Famous Deaths In 1837

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

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 Alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37 on this day in history.

Feb 12 In the year 1837 ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50

Feb 13 Mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1809 died on this day in history.

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 in the year 1837.

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

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

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

Apr 17 Edouard viscount de Walckiers, very wealthy slave trader, dies on this day in history.

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

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 in the year 1837.

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 On this day in history walter Geikie, painter, dies

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

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

Sep 23 Richard John Samuel Stevens, composer, dies at 80 in the year 1837.

Oct 01 In the year 1837 death of robert Clark, American politician (b. 1777)

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

Oct 06 On this day in history jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer, dies at 77

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

Oct 11 Samuel Wesley, composer (Exultate Deo), dies at 71 in the year 1837.

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 On this day in history birth of casimiro de Abreu, Brazil, poet (Camoes e o jau)

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

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

Jan 12 In the year 1837 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 On this day in history 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.