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| 1836 |
| | | Martin van Buren, previously vice-president to Andrew Jackson, wins the US presidential election on the Democratic ticket | |
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| 1836 |
| | | Louis Agassiz builds a hut on the Aar glacier in Switzerland and succeeds in recording gradual movement of the ice | |
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| 1837 |
| | | Alexander Pushkin dies from a stomach wound received in a duel with his brother-in-law, Georges d'Anthès | |
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| 1837 |
| | | After a victory at Vegkop, Boers massacre the inhabitants of a dozen Ndebele villages in secret dawn raids | |
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| 1837 |
| | | Piet Retief emerges as the new leader of the Great Trek, replacing Potgieter | |
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| 1837 |
| | | The 18-year-old Victoria comes to the throne in Britain, beginning the long Victorian era | |
|  | Winterhalter Queen Victoria (detail)
National Maritime Museum
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| 1837 |
| | | Work begins on Charles Barry's spectacular design for London's new Houses of Parliament | |
|  | Houses of Parliament, c.1851
Guildhall Library
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| c. 1837 |
| | | The Whig party in Britain begin referring to themselves as Liberals | |
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| 1837 |
| | | Potgieter defeats the Ndebele at the Marico river and drives them north of the Limpopo | |
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| 1837 |
| | | Piet Retief reaches a provisional agreement with Dingaan, the Zulu leader, for a Boer settlement in southern Natal | |
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