January 2, 1837
Kirtland, Ohio
January 6, 1837
Kirtland, Ohio
Michigan became
the twenty-sixth
state in the U.S.
Feb. 7, 1837
Florence Nightingale claimed that
God spoke to her
and called her to his
service.
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March 2, 1837
Mar. 4, 1837
City of Chicago,
Illinois, was
incorporated.
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Legal EventsBank of Geauga v. Smith, Whitney, and Rigdon. Defendants owed the bank $4,000 and promised to pay the money on
request. LDS Church Archives, Joseph Smith Legal Papers series
1837
Louis Agassiz
proposed that the
Earth had been
subject to a past
ice age.
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the next term of the court. LDS Church Archives, Joseph Smith Legal
Papers series
June 5, 1837
June 5, 1837
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1837
Charles Dickenss
Oliver Twist
appeared in
serialized form.
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Painesville, Ohio
Ashtabula, Ohio
August 8, 1837
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August 1837
Canada
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September 3, 1837
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September 4, 1837
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1837
Louis Daguerre
developed the
daguerreotype.
En route to Missouri
En route to Missouri
November 7, 1837
Ecclesiastical DutiesJoseph Smith held a conference to reorganize Church leadership, and his brother Hyrum was sustained as
the Second Counselor in the First Presidency, replacing Frederick G.
Williams who was rejected by a vote of the members. History of
the Church, 2:52225
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