Alexander Pushkin died on 29 January 1837 in Saint Petersburg, aged 37. A Russian poet, playwright and novelist, Pushkin is regarded as the founder of modern Russian literature and the country's national poet. Born into the nobility, he was exiled from Saint Petersburg for his liberal verses and wrote some of his most important work during years in the south and on his family estate. His verse novel Eugene Onegin, the drama Boris Godunov and the narrative poem The Bronze Horseman showed the range of the literary language. He was mortally wounded in a duel with Georges d'Anthès, who was accused of courting his wife, and died two days later.
Before and after
- August 1836Founding of Houston
- from 1837 to 1901Victorian era
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- 1837Louis Agassiz proposes the Ice Age theory
- 29 January 1837Death of Alexander Pushkin
- 4 March 1837Founding of Chicago
- 18 March 1837Birth of Grover Cleveland
- 7 April 1837Publication of The Little Mermaid
- from 6 November 1837 to 10 November 1838Lower Canada Rebellion
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