Famous Deaths In 1837

Jan 11 John Field, Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54 in the year 1837.

Jan 20 John Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84 in the year 1837.

Jan 23 John Field, composer, dies at 54 in the year 1837.

Jan 29 Aleksandr Pushkin, poet/novelist (Golden Cockeral), killed in a duel died on this day in history.

Feb 07 In the year 1837 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 in the year 1837.

Feb 19 Georg Büchner, German playwright (b. 1813) died in the year 1837.

Mar 13 Nikita P Panin, Russian diplomat/min of Foreign affairs, dies at 66 in the year 1837.

Mar 26 Joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53 in the year 1837.

Mar 29 Maria Fitzherbert, morganatic wife of King George IV, dies on this day in history.

Mar 31 John Constable, English painter/water colors painter, dies at 60 on this day in history.

Apr 17 In the year 1837 edouard viscount de Walckiers, very wealthy slave trader, dies

May 05 On this day in history niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, Italian composer/bandmaster, dies at 85

May 08 Alexander Balashov, Russian general and statesman (b. 1770) died on this day in history.

May 31 Joseph Grimaldi, greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57 on this day in history.

Jun 14 Giacomo Leopardi, Italian writer (b. 1798) died on this day in history.

Jun 16 In the year 1837 valentino Fioravanti, composer, dies at 72

Jun 19 In the year 1837 aleksander A Bestoezjev-Marlinsky, Russian writer, dies in battle

Jun 20 On this day in history giovanni Furno, composer, dies at 89

Jul 24 On this day in history death of charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter

Jul 28 John Ross, composer, dies at 73 in the year 1837.

Aug 01 Walter Geikie, painter, dies on this day in history.

Aug 09 Xavier Sigalon, French painter (b. 1787) died in the year 1837.

Sep 16 On this day in history pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61), dies

Sep 23 On this day in history richard John Samuel Stevens, composer, dies at 80

Oct 01 Robert Clark, American politician (b. 1777) died in the year 1837.

Oct 05 Hortense de Beauharnais, French queen of Neth (1806-10), dies at 54 in the year 1837.

Oct 06 Jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1837.

Oct 09 In the year 1837 charles Fourier, French utopian socialist (Harmony universal), dies

Oct 11 Samuel Wesley, composer (Exultate Deo), dies at 71 on this day in history.

Oct 12 On this day in history frederica Louisa Wilhelmina, Queen of Netherlands, dies at 62

Oct 15 Ivan Dmitriev, Russian statesman and poet (b. 1760) died on this day in history.

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

Jan 12 Adolf Jensen, composer was born on this day in history.

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 In the year 1837 birth of william Williams Keen, surgeon (brain)

Jan 20 David Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1910) was born on this day in history.