1837
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1837 (MDCCCXXXVII) 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 (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) 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.
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Events
- Samuel Morse invents the electric telegraph.
- Michigan becomes the 26th state.
Births
March 18 - Grover Cleveland, twenty-second and twenty-fourth President of the United States (d. 1908)
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