of the British constitution and caused the civil war of 1837 – 38.

* Peter Leopold Louis Francis Nassau Clavering-Cowper, 5th Earl Cowper ( 1778 – 1837 )

He left Lowell in 1837 and was followed by his apprentice, James B Francis.

Lieutenant-Colonel Francis David Millet Brown VC ( 7 August 1837 – 21 November 1895 ) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.