Famous Deaths In 1837

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 Aleksandr Pushkin, poet/novelist (Golden Cockeral), killed in a duel died on this day in history.  

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

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  

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 on this day in history.  

Mar 26 Joseph Lincke, composer, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

Mar 29 In the year 1837 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 in the year 1837.  

May 05 Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli, Italian composer/bandmaster, dies at 85 in the year 1837.  

May 08 Alexander Balashov, Russian general and statesman (b. 1770) died on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1837 valentino Fioravanti, composer, dies at 72  

Jun 19 In the year 1837 aleksander A Bestoezjev-Marlinsky, Russian writer, dies in battle  

Jun 20 Giovanni Furno, composer, dies at 89 in the year 1837.  

Jul 24 Charles Hodges, English/Dutch portrait painter died in the year 1837.  

Jul 28 On this day in history john Ross, composer, dies at 73  

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 On this day in history pedro V van Alcantara, king of Portugal (1853-61), dies  

Sep 23 In the year 1837 richard John Samuel Stevens, composer, dies at 80  

Oct 01 Robert Clark, American politician (b. 1777) died in the year 1837.  

Oct 05 On this day in history 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 Charles Fourier, French utopian socialist (Harmony universal), dies in the year 1837.  

Oct 11 On this day in history samuel Wesley, composer (Exultate Deo), dies at 71  

Oct 12 In the year 1837 frederica Louisa Wilhelmina, Queen of Netherlands, dies at 62  

Oct 15 On this day in history death of ivan Dmitriev, Russian statesman and poet (b. 1760)  

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

Jan 04 Casimiro de Abreu, Brazil, poet (Camoes e o jau) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of a Ch Swinburne, writer [or Apr 5]  

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 On this day in history birth of william Williams Keen, surgeon (brain)  

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