Famous Deaths Happened In 1837

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 In the year 1837 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 On this day in history death of king Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778)  

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 In the year 1837 death of mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1809  

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

Mar 13 In the year 1837 nikita P Panin, Russian diplomat/min of Foreign affairs, dies at 66  

Mar 26 In the year 1837 joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53  

Mar 29 In the year 1837 maria Fitzherbert, morganatic wife of King George IV, dies  

Mar 31 On this day in history john Constable, English painter/water colors painter, dies at 60  

Apr 17 On this day in history edouard viscount de Walckiers, very wealthy slave trader, dies  

May 05 Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, Italian composer/bandmaster, dies at 85 in the year 1837.  

May 08 On this day in history death of alexander Balashov, Russian general and statesman (b. 1770)  

May 31 In the year 1837 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 in the year 1837.  

Jun 19 On this day in history aleksander A Bestoezjev-Marlinsky, Russian writer, dies in battle  

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

Jul 24 Charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter died on this day in history.  

Jul 28 In the year 1837 john Ross, composer, dies at 73  

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

Aug 09 Xavier Sigalon, French painter (b. 1787) died on this day in history.  

Sep 16 Pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61), dies on this day in history.  

Sep 23 In the year 1837 richard John Samuel Stevens, composer, dies at 80  

Oct 01 Robert Clark, American politician (b. 1777) died on this day in history.  

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

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

Oct 09 Charles Fourier, French utopian socialist (Harmony universal), dies in the year 1837.  

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

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 Mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia, composer (Tamara) was born in the year 1837.  

Jan 04 Casimiro de Abreu, Brazil, poet (Camoes e o jau) was born in the year 1837.  

Jan 05 A Ch Swinburne, writer [or Apr 5] was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 12 On this day in history birth of carlos Troyer, composer  

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 on this day in history.  

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