Historical Events In 1831

Feb 19   In the year 1831 1st practical US coal-burning locomotive makes 1st trial run, Penn  

Feb 19   On this day in history first practical US coal-burning locomotive makes it's trial run in Pennsylvania  

Feb 20   In the year 1831 polish revolutionaries defeat Russians in battle of Growchow  

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

Feb 23   In the year 1831 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   Filippo Marchetti, composer on this day in history.  

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

Mar 02   On this day in history john Frazee becomes 1st US sculptor to receive a federal commission  

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

Mar 03   George M Pullman, inventor (railway sleeping car) in the year 1831.  

Mar 03   In the year 1831 the birth of George Pullman, US designer of railway carriages  

Mar 04   Georg Michael Telemann, composer, dies at 82 in the year 1831.  

Mar 06   In the year 1831 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   Friedrich C K von Bodelschwingh, German theologist (Home Mission) on this day in history.  

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

Mar 07   John Bratton, [Old Reliable], US physician/Confederate Brig Gen on this day in history.  

Mar 09   In the year 1831 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 in the year 1831.  

Mar 15   In the year 1831 edward Aylesworth Perry, Brig General (Confederate Army)  

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

Mar 19   On this day in history 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  

Mar 26   Richard Allen, AME Church Bishop, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Mar 29   Amelia Barr, writer in the year 1831.  

Mar 29   In the year 1831 great Bosnian uprising: Bosniak rebel against Turkey.  

Mar 31   Archibald Scott, Scottish chemist on this day in history.  

Mar 31   Mainzer Rijnvaart Convention ends in the year 1831.  

Mar 31   Québec and Montréal incorporated on this day in history.  

Apr 02   Charles Felix, blind King of Sardina (1821-31), dies at 74 in the year 1831.  

Apr 04   Edward Cary Walthall, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 02   In the year 1831 birth of justin Winston, historian/librarian (Harvard)  

Jan 11   James Ronald Chalmers, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898 was born in the year 1831.  

Jan 14   John Bullock Clark Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1903 was born on this day in history.  

Jan 17   Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (d. 1903) was born in the year 1831.  

Jan 18   Edward Ferrero, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1899 was born on this day in history.  

Jan 20   On this day in history birth of pieter J Joubert, general (South Africa)  

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   On this day in history rodolphe Kreutzer, Fr composer/violinist (Kreutzersonate), dies at 64  

Jan 08   On this day in history franz Vinzenz Krommer, composer, dies at 71  

Jan 21   Achim v Arnim, writer, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

Feb 05   In the year 1831 death of john CJ van Speijk, commits suicide at 29  

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

Feb 15   Henry Maudslay, inventor (metal lathe), dies on this day in history.  

Mar 04   In the year 1831 georg Michael Telemann, composer, dies at 82