Famous Personalities Born In 1837

Jan 02 On this day in history birth of mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia, composer (Tamara)  

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 On this day in history birth of adolf Jensen, composer  

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 on this day in history.  

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 Valentin de Zubiaurre y Unionbarrenechea, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

Feb 17 Sam[uel] van Houten, Dutch (lib) minister (child labor laws) was born in the year 1837.  

Feb 26 In the year 1837 birth of charles Woeste, Belgian count/min of Justice  

Mar 01 On this day in history birth of ion Creanga, Romanian fairy tale author (Amintiti the Copilarie)  

Mar 01 In the year 1837 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 On this day in history birth of felix Alexandre Guilmant, composer  

Mar 14 Charles Ammi Cutter, US librarian (Expansive classification) was born in the year 1837.  

Mar 18 On this day in history birth of grover Cleveland, [Stephen], NJ, 22nd/24th Pres (1885-89, 93-97)  

Mar 19 In the year 1837 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 In the year 1837 birth of philips, Count of Flanders Belgium  

Mar 31 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Apr 03 In the year 1837 birth of john Burroughs, writer/nature enthusiast (Burroughs Medal namesake)  

Apr 05 On this day in history birth of algernon Charles Swinburne, England, poet (Atalanta in Calydon)  

Apr 10 In the year 1837 birth of forceythe Willson, American poet (d. 1867)  

Apr 11 In the year 1837 birth of ephraim Elmer Ellsworth, Col (Union Army), died in 1861  

Apr 15 Horace Porter, Bvt Brig General (Union Army), died in 1921 was born on this day in history.  

Apr 17 J. P. Morgan, American financier (d. 1913) was born in the year 1837.  

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

Apr 21 In the year 1837 birth of fredrik Bajer, Denmark, politican/feminist/pacifist (Nobel 1908)  

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

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

Jan 20 John Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

Jan 23 In the year 1837 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 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.