Famous Deaths In 1837

Jan 11 John Field, Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54 in the year 1837.  

Jan 20 In the year 1837 john Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84  

Jan 23 In the year 1837 john Field, composer, dies at 54  

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

Feb 07 On this day in history death of king Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778)  

Feb 10 On this day in history alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37  

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

Feb 13 On this day in history death of mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1809  

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

Mar 13 In the year 1837 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 In the year 1837 maria Fitzherbert, morganatic wife of King George IV, dies  

Mar 31 On this day in history john Constable, English painter/water colors painter, dies at 60  

Apr 17 In the year 1837 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 Joseph Grimaldi, greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57 on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1837 aleksander A Bestoezjev-Marlinsky, Russian writer, dies in battle  

Jun 20 In the year 1837 giovanni Furno, composer, dies at 89  

Jul 24 Charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter died on this day in history.  

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

Aug 01 Walter Geikie, painter, dies on this day in history.  

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

Sep 16 Pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61), dies on this day in history.  

Sep 23 Richard John Samuel Stevens, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

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

Oct 05 On this day in history hortense de Beauharnais, French queen of Neth (1806-10), dies at 54  

Oct 06 On this day in history jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer, dies at 77  

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 on this day in history.  

Oct 12 Frederica Louisa Wilhelmina, Queen of Netherlands, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1837.  

Jan 04 Casimiro de Abreu, Brazil, poet (Camoes e o jau) was born in the year 1837.  

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 In the year 1837 birth of carlos Troyer, composer  

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

Jan 19 On this day in history 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)