Historical figures in 1837
The atlas holds 23 people and 36 moments here, in 1837. The most recorded lives are Honoré de Balzac, Charles Dickens and Heinrich Heine. Among them Writers, Historians and Philosophers.
Notable people
Abraham Lincoln
in 1837
1 moment here
American lawyer, Illinois legislator, congressman, and sixteenth president of the United States.…
Alexander Pushkin
in 1837
2 moments here
Russian poet, novelist, playwright, and foundational figure of modern Russian literature. This chronology traces documented physical presences from…
Andrew Jackson
in 1837
1 moment here
Andrew Jackson (1767–1845) was a U.S. army general, Tennessee politician, and seventh president of the United States.…
Charles Darwin
in 1837
2 moments here
English naturalist, geologist, and biologist whose observations during the global voyage of HMS Beagle and subsequent research led to his theory of…
Charles Dickens
in 1837
4 moments here
English novelist, journalist, editor, social reformer, actor and celebrated public reader. This chronology traces documented residences, workplaces,…
Frédéric Chopin
in 1837
1 moment here
Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the early Romantic period. Born in Żelazowa Wola, he grew up and trained in Warsaw, travelled through Central…
Friedrich Engels
in 1837
1 moment here
German philosopher, political theorist, revolutionary socialist, businessman, and Karl Marx’s lifelong collaborator.…
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
in 1837
1 moment here
Russian novelist, journalist, essayist, and former military engineer whose life moved between Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Siberian imprisonment and…
Grover Cleveland
in 1837
1 moment here
Stephen Grover Cleveland was an American lawyer and Democratic politician who served as the 22nd and 24th president of the United States.…
Heinrich Heine
in 1837
3 moments here
German poet, essayist, journalist, and literary critic. Born in Düsseldorf, Heine studied in Bonn, Göttingen, and Berlin, traveled widely in Germany…
Henry David Thoreau
in 1837
1 moment here
American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher associated with transcendentalism. Thoreau lived chiefly in and around Concord, Massachusetts,…
Honoré de Balzac
in 1837
5 moments here
French novelist and playwright, born in Tours and dead in Paris. Balzac created La Comédie humaine, an interlinked fictional panorama of…
Imam Shamil
in 1837
2 moments here
Avar imam, political and military leader of the Caucasian Imamate, and principal leader of North Caucasian resistance to Imperial Russia during the…
Karl Marx
in 1837
1 moment here
German philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. Born in Trier, Marx studied in Bonn and Berlin, worked in Cologne, and…
Martin Van Buren
in 1837
1 moment here
Martin Van Buren was an American lawyer and politician who served as New York attorney general, U.S.…
Millard Fillmore
in 1837
1 moment here
Millard Fillmore was an American lawyer and politician from western New York who served in the New York Assembly, the U.S.…
Queen Victoria
in 1837
2 moments here
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 1819–1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death, and…
Ralph Waldo Emerson
in 1837
1 moment here
American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, Unitarian minister, poet, abolitionist, and leading figure in Transcendentalism.…
Richard Wagner
in 1837
1 moment here
German composer, conductor, theatre director, and essayist whose movements included early work in German theatre, exile in Switzerland, stays in…
Victor Hugo
in 1837
1 moment here
French Romantic poet, novelist, dramatist, artist, activist, and politician. This chronology traces documented physical presences from his mobile…
Walt Whitman
in 1837
1 moment here
American poet, essayist, journalist, and author of Leaves of Grass. Born on Long Island, he lived and worked chiefly in Brooklyn, Manhattan,…
William Makepeace Thackeray
in 1837
1 moment here
English novelist, illustrator, journalist, lecturer, and editor, best known for Vanity Fair.…
Zachary Taylor
in 1837
1 moment here
Zachary Taylor was a United States Army officer, Mexican–American War commander, and the 12th president of the United States.…
Moments
- 1837 Moved to Springfield to practice law Abraham Lincoln
- 1837 Harvard senior year Henry David Thoreau
- 1837 Second Italian journey: Florence Honoré de Balzac
- 1837 Second Italian journey: Genoa Honoré de Balzac
- 1837 Second Italian journey: Venice Honoré de Balzac
- 1837 Convalesces and studies Hegel in Stralau Karl Marx
- 1837 Return to Congress Millard Fillmore
- 1837 Residence at Buckingham Palace Queen Victoria
- 1837 Teaching on Long Island Walt Whitman
- 1837 Settlement at Albion Street William Makepeace Thackeray
- 1837 Died in his Moika apartment Alexander Pushkin
- 1837 Fought the fatal duel Alexander Pushkin
- 1837 Retirement to the Hermitage Andrew Jackson
- 1837 Moves to London scientific circles Charles Darwin
- 1837 Establishes home in Doughty Street Charles Dickens
- 1837 Birth at the Cleveland parsonage Grover Cleveland
- 1837 Second Italian journey: Milan Honoré de Balzac
- 1837 Presidential inauguration Martin Van Buren
- 1837 Recovers at Hampstead Heath Charles Dickens
- 1837 Moved to Saint Petersburg Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1837 Stay in Granville Heinrich Heine
- 1837 Incognito London visit Frédéric Chopin
- 1837 Siege at Tilitl Imam Shamil
- 1837 First Privy Council at Kensington Palace Queen Victoria
- 1837 Opera directorship in Riga Richard Wagner
- 1837 Makes first European visit Charles Dickens
- 1837 Stay in Rennes Heinrich Heine
- 1837 Stay in Le Havre Heinrich Heine
- 1837 Late-August recovery at Saché Honoré de Balzac
- 1837 Delivers The American Scholar Ralph Waldo Emerson
- 1837 Travels through Belgium Victor Hugo
- 1837 Holidays at Broadstairs Charles Dickens
- 1837 Gymnasium withdrawal Friedrich Engels
- 1837 Meeting with Klugenau at the Spring of Gimry Imam Shamil
- 1837 Visits William Darwin Fox Charles Darwin
- 1837 Battle of Lake Okeechobee Zachary Taylor