Historical Events In 1831

Jul 01   Admiral James C Ross reaches magnetic North Pole in the year 1831.  

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   James Monroe, 5th president (1817-25), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

Jul 04   U.S. concludes indemnity treaty with France in the year 1831.  

Jul 09   On this day in history johan P van der Kellen, Dutch stamp cutter/lithographer/writer  

Jul 14   In the year 1831 william Dwight, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888  

Jul 18   In the year 1831 thomas Greatorex, composer, dies at 72  

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

Jul 21   On this day in history belgium gains independence from Netherlands, Leopold I made king  

Jul 21   Emil Aarestrup, Danish physician/poet (Ritornellen), dies at 55 on this day in history.  

Jul 24   Maria Agata Szymanowska, composer, dies at 41 in the year 1831.  

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

Aug 01   In the year 1831 london Bridge opens  

Aug 01   On this day in history london Bridge opens to traffic  

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

Aug 08   In the year 1831 battle of Hasselt  

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

Aug 09   First US steam engine train run on this day in history.  

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

Aug 10   Former slave Nat Turner led violent insurrection against slavery in the year 1831.  

Aug 12   In the year 1831 dutch troops conquer Leuven  

Aug 13   On this day in history 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   In the year 1831 edward Payson Chapin, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863  

Aug 19   On this day in history stephen Gano Burbridge, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

Aug 21   In the year 1831 nat Turner slave revolt kills 55 (Southampton County, Virginia)  

Aug 22   John White, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

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

Aug 24   John Henslow asks Charles Darwin to travel with him on HMS Beagle in the year 1831.  

Aug 28   Fredrick Vilhelm Ludvig Norman, composer on this day in history.  

Aug 29   On this day in history michael Faraday demonstrates 1st electric transformer  

Aug 30   Charles Darwin refuses to travel with HMS Beagle on this day in history.  

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

Jan 02   Justin Winston, historian/librarian (Harvard) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 11   On this day in history 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   Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (d. 1903) was born in the year 1831.  

Jan 18   In the year 1831 birth of edward Ferrero, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1899  

Jan 20   On this day in history birth of pieter J Joubert, general (South Africa)  

Jan 26   On this day in history birth of mary Mapes Dodge, NYC, writer (Hans Brinker & the Silver Skates)  

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 in the year 1831.  

Jan 08   In the year 1831 franz Vinzenz Krommer, composer, dies at 71  

Jan 21   On this day in history 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   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   Georg Michael Telemann, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.