page_title: 1837
section_title: January–June
hierarchical_section_title: 1837 / Births / January–June
caption_attribution_description: English: J. P. Morgan photo from Images of American Political History, public domain. Deutsch: J. P. Morgan. Foto von Images of American Political History, gemeinfrei.
context_page_description: 1837 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 and Anno Domini designations, the 837th year of the 2nd millennium, the 37th year of the 19th century, and the 8th year of the 1830s decade. As of the start of 1837, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
context_section_description: January 2 – Mily Balakirev, Russian composer (d. 1910)
  January 7 – Thomas Henry Ismay, English shipowner (White Star Line) (d. 1899)
  February 5
  Dwight L. Moody, American evangelist (d. 1899)
  Edward Miner Gallaudet, American educator of the deaf (d. 1917)
  February 13 – Valentin Zubiaurre, Spanish composer (d. 1914)
  February 20 – Samuel Swett Green, American librarian, advocate (d. 1918)
  March 1 – William Dean Howells, American writer, historian, editor, and politician (d. 1920)
  March 3 – Jacques Duchesne, French general (d. 1918)
  March 7 – Henry Draper, American physician and astronomer (d. 1882)
  March 18 – Grover Cleveland, 22nd and 24th President of the United States (d. 1908)
  March 22 – Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione (d. 1899)
  March 23 – Sir Charles Wyndham, English actor, theatrical manager (d. 1919)
  March 27 – Kate Fox, American medium (d. 1892)
  April 5 – Algernon Charles Swinburne, English poet (d. 1909)
  April 17 – J. P. Morgan, American financier, banker (d. 1913)
  April 21 – Fredrik Bajer, Danish politician, pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1922)
  April 27 – Queen Cheorin, Korean queen (d. 1878)
  April 29 – Georges Ernest Boulanger, French general, politician (d. 1891)
  May 5
  Anna Maria Mozzoni, Italian feminist, founder of the Italian women's movement (d. 1920)
  Theodor Rosetti, 16th Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1923)
  May 7 – Karl Mauch, German explorer (d. 1875)
  May 9
  Adam Opel, German engineer, industrialist (d. 1895)
  Ben Hall, Australian bushranger (d. 1865)
  May 27 – Wild Bill Hickok, American gunfighter (d. 1876)
  May 28
  George Ashlin, Irish architect (d. 1921)
  Tony Pastor, American impresario, theater owner (d. 1908)
  June 7 – Alois Hitler, Austrian civil servant (d. 1903)
  June 20 – David Josiah Brewer, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 1910)
  June 22
  Paul Bachmann, German mathematician (d. 1920)
  Paul Morphy, American chess player (d. 1884)
  Touch the Clouds, Native American Miniconjou chief (d. 1905)
  June 28 – Petre P. Carp, 2-time Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1919)
caption: J. P. Morgan
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