Famous Birthdays In 1837

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

Jan 12 In the year 1837 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 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)

Feb 05 Dwight Lyman Moody, US, evangelist (Student Volunteer Movement) was born on this day in history.

Feb 07 In the year 1837 birth of james Augustus Henry Murray, Scotland, created Oxford Dictionary

Feb 13 In the year 1837 birth of valentin de Zubiaurre y Unionbarrenechea, composer

Feb 17 Francis Jay Herron, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902 was born in the year 1837.

Feb 17 In the year 1837 birth of sam[uel] van Houten, Dutch (lib) minister (child labor laws)

Feb 26 On this day in history birth of charles Woeste, Belgian count/min of Justice

Mar 01 In the year 1837 birth of ion Creanga, Romanian fairy tale author (Amintiti the Copilarie)

Mar 01 On this day in history birth of william Dean Howells, US, novelist/critic/editor (Atlantic)

Mar 07 In the year 1837 birth of henry Draper, Virginia, astro-spectro-photographer (Moon, Jupiter)

Mar 12 Felix Alexandre Guilmant, composer was born on this day in history.

Mar 14 On this day in history birth of charles Ammi Cutter, US librarian (Expansive classification)

Mar 18 Grover Cleveland, [Stephen], NJ, 22nd/24th Pres (1885-89, 93-97) was born on this day in history.

Mar 19 On this day in history birth of robert Daniel Johnston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1919

Mar 23 On this day in history birth of joseph Wieniawski, composer

Mar 24 Philips, Count of Flanders Belgium was born on this day in history.

Mar 31 In the year 1837 birth of robert Ross McBurney, 1st paid secretary of the YMCA

Mar 31 Stephen Dodson Ramseur, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born in the year 1837.

Apr 03 John Burroughs, writer/nature enthusiast (Burroughs Medal namesake) was born in the year 1837.

Apr 05 Algernon Charles Swinburne, England, poet (Atalanta in Calydon) was born on this day in history.

Apr 10 On this day in history birth of forceythe Willson, American poet (d. 1867)

Apr 11 Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth, Col (Union Army), died in 1861 was born on this day in history.

Apr 15 Horace Porter, Bvt Brig General (Union Army), died in 1921 was born in the year 1837.

Apr 17 J. P. Morgan, American financier (d. 1913) was born on this day in history.

Apr 17 John Pierpont Morgan, US banker/CEO (US Steel) was born on this day in history.

Apr 21 Fredrik Bajer, Denmark, politican/feminist/pacifist (Nobel 1908) was born in the year 1837.

Apr 24 Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz) was born on this day in history.

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Jan 11 John Field, Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54 on this day in history.

Jan 20 On this day in history john Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84

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

Jan 29 Aleksandr Pushkin, poet/novelist (Golden Cockeral), killed in a duel died in the year 1837.

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

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

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

Feb 13 Mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1809 died in the year 1837.