Famous Deaths In 1837

Jan 11 On this day in history john Field, Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54  

Jan 20 John Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84 in the year 1837.  

Jan 23 On this day in history john Field, composer, dies at 54  

Jan 29 In the year 1837 death of aleksandr Pushkin, poet/novelist (Golden Cockeral), killed in a duel  

Feb 07 In the year 1837 death of king Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778)  

Feb 10 In the year 1837 alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37  

Feb 12 In the year 1837 ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50  

Feb 13 In the year 1837 death of mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1809  

Feb 19 On this day in history death of georg Büchner, German playwright (b. 1813)  

Mar 13 Nikita P Panin, Russian diplomat/min of Foreign affairs, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Mar 26 Joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53 in the year 1837.  

Mar 29 On this day in history maria Fitzherbert, morganatic wife of King George IV, dies  

Mar 31 John Constable, English painter/water colors painter, dies at 60 in the year 1837.  

Apr 17 Edouard viscount de Walckiers, very wealthy slave trader, dies in the year 1837.  

May 05 Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, Italian composer/bandmaster, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

May 08 Alexander Balashov, Russian general and statesman (b. 1770) died on this day in history.  

May 31 Joseph Grimaldi, greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57 in the year 1837.  

Jun 14 On this day in history death of giacomo Leopardi, Italian writer (b. 1798)  

Jun 16 On this day in history valentino Fioravanti, composer, dies at 72  

Jun 19 On this day in history aleksander A Bestoezjev-Marlinsky, Russian writer, dies in battle  

Jun 20 On this day in history giovanni Furno, composer, dies at 89  

Jul 24 On this day in history death of charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter  

Jul 28 On this day in history john Ross, composer, dies at 73  

Aug 01 Walter Geikie, painter, dies in the year 1837.  

Aug 09 Xavier Sigalon, French painter (b. 1787) died on this day in history.  

Sep 16 In the year 1837 pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61), dies  

Sep 23 Richard John Samuel Stevens, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1837.  

Oct 01 On this day in history death of robert Clark, American politician (b. 1777)  

Oct 05 In the year 1837 hortense de Beauharnais, French queen of Neth (1806-10), dies at 54  

Oct 06 Jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1837.  

Oct 09 Charles Fourier, French utopian socialist (Harmony universal), dies on this day in history.  

Oct 11 Samuel Wesley, composer (Exultate Deo), dies at 71 in the year 1837.  

Oct 12 On this day in history frederica Louisa Wilhelmina, Queen of Netherlands, dies at 62  

Oct 15 On this day in history death of ivan Dmitriev, Russian statesman and poet (b. 1760)  

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Jan 02 Mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia, composer (Tamara) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04 In the year 1837 birth of casimiro de Abreu, Brazil, poet (Camoes e o jau)  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of a Ch Swinburne, writer [or Apr 5]  

Jan 12 On this day in history birth of adolf Jensen, composer  

Jan 12 Carlos Troyer, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 16 On this day in history birth of james Phillip Simms, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887  

Jan 19 In the year 1837 birth of william Williams Keen, surgeon (brain)  

Jan 20 In the year 1837 birth of david Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1910)