{--page_num--}Famous Personalities Born In 1837

Jan 02 Mili Alexeyevich Balakirev, Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia, composer (Tamara) was born in the year 1837.  

Jan 04 On this day in history 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 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 20 On this day in history birth of david Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1910)  

Feb 05 In the year 1837 birth of dwight Lyman Moody, US, evangelist (Student Volunteer Movement)  

Feb 07 James Augustus Henry Murray, Scotland, created Oxford Dictionary was born in the year 1837.  

Feb 13 Valentin de Zubiaurre y Unionbarrenechea, composer was born in the year 1837.  

Feb 17 Francis Jay Herron, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902 was born in the year 1837.  

Feb 17 Sam[uel] van Houten, Dutch (lib) minister (child labor laws) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 26 Charles Woeste, Belgian count/min of Justice was born on this day in history.  

Mar 01 Ion Creanga, Romanian fairy tale author (Amintiti the Copilarie) was born on this day in history.  

Mar 01 On this day in history birth of william Dean Howells, US, novelist/critic/editor (Atlantic)  

Mar 07 On this day in history birth of henry Draper, Virginia, astro-spectro-photographer (Moon, Jupiter)  

Mar 12 In the year 1837 birth of felix Alexandre Guilmant, composer  

Mar 14 In the year 1837 birth of charles Ammi Cutter, US librarian (Expansive classification)  

Mar 18 On this day in history birth of grover Cleveland, [Stephen], NJ, 22nd/24th Pres (1885-89, 93-97)  

Mar 19 On this day in history birth of robert Daniel Johnston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1919  

Mar 23 Joseph Wieniawski, composer was born on this day in history.  

Mar 24 On this day in history birth of philips, Count of Flanders Belgium  

Mar 31 Robert Ross McBurney, 1st paid secretary of the YMCA was born in the year 1837.  

Mar 31 Stephen Dodson Ramseur, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 was born in the year 1837.  

Apr 03 John Burroughs, writer/nature enthusiast (Burroughs Medal namesake) was born in the year 1837.  

Apr 05 In the year 1837 birth of algernon Charles Swinburne, England, poet (Atalanta in Calydon)  

Apr 10 Forceythe Willson, American poet (d. 1867) was born in the year 1837.  

Apr 11 Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth, Col (Union Army), died in 1861 was born on this day in history.  

Apr 15 Horace Porter, Bvt Brig General (Union Army), died in 1921 was born in the year 1837.  

Apr 17 On this day in history birth of j. P. Morgan, American financier (d. 1913)  

Apr 17 On this day in history birth of john Pierpont Morgan, US banker/CEO (US Steel)  

Apr 21 In the year 1837 birth of fredrik Bajer, Denmark, politican/feminist/pacifist (Nobel 1908)  

Apr 24 Friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz) was born in the year 1837.  

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

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

Jan 23 On this day in history john Field, composer, dies at 54  

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

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 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