February 1837Bentleys MiscellanyCharles Dickens
Introduces Oliver and a critique of poverty, workhouses and criminal exploitation.
Historical records for Great Britain in 1837, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Introduces Oliver and a critique of poverty, workhouses and criminal exploitation.
Begins serial publication of Oliver Twist in Bentleys Miscellany.
Deepens political conflict between Lower Canadas assembly and imperial authorities.
Introduces resolutions authorizing colonial revenues without assembly approval.
Begins royal duties immediately after learning of William IVs death.
Holds her first Privy Council on the day of her accession.
Under the Salic law of Hanover Victoria cannot succeed to Hanover
With the death of William IV the crown passes to his niece Victoria. Succeeds as Queen of Great Britain
Under the Salic law of Hanover Victoria cannot succeed to Hanover
Death of William IV, of pneumonia & cirrhosis of the liver. Death of William IV, last of the Hanoverian Dynasty
Crowned Queen of Great Britain
Creates a major railway connection between Birmingham and the northwest.
Opens the Grand Junction Railway for passenger and goods traffic.
1st uses Buckingham Palace as a Royal residence
The wooden paddle steamship SS Great Western is launched at Bristol under Brunel's direction.
Opens Euston with the first section of the London and Birmingham Railway.
Begins passenger service between London, Harrow, Watford and Boxmoor.
Buried in St George's Chapel, Windsor
Concludes the comic travels and legal troubles of Samuel Pickwick.
Completes serial publication of The Pickwick Papers.
Threatens to withdraw from the Quadruple Alliance. Threatens to withdraw aid to Spain if interest to British bondholders is unpaid
Threatens to withdraw from the Quadruple Alliance
Examines democracy, slavery, religion and womens position in American life.
Describes the architecture and mathematical capabilities of the Analytical Engine.
The main contractors fail financially, but the bridge towers are raised in unfinished stone.
Provides electrical and instrument expertise for the Cooke-Wheatstone telegraph.
Co-develops and patents a practical electric telegraph system.
The structure is the first major engineering work completed on the GWR.
Creates a five-needle instrument for transmitting letters through electrical signals.
William Patterson's Bristol yard constructs Brunel's large wooden paddle steamship for the Great Western Steamship Company.
Dramatizes the political fall and execution of Thomas Wentworth.
Publication of "History of the French Revolution"
Brunel becomes a full member of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
Develops a programmable mechanical design with separate calculation and memory functions.
Elected Member of Parliament
Elected Member of Parliament for Pembroke
Helps transform electromagnetic needle deflection into practical written communication.
Created Earl Cardigan, 7th
Threatens to withdraw from the Quadruple Alliance
Resigns from the Whig Party over the Irish Church question
Publishes Society in America after extensive travel through the United States.
Publishes and stages his historical drama Strafford.
Victoria becomes a guide & mentor to the 18 year old Melbourne
The Wharncliffe Viaduct becomes the first major completed structure on Brunel's Great Western Railway.
Completes the Wharncliffe Viaduct on the Great Western Railway.
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