1837

Events of 1837

January - March

• January 26 - Michigan is the 26th state admitted to the United States of America.
• February 4 - Seminoles attack Fort Foster.
• March 4 - Martin Van Buren succeeds Andrew Jackson as the President of the United States.
• March 4 - City of Chicago, Illinois is incorporated.

April - June

• June 5 - City of Houston, Texas is incorporated by the Republic of Texas.
• June 11 - The Broad Street Riot occurred in Boston, Massachusetts, fueled by racial tensions between Irish-Americans and English-Americans.
• June 20 - Queen Victoria, monarch of the United Kingdom ascends to the throne.

Undated

• Samuel Morse patents Telegraphy|telegraph.
• Homework began not getting done
• Knox College founded in Galesburg, Illinois.

See also:

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