Famous Deaths Happened 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 23 John Field, composer, dies at 54 in the year 1837.  

Jan 29 On this day in history death of aleksandr Pushkin, poet/novelist (Golden Cockeral), killed in a duel  

Feb 07 King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778) died on this day in history.  

Feb 10 Alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1837.  

Feb 19 Georg Büchner, German playwright (b. 1813) died in the year 1837.  

Mar 13 In the year 1837 nikita P Panin, Russian diplomat/min of Foreign affairs, dies at 66  

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

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

Mar 31 In the year 1837 john Constable, English painter/water colors painter, dies at 60  

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 On this day in history death of alexander Balashov, Russian general and statesman (b. 1770)  

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 in the year 1837.  

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

Jun 19 Aleksander A Bestoezjev-Marlinsky, Russian writer, dies in battle in the year 1837.  

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

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

Jul 28 In the year 1837 john Ross, composer, dies at 73  

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

Aug 09 On this day in history death of xavier Sigalon, French painter (b. 1787)  

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

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 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 Frederica Louisa Wilhelmina, Queen of Netherlands, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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 Casimiro de Abreu, Brazil, poet (Camoes e o jau) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05 A Ch Swinburne, writer [or Apr 5] was born on this day in history.  

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 James Phillip Simms, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887 was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 20 On this day in history birth of david Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1910)