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 In the year 1837 john Field, composer, dies at 54  

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 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 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 On this day in history joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53  

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

Mar 31 In the year 1837 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 In the year 1837 niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, Italian composer/bandmaster, dies at 85  

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

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 in the year 1837.  

Jun 16 Valentino Fioravanti, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1837.  

Jun 19 Aleksander A Bestoezjev-Marlinsky, Russian writer, dies in battle on this day in history.  

Jun 20 In the year 1837 giovanni Furno, composer, dies at 89  

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

Jul 28 John Ross, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1837.  

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 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 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 On this day in history birth of mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia, composer (Tamara)  

Jan 04 In the year 1837 birth of casimiro de Abreu, Brazil, poet (Camoes e o jau)  

Jan 05 In the year 1837 birth of a Ch Swinburne, writer [or Apr 5]  

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

Jan 12 Carlos Troyer, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1837.