Year by year · 19th century

1837

1837 in world history: 12 events, 16 births, 12 deaths, 1 work and 1 state founded. 1,081 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 26 January

    Michigan becomes the 26th US state

    Michigan joined the Union after giving up the disputed Toledo Strip to Ohio, the cause of the bloodless 'Toledo War'. In exchange it received most of the Upper Peninsula.

    Toledo

  2. 20 June

    Victoria becomes queen at the age of 18

    Victoria was woken at Kensington Palace with news that William IV had died. Her 63-year reign saw industrial growth and the expansion of the British Empire.

    United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

  3. 13 July

    Queen Victoria moves into Buckingham Palace

    Three weeks after her accession, 18-year-old Victoria became the first monarch to live at Buckingham Palace. It has been the sovereign's principal London residence ever since.

    London

  4. 25 July

    Cooke and Wheatstone demonstrate the electric telegraph

    William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone sent messages along a telegraph line between Euston and Camden Town in London. Its success led to the first commercial telegraph on the Great Western Railway.

    London

  5. 7 November

    A pro-slavery mob kills Elijah Lovejoy

    The abolitionist editor Elijah Lovejoy was shot defending his fourth printing press from a mob in Alton, Illinois. His death turned many northerners towards the anti-slavery cause.

  6. Treaty · Peace

    Treaty of Tafna

    The Treaty of Tafna was signed on 30 May 1837 near the Tafna river between Emir Abdelkader and General Thomas-Robert Bugeaud.

  7. Battle

    Battle of Jamrud

    The Battle of Jamrud was fought on 30 April 1837 at the fort of Jamrud, at the entrance to the Khyber Pass, between the Sikh Empire and an Afghan army sent by Dost Mohammad Khan.

  8. Treaty

    Congress of Tacna

    The Pact of Tacna was the agreement of May 1837 by which delegates of the North Peruvian Republic, the South Peruvian Republic and Bolivia defined the Peru–Bolivian Confederation.

  9. Battle

    Battle of Mosega

    The Battle of Mosega was fought in January 1837 near present-day Zeerust in South Africa, when Voortrekkers under Hendrik Potgieter and Gert Maritz, with Griqua and Tswana allies, attacked the Ndebele settlement at Mosega.

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In the profiles

  • PersianPersian is replaced by English and local languages as the official language of British India

Wars and longer events

Born in 1837 16

Died in 1837 12

Works 1

States founded 1

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