Famous Deaths Happened In 1837

Jan 11 In the year 1837 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 John Field, composer, dies at 54 in the year 1837.  

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

Feb 07 King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778) died in the year 1837.  

Feb 10 Alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37 in the year 1837.  

Feb 12 On this day in history ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50  

Feb 13 Mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1809 died on this day in history.  

Feb 19 Georg Büchner, German playwright (b. 1813) died on this day in history.  

Mar 13 On this day in history nikita P Panin, Russian diplomat/min of Foreign affairs, dies at 66  

Mar 26 On this day in history joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53  

Mar 29 Maria Fitzherbert, morganatic wife of King George IV, dies in the year 1837.  

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

Apr 17 On this day in history edouard viscount de Walckiers, very wealthy slave trader, dies  

May 05 On this day in history niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, Italian composer/bandmaster, dies at 85  

May 08 Alexander Balashov, Russian general and statesman (b. 1770) died in the year 1837.  

May 31 On this day in history joseph Grimaldi, greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57  

Jun 14 Giacomo Leopardi, Italian writer (b. 1798) died on this day in history.  

Jun 16 Valentino Fioravanti, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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

Jun 20 Giovanni Furno, composer, dies at 89 in the year 1837.  

Jul 24 In the year 1837 death of charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter  

Jul 28 John Ross, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Aug 01 In the year 1837 walter Geikie, painter, dies  

Aug 09 Xavier Sigalon, French painter (b. 1787) died in the year 1837.  

Sep 16 Pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61), dies in the year 1837.  

Sep 23 On this day in history richard John Samuel Stevens, composer, dies at 80  

Oct 01 Robert Clark, American politician (b. 1777) died in the year 1837.  

Oct 05 On this day in history 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 In the year 1837 charles Fourier, French utopian socialist (Harmony universal), dies  

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 In the year 1837 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 On this day in history birth of casimiro de Abreu, Brazil, poet (Camoes e o jau)  

Jan 05 In the year 1837 birth of a Ch Swinburne, writer [or Apr 5]  

Jan 12 Adolf Jensen, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 12 On this day in history birth of carlos Troyer, composer  

Jan 16 In the year 1837 birth of james Phillip Simms, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887  

Jan 19 William Williams Keen, surgeon (brain) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 20 David Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1910) was born in the year 1837.