1837

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.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	18th century – 19th century – 20th century
Decades:	1800s  1810s  1820s  – 1830s –  1840s  1850s  1860s
Years:	1834 1835 1836 – 1837 – 1838 1839 1840

1837 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	1837 MDCCCXXXVII
Ab urbe condita	2590
Armenian calendar	1286 ԹՎ ՌՄՁԶ
Assyrian calendar	6587
Balinese saka calendar	1758–1759
Bengali calendar	1244
Berber calendar	2787
British Regnal year	7 Will. 4 – 1 Vict. 1
Buddhist calendar	2381
Burmese calendar	1199
Byzantine calendar	7345–7346
Chinese calendar	丙申年 (Fire Monkey) 4533 or 4473     — to — 丁酉年 (Fire Rooster) 4534 or 4474
Coptic calendar	1553–1554
Discordian calendar	3003
Ethiopian calendar	1829–1830
Hebrew calendar	5597–5598
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1893–1894
- Shaka Samvat	1758–1759
- Kali Yuga	4937–4938
Holocene calendar	11837
Igbo calendar	837–838
Iranian calendar	1215–1216
Islamic calendar	1252–1253
Japanese calendar	Tenpō 8 (天保８年)
Javanese calendar	1764–1765
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 12 days
Korean calendar	4170
Minguo calendar	75 before ROC 民前75年
Nanakshahi calendar	369
Thai solar calendar	2379–2380
Tibetan calendar	阳火猴年 (male Fire-Monkey) 1963 or 1582 or 810     — to — 阴火鸡年 (female Fire-Rooster) 1964 or 1583 or 811

Events

• Samuel Morse invents the electric telegraph.
• Michigan becomes the 26th state.