Famous Personalities Born In 1837

Jan 02 In the year 1837 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 On this day in history birth of a Ch Swinburne, writer [or Apr 5]  

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

Jan 12 In the year 1837 birth of carlos Troyer, composer  

Jan 16 James Phillip Simms, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887 was born in the year 1837.  

Jan 19 William Williams Keen, surgeon (brain) was born in the year 1837.  

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 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 In the year 1837 birth of francis Jay Herron, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902  

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

Feb 26 In the year 1837 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 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 In the year 1837 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 Philips, Count of Flanders Belgium was born on this day in history.  

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

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 On this day in history birth of ephraim Elmer Ellsworth, Col (Union Army), died in 1861  

Apr 15 In the year 1837 birth of horace Porter, Bvt Brig General (Union Army), died in 1921  

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 Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz) was born in the year 1837.  

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

Jan 20 In the year 1837 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 on this day in history.  

Feb 07 King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778) died on this day in history.  

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

Feb 12 Ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

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