Editing 1837 (section)

=== April–June ===
* [[April 12]] – The conglomerate of [[Procter & Gamble]] has its origins, when British-born businessmen William Procter and James Gamble begin selling their first manufactured goods (soap and candles) in [[Cincinnati, Ohio]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.pg.com/translations/history_pdf/english_history.pdf |title=Procter & Gamble history. |access-date=September 22, 2015 |archive-date=January 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117141113/http://www.pg.com/translations/history_pdf/english_history.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[April 24]] – The [[1837 Surat fire|great fire in Surat]], a city of India, begins. Over a three-day period, the fire kills more than 500 people and destroys more than 9,000 houses.
* [[May 10]] – The [[Panic of 1837]] begins in [[New York City]].
* [[May]] – [[William Fothergill Cooke|W. F. Cooke]] and [[Charles Wheatstone]] patent an  [[Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph|electrical telegraph]] system.
* [[June 5]] – The city of [[Houston]] is incorporated by the [[Republic of Texas]].
* [[June 11]] – The [[Broad Street Riot]] occurs in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], fueled by ethnic tensions between the Irish and the Yankees.
* [[June 20]] – [[Queen Victoria]], 18, accedes to the throne of the United Kingdom, on the death of her uncle [[William IV of the United Kingdom|William IV]] without legitimate heirs (she will reign for more than 63 years).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1820-1840 |title=Icons, a portrait of England 1820–1840 |access-date=2007-09-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070922055840/http://www.icons.org.uk/theicons/icons-timeline/1820-1840 |archive-date=September 22, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Under [[Salic law]], the [[Kingdom of Hanover]] passes to William's brother, [[Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover|Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland]], ending the [[personal union]] of Britain and Hanover which has persisted since [[1714]].