Famous Deaths In 1837

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

Jan 20 In the year 1837 john Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84  

Jan 23 John Field, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

Jan 29 Aleksandr Pushkin, poet/novelist (Golden Cockeral), killed in a duel died in the year 1837.  

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

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 in the year 1837.  

Feb 19 In the year 1837 death of georg Büchner, German playwright (b. 1813)  

Mar 13 Nikita P Panin, Russian diplomat/min of Foreign affairs, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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

Mar 29 On this day in history maria Fitzherbert, morganatic wife of King George IV, dies  

Mar 31 John Constable, English painter/water colors painter, dies at 60 in the year 1837.  

Apr 17 Edouard viscount de Walckiers, very wealthy slave trader, dies in the year 1837.  

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

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

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

Jun 14 Giacomo Leopardi, Italian writer (b. 1798) died in the year 1837.  

Jun 16 On this day in history valentino Fioravanti, composer, dies at 72  

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

Jun 20 Giovanni Furno, composer, dies at 89 on this day in history.  

Jul 24 Charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter died in the year 1837.  

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

Aug 01 In the year 1837 walter Geikie, painter, dies  

Aug 09 On this day in history death of xavier Sigalon, French painter (b. 1787)  

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

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

Oct 01 On this day in history death of robert Clark, American politician (b. 1777)  

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 On this day in history 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 In the year 1837 frederica Louisa Wilhelmina, Queen of Netherlands, dies at 62  

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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 12 On this day in history birth of adolf Jensen, composer  

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 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.