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 in the year 1831.  

Feb 21   On this day in history eduard Rappoldi, composer  

Feb 23   In the year 1831 hendrik W Mesdag, Dutch painter (Panorama Mesdag)  

Feb 24   Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor/premier of Prussia in the year 1831.  

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

Mar 03   On this day in history 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   In the year 1831 georg Michael Telemann, composer, dies at 82  

Mar 06   Bellini's opera "La Sonnambula," premieres in Milan in the year 1831.  

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) in the year 1831.  

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   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   On this day in history clement Studebaker, automobile pioneer (Studebaker)  

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   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   On this day in history richard Allen, AME Church Bishop, dies at 71  

Mar 29   On this day in history amelia Barr, writer  

Mar 29   Great Bosnian uprising: Bosniak rebel against Turkey in the year 1831.  

Mar 31   On this day in history archibald Scott, Scottish chemist  

Mar 31   Mainzer Rijnvaart Convention ends in the year 1831.  

Mar 31   Québec and Montréal incorporated in the year 1831.  

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

Apr 04   In the year 1831 edward Cary Walthall, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898  

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Jan 01   William Joseph Westbrook, composer was born in the year 1831.  

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   On this day in history birth of john Bullock Clark Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1903  

Jan 17   In the year 1831 birth of archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (d. 1903)  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1831.  

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 in the year 1831.  

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