Historical Events In 1831

Sep 01   Charles Darwin travels aboard HMS Beagle on this day in history.  

Sep 05   The birth of Victorien Sardou, French playwright; author of 'La Tosca' on this day in history.  

Sep 06   Johann Ernst Friedrich Wollank, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

Sep 08   Wilhelm Raabe, [Jakob Corvinus], German author (Der Hungerpastor) in the year 1831.  

Sep 08   On this day in history william IV crowned King of Britain  

Sep 08   In the year 1831 william IV is crowned King of Great Britain.  

Sep 10   On this day in history george Guest, composer, dies at 60  

Sep 11   Charles Darwin meets with capt Fitzroy at Plymouth on this day in history.  

Sep 15   On this day in history the locomotive John Bull operates for the first time in New Jersey on the Camden and Amboy Railroad.  

Sep 18   On this day in history peter Hansel, composer, dies at 60  

Sep 26   In the year 1831 robert Montgomery Bird's "Gladiator," premieres in NYC  

Sep 27   On this day in history henry van Wine, archivist/founder General Rijksarchief, dies at 91  

Sep 29   John McAlister Schofield, Major General (Union volunteers) in the year 1831.  

Oct 01   On this day in history claudius Charles Wilson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863  

Oct 06   J W Richard Dedekind, Ger mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers) on this day in history.  

Oct 08   On this day in history michal Jelski, composer  

Oct 09   Capo d'Istria is assassinated in the year 1831.  

Oct 09   Joannis Capodistrias, Pres of Greece (1829-31), murdered on this day in history.  

Oct 15   In the year 1831 helen Maria Hunt Jackson, author (Ramona)  

Oct 17   In the year 1831 felix Mendelssohn's 1st Piano concert in G, premieres  

Oct 18   On this day in history frederik III NK of Hohenzollern, German Kaiser/king of Prussia  

Oct 31   In the year 1831 daniel Butterfield, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1901  

Nov 07   State Gran Colombia disbands in the year 1831.  

Nov 08   Edward R L Bulwer-Lytton, English under king of India on this day in history.  

Nov 11   In the year 1831 nat Turner, former slave, led a violent insurrection, hanged with 19 associates in VA  

Nov 12   On this day in history anton Kerner Ritter von Marilaun, Austria botanist  

Nov 13   On this day in history james Maxwell, Edinburgh Scot, physicist (Treatise on Electricity)  

Nov 14   Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, Austrian composer/piano builder, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Nov 15   Vincenc Masek, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

Nov 16   On this day in history karl von Clausewitz, Prussian strategist (Campaign 1813), dies at 51  

Nov 17   Ecuador and Venezuela were separated from Greater Colombia in the year 1831.  

Nov 19   James A Garfield, Ohio, gen/(R) 20th Pres (March 4-Sept 19, 1881) on this day in history.  

Nov 21   On this day in history john Franklin Miller, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1886  

Nov 22   In the year 1831 opera "Robert Le Diable" is produced (Paris)  

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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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 20   Pieter J Joubert, general (South Africa) was born in the year 1831.  

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   Rodolphe Kreutzer, Fr composer/violinist (Kreutzersonate), dies at 64 in the year 1831.  

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   John CJ van Speijk, commits suicide at 29 died on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1831 georg Michael Telemann, composer, dies at 82