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In the year 1837
232 Notable birthdays
Vasil Levski
Bulgarian revolutionary (1837–1873).
Born July 18th, 1837 in Karlovo.
Died February 18th, 1873 at 35 years old in Sofia (hanging to death).
Pedro V of Portugal
King of portugal from 1853 to 1861.
Born September 16th, 1837 in Viseu.
Died November 11th, 1861 at 24 years old in Lisbon (typhoid fever).
Abraham Kuyper
Prime minister of the netherlands (1837-1920).
Born October 29th, 1837 in Maassluis.
Died November 8th, 1920 at 83 years old in The Hague. [ref]
Mily Balakirev
Russian composer, pianist, and conductor (1837-1910).
Born January 2nd, 1837 in Nizhny Novgorod.
Died May 29th, 1910 at 73 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Empress Dowager Ci'an
Dowager empress of china (1837-1881).
Born August 12th, 1837 in Beijing.
Died April 8th, 1881 at 43 years old in Forbidden City.
Washington Roebling
American civil engineer (1837–1926).
Born May 26th, 1837 in Saxonburg.
Died July 21st, 1926 at 89 years old in Trenton.
John Alexander Reina Newlands
British chemist who did work concerning the periodicity of elements.
Born November 26th, 1837 in Lambeth.
Died July 29th, 1898 at 60 years old in Lower Clapton.
Robert Augustus Chesebrough
American chemist (1837–1933).
Born January 9th, 1837 in London.
Died September 8th, 1933 at 96 years old in Spring Lake.
Johannes Diderik van der Waals
Dutch physicist (1837–1923).
Born November 23rd, 1837 in Leiden.
Died March 8th, 1923 at 85 years old in Amsterdam.
Georges Ernest Boulanger
French general (1837-1891).
Born April 29th, 1837 in Rennes.
Died September 30th, 1891 at 54 years old in Ixelles Cemetery (gunshot wound).
Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione
Italian aristocrat who achieved notoriety as a mistress of napoleon iii (1837–1899).
Born March 22nd, 1837 in Florence.
Died November 28th, 1899 at 62 years old in 1st arrondissement of Paris.
John Burroughs
American naturalist and essayist (1837-1921).
Born April 3rd, 1837 in Roxbury.
Died March 29th, 1921 at 83 years old in California.
William Dean Howells
American author, critic, and playwright (1837–1920).
Born March 1st, 1837 in Martins Ferry.
Died May 11th, 1920 at 83 years old in Manhattan.
José Burgos
Filipino priest martyred in 1872.
Born February 9th, 1837.
Died February 17th, 1872 at 35 years old in Manila.
Altaf Hussain Hali
Urdu poet and writer.
Born January 1st, 1837 in Panipat.
Died December 31st, 1914 at 77 years old in Panipat.
Thomas Moran
American artist (1837-1926).
Born February 12th, 1837 in Bolton.
Died August 25th, 1926 at 89 years old in Santa Barbara.
John Lockwood Kipling
British artist (1837-1911).
Born July 6th, 1837 in Pickering.
Died January 26th, 1911 at 73 years old in Tisbury.
Ion Creangă
Moldavian - born romanian writer, raconteur and schoolteacher.
Born March 1st, 1837 in Târgu Neamț, Humulești.
Died December 31st, 1889 at 52 years old in Iași (seizure).
Sadi Carnot
5th president of france (1837–1894).
Born August 11th, 1837 in Limoges.
Died June 25th, 1894 at 56 years old in 3rd arrondissement of Lyon (stab wound). [ref]
Adam Opel
Founder of the german automobile company adam opel ag (1837–1895).
Born May 9th, 1837 in Rüsselsheim am Main.
Died September 8th, 1895 at 58 years old in Rüsselsheim am Main.
Anne Blunt
British musician and horse breeder (1837–1917).
Born September 22nd, 1837 in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Died December 15th, 1917 at 80 years old in Cairo.
Ivan Kramskoi
Russian artist (1837-1887).
Born June 8th, 1837 in Ostrogozhsk.
Died April 5th, 1887 at 49 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Yap Ah Loy
Malaysian politician (1837-1885).
Born March 14th, 1837 in Huizhou.
Died April 15th, 1885 at 48 years old in Kuala Lumpur.
Ilia Chavchavadze
Georgian public figure and writer; a saint of georgian orthodox church (1837-1907).
Born November 8th, 1837 in Kvareli. [ref]
Died September 12th, 1907 at 69 years old in Tsitsamuri.
Thomas Henry Ismay
British businessman (1837-1899).
Born January 7th, 1837 in Maryport.
Died November 23rd, 1899 at 62 years old in Dawpool.
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