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 on this day in history.  

Jan 23 John Field, composer, dies at 54 in the year 1837.  

Jan 29 In the year 1837 death of aleksandr Pushkin, poet/novelist (Golden Cockeral), killed in a duel  

Feb 07 King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden (b. 1778) died in the year 1837.  

Feb 10 On this day in history 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  

Feb 19 Georg Büchner, German playwright (b. 1813) died in the year 1837.  

Mar 13 In the year 1837 nikita P Panin, Russian diplomat/min of Foreign affairs, dies at 66  

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

Mar 29 In the year 1837 maria Fitzherbert, morganatic wife of King George IV, dies  

Mar 31 John Constable, English painter/water colors painter, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Apr 17 On this day in history edouard viscount de Walckiers, very wealthy slave trader, dies  

May 05 Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, Italian composer/bandmaster, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

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

May 31 On this day in history 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 On this day in history valentino Fioravanti, composer, dies at 72  

Jun 19 Aleksander A Bestoezjev-Marlinsky, Russian writer, dies in battle in the year 1837.  

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

Jul 24 On this day in history death of charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter  

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

Aug 01 Walter Geikie, painter, dies on this day in history.  

Aug 09 In the year 1837 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 In the year 1837 hortense de Beauharnais, French queen of Neth (1806-10), dies at 54  

Oct 06 Jean-Francois Le Sueur, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1837.  

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 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 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 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 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 William Williams Keen, surgeon (brain) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 20 In the year 1837 birth of david Josiah Brewer, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1910)