Historical Events In 1831

Jul 01   On this day in history admiral James C Ross reaches magnetic North Pole  

Jul 04   "America (My Country 'Tis of Thee)" is 1st sung in Boston in the year 1831.  

Jul 04   On this day in history james Monroe 5th president, dies  

Jul 04   On this day in history james Monroe, 5th president (1817-25), dies at 73  

Jul 04   U.S. concludes indemnity treaty with France on this day in history.  

Jul 09   Johan P van der Kellen, Dutch stamp cutter/lithographer/writer in the year 1831.  

Jul 14   On this day in history william Dwight, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888  

Jul 18   Thomas Greatorex, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

Jul 21   Belgium gains independence from Netherland, Leopold I made king in the year 1831.  

Jul 21   In the year 1831 belgium gains independence from Netherlands, Leopold I made king  

Jul 21   Emil Aarestrup, Danish physician/poet (Ritornellen), dies at 55 in the year 1831.  

Jul 24   In the year 1831 maria Agata Szymanowska, composer, dies at 41  

Jul 30   On this day in history helene P Blavatsky, founder (Theosophist Cooperation)  

Aug 01   On this day in history london Bridge opens  

Aug 01   In the year 1831 london Bridge opens to traffic  

Aug 02   On this day in history ten day campaign begins, Dutch army occupies Belgium  

Aug 08   Battle of Hasselt in the year 1831.  

Aug 09   In the year 1831 1st US steam engine train run (Albany to Schenectady, NY)  

Aug 09   In the year 1831 first US steam engine train run  

Aug 10   Former slave Nat Turner leads uprising against slavery on this day in history.  

Aug 10   On this day in history former slave Nat Turner led violent insurrection against slavery  

Aug 12   In the year 1831 dutch troops conquer Leuven  

Aug 13   In the year 1831 nat Turner leads uprising of slaves in Virginia  

Aug 13   Salomon Jaoassohn, composer in the year 1831.  

Aug 16   In the year 1831 eduard Brendler, composer, dies at 30  

Aug 16   Edward Payson Chapin, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 on this day in history.  

Aug 19   In the year 1831 stephen Gano Burbridge, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

Aug 21   Nat Turner slave revolt kills 55 (Southampton County, Virginia) in the year 1831.  

Aug 22   In the year 1831 john White, composer, dies at 52  

Aug 23   August WA Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal, dies at 70 in the year 1831.  

Aug 24   On this day in history john Henslow asks Charles Darwin to travel with him on HMS Beagle  

Aug 28   On this day in history fredrick Vilhelm Ludvig Norman, composer  

Aug 29   Michael Faraday demonstrates 1st electric transformer in the year 1831.  

Aug 30   Charles Darwin refuses to travel with HMS Beagle in the year 1831.  

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

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   In the year 1831 birth of john Bullock Clark Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1903  

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

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   On this day in history birth of mary Mapes Dodge, NYC, writer (Hans Brinker & the Silver Skates)  

Jan 04   On this day in history nikola P Neofit Rilski, Bulgaria abbot/poet, dies at 37  

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

Feb 05   On this day in history death of john CJ van Speijk, commits suicide at 29  

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

Feb 15   In the year 1831 henry Maudslay, inventor (metal lathe), dies  

Mar 04   On this day in history georg Michael Telemann, composer, dies at 82