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   On this day in history polish revolutionaries defeat Russians in battle of Growchow  

Feb 21   On this day in history eduard Rappoldi, composer  

Feb 23   Hendrik W Mesdag, Dutch painter (Panorama Mesdag) on this day in history.  

Feb 24   Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor/premier of Prussia on this day in history.  

Feb 26   On this day in history 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   John Frazee becomes the first US sculptor to receive a federal commission on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1831.  

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

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

Mar 06   In the year 1831 edgar Allen Poe removed from West Point military academy  

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

Mar 06   Vincenzo Bellini's opera "La Sonnambula", premieres in Milan on this day in history.  

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

Mar 09   Friedrich M Klinger, German (stage)author (Plimplamplasko), dies at 79 in the year 1831.  

Mar 10   In the year 1831 the French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis-Philippe to support his war in Algeria.  

Mar 12   Clement Studebaker, automobile pioneer (Studebaker) in the year 1831.  

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

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

Mar 15   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.  

Mar 29   On this day in history amelia Barr, writer  

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

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

Mar 31   Mainzer Rijnvaart Convention ends on this day in history.  

Mar 31   Québec and Montréal incorporated in the year 1831.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1831.  

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 in the year 1831.  

Jan 20   Pieter J Joubert, general (South Africa) was born on this day in history.  

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   Rodolphe Kreutzer, Fr composer/violinist (Kreutzersonate), dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Jan 08   Franz Vinzenz Krommer, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history vincente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero, dies  

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