Historical Events In 1831

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

Sep 05   In the year 1831 the birth of Victorien Sardou, French playwright; author of 'La Tosca'  

Sep 06   On this day in history johann Ernst Friedrich Wollank, composer, dies at 49  

Sep 08   Wilhelm Raabe, [Jakob Corvinus], German author (Der Hungerpastor) on this day in history.  

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

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

Sep 10   George Guest, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1831.  

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

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   On this day in history john McAlister Schofield, Major General (Union volunteers)  

Oct 01   Claudius Charles Wilson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 in the year 1831.  

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

Oct 08   In the year 1831 michal Jelski, composer  

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

Oct 09   In the year 1831 joannis Capodistrias, Pres of Greece (1829-31), murdered  

Oct 15   Helen Maria Hunt Jackson, author (Ramona) on this day in history.  

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   On this day in history daniel Butterfield, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1901  

Nov 07   State Gran Colombia disbands in the year 1831.  

Nov 08   In the year 1831 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   In the year 1831 anton Kerner Ritter von Marilaun, Austria botanist  

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

Nov 14   Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, Austrian composer/piano builder, dies at 74 in the year 1831.  

Nov 15   On this day in history vincenc Masek, composer, dies at 76  

Nov 16   In the year 1831 karl von Clausewitz, Prussian strategist (Campaign 1813), dies at 51  

Nov 17   On this day in history ecuador and Venezuela were separated from Greater Colombia.  

Nov 19   On this day in history 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   On this day in history opera "Robert Le Diable" is produced (Paris)  

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Next Page »

Jan 01   William Joseph Westbrook, composer was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   Justin Winston, historian/librarian (Harvard) was born in the year 1831.  

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

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of john Bullock Clark Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1903  

Jan 17   In the year 1831 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   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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 06   On this day in history rodolphe Kreutzer, Fr composer/violinist (Kreutzersonate), dies at 64  

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   In the year 1831 vincente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero, dies  

Feb 15   On this day in history henry Maudslay, inventor (metal lathe), dies  

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