WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO NOVEMBER 1837
Find out what all happened June to November 1837

Grand Junction Railway, the world's first long-distance railway, opens between Birmingham and Liverpool. (4. July 1837)

The Broad Street Riot occurs in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between Yankees and Irish. (11. June 1837)

In Alton, Illinois, abolitionist printer Elijah P. Lovejoy is shot dead by a mob while attempting to protect his printing shop from being destroyed a third time. (7. November 1837)

Tiffany and Co. (first named Tiffany & Young) is founded by Charles Lewis Tiffany and Teddy Young in New York City. The store is called a "stationery and fancy goods emporium". (18. September 1837)

A system of the civil registration of births, marriages and deaths is established in England and Wales. (1. July 1837)

Mary Lyon founds Mount Holyoke Female Seminary, which later becomes Mount Holyoke College. (8. November 1837)

Canadian journalist and politician William Lyon Mackenzie calls for a rebellion against the United Kingdom in his essay "To the People of Upper Canada", published in his newspaper The Constitution. (22. November 1837)

The first commercial use of an electrical telegraph is successfully demonstrated by William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone on July 25, 1837 between Euston and Camden Town in London. (25. July 1837)

Houston is incorporated by the Republic of Texas. (5. June 1837)

Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne. (20. June 1837)

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