Famous Birthdays In 1837

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 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 On this day in history birth of carlos Troyer, composer

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 In the year 1837 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 On this day in history birth of james Augustus Henry Murray, Scotland, created Oxford Dictionary

Feb 13 On this day in history birth of valentin de Zubiaurre y Unionbarrenechea, composer

Feb 17 On this day in history birth of francis Jay Herron, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902

Feb 17 Sam[uel] van Houten, Dutch (lib) minister (child labor laws) was born on this day in history.

Feb 26 Charles Woeste, Belgian count/min of Justice was born in the year 1837.

Mar 01 Ion Creanga, Romanian fairy tale author (Amintiti the Copilarie) was born in the year 1837.

Mar 01 In the year 1837 birth of william Dean Howells, US, novelist/critic/editor (Atlantic)

Mar 07 On this day in history birth of henry Draper, Virginia, astro-spectro-photographer (Moon, Jupiter)

Mar 12 On this day in history birth of felix Alexandre Guilmant, composer

Mar 14 In the year 1837 birth of charles Ammi Cutter, US librarian (Expansive classification)

Mar 18 In the year 1837 birth of grover Cleveland, [Stephen], NJ, 22nd/24th Pres (1885-89, 93-97)

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

Mar 23 Joseph Wieniawski, composer was born in the year 1837.

Mar 24 On this day in history birth of philips, Count of Flanders Belgium

Mar 31 Robert Ross McBurney, 1st paid secretary of the YMCA was born on this day in history.

Mar 31 On this day in history birth of stephen Dodson Ramseur, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1864

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

Apr 05 In the year 1837 birth of algernon Charles Swinburne, England, poet (Atalanta in Calydon)

Apr 10 Forceythe Willson, American poet (d. 1867) was born on this day in history.

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 In the year 1837 birth of j. P. Morgan, American financier (d. 1913)

Apr 17 John Pierpont Morgan, US banker/CEO (US Steel) was born in the year 1837.

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

Apr 24 In the year 1837 birth of friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz)

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

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

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 on this day in history.