Historical Events In 1831

Feb 19   1st practical US coal-burning locomotive makes 1st trial run, Penn on this day in history.  

Feb 19   First practical US coal-burning locomotive makes it's trial run in Pennsylvania in the year 1831.  

Feb 20   Polish revolutionaries defeat Russians in battle of Growchow on this day in history.  

Feb 21   Eduard Rappoldi, composer on this day in history.  

Feb 23   On this day in history hendrik W Mesdag, Dutch painter (Panorama Mesdag)  

Feb 24   On this day in history georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor/premier of Prussia  

Feb 26   In the year 1831 filippo Marchetti, composer  

Mar 01   On this day in history hiram Bronson Granbury, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864  

Mar 02   John Frazee becomes 1st US sculptor to receive a federal commission on this day in history.  

Mar 02   In the year 1831 john Frazee becomes the first US sculptor to receive a federal commission  

Mar 03   In the year 1831 george M Pullman, inventor (railway sleeping car)  

Mar 03   The birth of George Pullman, US designer of railway carriages on this day in history.  

Mar 04   On this day in history georg Michael Telemann, composer, dies at 82  

Mar 06   On this day in history bellini's opera "La Sonnambula," premieres in Milan  

Mar 06   Edgar Allen Poe removed from West Point military academy on this day in history.  

Mar 06   On this day in history friedrich C K von Bodelschwingh, German theologist (Home Mission)  

Mar 06   On this day in history vincenzo Bellini's opera "La Sonnambula", premieres in Milan  

Mar 07   On this day in history john Bratton, [Old Reliable], US physician/Confederate Brig Gen  

Mar 09   On this day in history friedrich M Klinger, German (stage)author (Plimplamplasko), dies at 79  

Mar 10   On this day in history the French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis-Philippe to support his war in Algeria.  

Mar 12   Clement Studebaker, automobile pioneer (Studebaker) on this day in history.  

Mar 12   On this day in history johann Franz Volkert, composer, dies at 64  

Mar 14   Leon Leopold Lewandoski, composer on this day in history.  

Mar 15   Edward Aylesworth Perry, Brig General (Confederate Army) on this day in history.  

Mar 19   1st US bank robbery (City Bank, NY/$245,000) on this day in history.  

Mar 19   In the first recorded bank heist in U.S. history, the doors of the City Bank on New York City’s Wall Street are opened by duplicate keys on a Saturday morning, and the perpetrator escapes with $245,000 in the year 1831.  

Mar 26   In the year 1831 richard Allen, AME Church Bishop, dies at 71  

Mar 29   Amelia Barr, writer in the year 1831.  

Mar 29   Great Bosnian uprising: Bosniak rebel against Turkey on this day in history.  

Mar 31   In the year 1831 archibald Scott, Scottish chemist  

Mar 31   On this day in history mainzer Rijnvaart Convention ends  

Mar 31   On this day in history québec and Montréal incorporated  

Apr 02   On this day in history charles Felix, blind King of Sardina (1821-31), dies at 74  

Apr 04   On this day in history edward Cary Walthall, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898  

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Jan 01   William Joseph Westbrook, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   Justin Winston, historian/librarian (Harvard) was born in the year 1831.  

Jan 11   On this day in history birth of james Ronald Chalmers, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898  

Jan 14   John Bullock Clark Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1903 was born in the year 1831.  

Jan 17   On this day in history birth of archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (d. 1903)  

Jan 18   Edward Ferrero, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1899 was born in the year 1831.  

Jan 20   Pieter J Joubert, general (South Africa) was born in the year 1831.  

Jan 26   Mary Mapes Dodge, NYC, writer (Hans Brinker & the Silver Skates) was born in the year 1831.  

Jan 04   On this day in history nikola P Neofit Rilski, Bulgaria abbot/poet, dies at 37  

Jan 06   In the year 1831 rodolphe Kreutzer, Fr composer/violinist (Kreutzersonate), dies at 64  

Jan 08   In the year 1831 franz Vinzenz Krommer, composer, dies at 71  

Jan 21   Achim v Arnim, writer, dies at 49 in the year 1831.  

Feb 05   On this day in history death of john CJ van Speijk, commits suicide at 29  

Feb 14   Vincente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero, dies in the year 1831.  

Feb 15   In the year 1831 henry Maudslay, inventor (metal lathe), dies  

Mar 04   On this day in history georg Michael Telemann, composer, dies at 82