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 on this day in history.  

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

Feb 21   In the year 1831 eduard Rappoldi, composer  

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   In the year 1831 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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history bellini's opera "La Sonnambula," premieres in Milan  

Mar 06   Edgar Allen Poe removed from West Point military academy in the year 1831.  

Mar 06   Friedrich C K von Bodelschwingh, German theologist (Home Mission) in the year 1831.  

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   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) in the year 1831.  

Mar 12   Johann Franz Volkert, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Mar 14   Leon Leopold Lewandoski, composer in the year 1831.  

Mar 15   Edward Aylesworth Perry, Brig General (Confederate Army) in the year 1831.  

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

Mar 19   In the year 1831 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   Amelia Barr, writer in the year 1831.  

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

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

Mar 31   In the year 1831 mainzer Rijnvaart Convention ends  

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

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

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

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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 on this day in history.  

Jan 11   James Ronald Chalmers, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898 was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1831.  

Jan 04   Nikola P Neofit Rilski, Bulgaria abbot/poet, dies at 37 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1831.  

Jan 21   In the year 1831 achim v Arnim, writer, dies at 49  

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