What Happened in November 1837

Historical Events

Pitman Shorthand: An Invention of Note

Nov 15 Isaac Pitman introduces his shorthand system of writing, Pitman shorthand

Historic Publication

Nov 18 Letter by Göttingen Seven published protesting abolition of constitution of Kingdom of Hanover, by seven professors including Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

Nov 19 Floridsdorf-Deutsch Wagram railway in Austria opens
Nov 21 Thomas Morris of Australia skips rope 22,806 times

Famous Birthdays

Nov 2 Émile Bayard, French artist and illustrator, born in La Ferté-sous-Jouarre, Seine-et-Marne, France (d. (1891)
Nov 9 Alfred Holmes, English violinist and composer, born in London (d. 1876)
Nov 9 Gerrit Jan van Heek, Dutch textile manufacturer and politician, born in Enschede, Netherlands (d. 1915)
Nov 13 James T. Rapier, African-American politician, born in Florence, Alabama (d. 1883)
Nov 17 David Capriles, director of psychiatry of Monte Christo, Curacao
Nov 17 Willem Coenen, Dutch composer and pianist, born in Rotterdam (d. 1918)

Johannes van der Waals

Nov 23 Johannes van der Waals, Dutch physicist (Nobel 1910, Liquid and Gas States), born in Leiden, Netherlands (d. 1923)

John Wesley Hyatt

Nov 28 John Wesley Hyatt, American inventor who simplified the production of celluloid, born in Starkey, New York (d. 1920)

Famous Deaths

Nov 4 Jean-Louis-Marc Alibert, French dermatologist, dies at 69
Nov 7 Elijah Parish Lovejoy, American newspaper publisher and abolitionist, murdered at 34
Nov 30 Deaf Smith, American frontiersman and revolutionary, dies at 50

What Happened in 1837

Opening of Euston Station
July 20, 1837

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