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 in the year 1831.  

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 in the year 1831.  

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

Sep 18   Peter Hansel, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1831.  

Sep 26   Robert Montgomery Bird's "Gladiator," premieres in NYC in the year 1831.  

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) on this day in history.  

Oct 01   Claudius Charles Wilson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 on this day in history.  

Oct 06   In the year 1831 j W Richard Dedekind, Ger mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers)  

Oct 08   Michal Jelski, composer in the year 1831.  

Oct 09   On this day in history capo d'Istria is assassinated.  

Oct 09   On this day in history joannis Capodistrias, Pres of Greece (1829-31), murdered  

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   Frederik III NK of Hohenzollern, German Kaiser/king of Prussia in the year 1831.  

Oct 31   Daniel Butterfield, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1901 on this day in history.  

Nov 07   State Gran Colombia disbands on this day in history.  

Nov 08   On this day in history edward R L Bulwer-Lytton, English under king of India  

Nov 11   Nat Turner, former slave, led a violent insurrection, hanged with 19 associates in VA on this day in history.  

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

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

Nov 14   On this day in history ignaz Joseph Pleyel, Austrian composer/piano builder, dies at 74  

Nov 15   Vincenc Masek, composer, dies at 76 in the year 1831.  

Nov 16   Karl von Clausewitz, Prussian strategist (Campaign 1813), dies at 51 in the year 1831.  

Nov 17   In the year 1831 ecuador and Venezuela were separated from Greater Colombia.  

Nov 19   In the year 1831 james A Garfield, Ohio, gen/(R) 20th Pres (March 4-Sept 19, 1881)  

Nov 21   John Franklin Miller, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1886 on this day in history.  

Nov 22   Opera "Robert Le Diable" is produced (Paris) in the year 1831.  

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

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of justin Winston, historian/librarian (Harvard)  

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 in the year 1831.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 06   In the year 1831 rodolphe Kreutzer, Fr composer/violinist (Kreutzersonate), dies at 64  

Jan 08   Franz Vinzenz Krommer, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1831.  

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   Vincente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero, dies on this day in history.  

Feb 15   Henry Maudslay, inventor (metal lathe), dies on this day in history.  

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