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

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 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 James Phillip Simms, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1887 was born in the year 1837.  

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.  

Feb 05 Dwight Lyman Moody, US, evangelist (Student Volunteer Movement) was born on this day in history.  

Feb 07 In the year 1837 birth of james Augustus Henry Murray, Scotland, created Oxford Dictionary  

Feb 13 Valentin de Zubiaurre y Unionbarrenechea, composer was born on this day in history.  

Feb 17 On this day in history birth of francis Jay Herron, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902  

Feb 17 Sam[uel] van Houten, Dutch (lib) minister (child labor laws) was born in the year 1837.  

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

Mar 01 On this day in history birth of ion Creanga, Romanian fairy tale author (Amintiti the Copilarie)  

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 Charles Ammi Cutter, US librarian (Expansive classification) was born in the year 1837.  

Mar 18 Grover Cleveland, [Stephen], NJ, 22nd/24th Pres (1885-89, 93-97) was born in the year 1837.  

Mar 19 In the year 1837 birth of robert Daniel Johnston, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1919  

Mar 23 On this day in history birth of joseph Wieniawski, composer  

Mar 24 Philips, Count of Flanders Belgium was born on this day in history.  

Mar 31 On this day in history birth of robert Ross McBurney, 1st paid secretary of the YMCA  

Mar 31 On this day in history birth of stephen Dodson Ramseur, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1864  

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

Apr 05 On this day in history birth of algernon Charles Swinburne, England, poet (Atalanta in Calydon)  

Apr 10 In the year 1837 birth of forceythe Willson, American poet (d. 1867)  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Apr 17 In the year 1837 birth of john Pierpont Morgan, US banker/CEO (US Steel)  

Apr 21 Fredrik Bajer, Denmark, politican/feminist/pacifist (Nobel 1908) was born on this day in history.  

Apr 24 On this day in history birth of friedrich von Holstein, German diplomat (die graue Eminenz)  

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Jan 11 John Field, Irish pianist/composer (Nocturnes), dies at 54 in the year 1837.  

Jan 20 On this day in history john Soane, English architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84  

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

Jan 29 On this day in history death of aleksandr Pushkin, poet/novelist (Golden Cockeral), killed in a duel  

Feb 07 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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