Historical Events In 1831

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

Feb 19   First practical US coal-burning locomotive makes it's trial run in Pennsylvania on this day in history.  

Feb 20   Polish revolutionaries defeat Russians in battle of Growchow in the year 1831.  

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   In the year 1831 georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor/premier of Prussia  

Feb 26   In the year 1831 filippo Marchetti, composer  

Mar 01   Hiram Bronson Granbury, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 on this day in history.  

Mar 02   John Frazee becomes 1st US sculptor to receive a federal commission in the year 1831.  

Mar 02   On this day in history 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   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   Bellini's opera "La Sonnambula," premieres in Milan in the year 1831.  

Mar 06   On this day in history edgar Allen Poe removed from West Point military academy  

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

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

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   The French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis-Philippe to support his war in Algeria in the year 1831.  

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

Mar 12   In the year 1831 johann Franz Volkert, composer, dies at 64  

Mar 14   On this day in history leon Leopold Lewandoski, composer  

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

Mar 19   In the year 1831 1st US bank robbery (City Bank, NY/$245,000)  

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   Richard Allen, AME Church Bishop, dies at 71 in the year 1831.  

Mar 29   In the year 1831 amelia Barr, writer  

Mar 29   On this day in history great Bosnian uprising: Bosniak rebel against Turkey.  

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

Mar 31   On this day in history mainzer Rijnvaart Convention ends  

Mar 31   On this day in history québec and Montréal incorporated  

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

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

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of william Joseph Westbrook, composer  

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

Jan 11   In the year 1831 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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 18   On this day in history birth of edward Ferrero, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1899  

Jan 20   In the year 1831 birth of pieter J Joubert, general (South Africa)  

Jan 26   Mary Mapes Dodge, NYC, writer (Hans Brinker & the Silver Skates) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Nikola P Neofit Rilski, Bulgaria abbot/poet, dies at 37 in the year 1831.  

Jan 06   In the year 1831 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   On this day in history achim v Arnim, writer, dies at 49  

Feb 05   John CJ van Speijk, commits suicide at 29 died in the year 1831.  

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

Feb 15   On this day in history henry Maudslay, inventor (metal lathe), dies  

Mar 04   Georg Michael Telemann, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.