* 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 )

Six editions of James Dwight Dana's System appeared between 1837 and 1892.

* 1837 – Sir James Murray, Scottish lexicographer and philologist ( d. 1915 )

Further proofs were given by Laplace ( 1810, 1812 ), Gauss ( 1823 ), James Ivory ( 1825, 1826 ), Hagen ( 1837 ), Friedrich Bessel ( 1838 ), W. F. Donkin ( 1844, 1856 ), and Morgan Crofton ( 1870 ).

According to writer James Stevens in his 1925 book Paul Bunyan, French Canadians gave birth to the tales during the Papineau Rebellion of 1837, when they revolted against the young English Queen .< ref >

The claim that the Scotsman James Chalmers was the inventor of the postage stamp first surfaced in 1881 when the book " The Penny Postage Scheme of 1837 ", written by his son, Patrick Chalmers, was published.

As the postage amounts stated in James Chalmers ' essay mirrored those that were proposed by Rowland Hill in February 1837, it is clear that Chalmers was aware of Hill ’ s proposals.

Controversial figure, Dr. James Barry, also arrived that year as principal medical officer ( 1836 – 1837 ).

In 1837, the American John ( aka James ) Johnson invited the Chihenne in the area to trade with his party ( near the mines at Santa Rita del Cobre, New Mexico ).

In 1837 Augustus attempted to obtain an appointment for James to the United States Military Academy, but the vacancy for his congressional district had already been filled so James was appointed in 1838 by a relative, Reuben Chapman, who represented the First District of Alabama ( where Mary Longstreet lived ).

* James Murray, 1st Baron Glenlyon ( 1782 – 1837 ), British Army officer, member of parliament and peer

* Sir James Murray ( lexicographer ) ( 1837 – 1915 ), Scottish lexicographer who was the most famous editor of the Oxford English Dictionary

In 1837, sixteen-year-old Eliza eloped with Lieutenant Thomas James.

Perth streets were often sandy bogs which caused Governor James Stirling in 1837 to report to the Secretary of State for Colonies:

James Parsons, a Tennessee native, is generally considered to be the first permanent settler in the spring of 1837.

Around 1837 local blacksmith James Woolfolk found an outcropping of coal on his land.

It was created in 1837 and was named in honor of Senator James Buchanan, who became the 15th President of the United States.

The present-day town site was platted by James Waterman and Evans Wharry in 1837.

By 1844 it had been renamed to Rensselaer after James Van Rensselaer, a merchant from Utica, New York, who came to the area after his business failed in the Panic of 1837.

The original town plat was drafted by James and John Prentis in 1837.

" The first road through what was to be Fennville was built by Harrison Hutchins and James McCormick in 1837.

The first settler in the township was James Kirk, who moved with his family to Niles, Michigan in 1833 and then established a residence in Pipestone in April, 1837.

The Portland Public School District was organized in 1837 and Almeron Newman was elected Moderator, William Churchill Director, and James Newman Treasurer.

Ellisville was settled by Captain James Harvey Ferris of Kentucky before 1837.