Famous Personalities Born In 1837

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

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 in the year 1837.  

Jan 12 Adolf Jensen, composer was born in the year 1837.  

Jan 12 Carlos Troyer, composer was born in the year 1837.  

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 in the year 1837.  

Jan 20 David Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1910) was born in the year 1837.  

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 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 in the year 1837.  

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

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

Mar 18 Grover Cleveland, [Stephen], NJ, 22nd/24th Pres (1885-89, 93-97) was born in the year 1837.  

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

Mar 23 In the year 1837 birth of joseph Wieniawski, composer  

Mar 24 In the year 1837 birth of philips, Count of Flanders Belgium  

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 on this day in history.  

Apr 03 John Burroughs, writer/nature enthusiast (Burroughs Medal namesake) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 05 Algernon Charles Swinburne, England, poet (Atalanta in Calydon) was born in the year 1837.  

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 in the year 1837.  

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

Apr 17 In the year 1837 birth of j. P. Morgan, American financier (d. 1913)  

Apr 17 In the year 1837 birth of john Pierpont Morgan, US banker/CEO (US Steel)  

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 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 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 in the year 1837.  

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

Feb 12 Ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50 in the year 1837.  

Feb 13 Mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1809 died on this day in history.