Famous Deaths Happened In 1837

Jan 11 In the year 1837 john Field, Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54  

Jan 20 John Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84 in the year 1837.  

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 On this day in history ludwig Borne, writer, dies at 50  

Feb 13 On this day in history death of mariano José de Larra, Spanish journalist and writer (b. 1809  

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

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

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

Apr 17 In the year 1837 edouard viscount de Walckiers, very wealthy slave trader, dies  

May 05 In the year 1837 niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, Italian composer/bandmaster, dies at 85  

May 08 Alexander Balashov, Russian general and statesman (b. 1770) died in the year 1837.  

May 31 In the year 1837 joseph Grimaldi, greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57  

Jun 14 On this day in history death of giacomo Leopardi, Italian writer (b. 1798)  

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

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 Walter Geikie, painter, dies on this day in history.  

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

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

Oct 12 On this day in history frederica Louisa Wilhelmina, Queen of Netherlands, dies at 62  

Oct 15 Ivan Dmitriev, Russian statesman and poet (b. 1760) died on this day in history.  

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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 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 Carlos Troyer, composer was born in the year 1837.  

Jan 16 James Phillip Simms, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887 was born on this day in history.  

Jan 19 William Williams Keen, surgeon (brain) was born in the year 1837.  

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