Famous Deaths Happened 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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Feb 10 In the year 1837 alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37  

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.  

Feb 19 Georg Büchner, German playwright (b. 1813) died on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 31 In the year 1837 john Constable, English painter/water colors painter, dies at 60  

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 In the year 1837 death of alexander Balashov, Russian general and statesman (b. 1770)  

May 31 On this day in history joseph Grimaldi, greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57  

Jun 14 In the year 1837 death of giacomo Leopardi, Italian writer (b. 1798)  

Jun 16 Valentino Fioravanti, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1837 death of charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter  

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

Aug 01 On this day in history walter Geikie, painter, dies  

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 Richard John Samuel Stevens, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

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

Oct 05 On this day in history hortense de Beauharnais, French queen of Neth (1806-10), dies at 54  

Oct 06 In the year 1837 jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer, dies at 77  

Oct 09 Charles Fourier, French utopian socialist (Harmony universal), dies on this day in history.  

Oct 11 On this day in history samuel Wesley, composer (Exultate Deo), dies at 71  

Oct 12 Frederica Louisa Wilhelmina, Queen of Netherlands, dies at 62 in the year 1837.  

Oct 15 Ivan Dmitriev, Russian statesman and poet (b. 1760) died in the year 1837.  

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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 in the year 1837.  

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 In the year 1837 birth of james Phillip Simms, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887  

Jan 19 On this day in history birth of william Williams Keen, surgeon (brain)  

Jan 20 On this day in history birth of david Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1910)