Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1831

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

Sep 06 Johann Ernst Friedrich Wollank, composer, dies at 49 in the year 1831.  

Sep 08 In the year 1831 death of john Aitken, Scottish-born music publisher (b. 1745)  

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

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

Sep 27 Henry van Wine, archivist/founder General Rijksarchief, dies at 91 in the year 1831.  

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

Oct 14 Jean-Louis Pons, French astronomer (b. 1761) died in the year 1831.  

Nov 11 Nat Turner, former slave, led a violent insurrection, hanged with 19 associates in VA died in the year 1831.  

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

Nov 15 In the year 1831 vincenc Masek, composer, dies at 76  

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

Dec 02 On this day in history traugott Maximilian Eberwein, composer, dies at 56  

Dec 08 James Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies in the year 1831.  

Dec 10 On this day in history death of thomas Seebeck, Baltic German physicist (b. 1770)  

Dec 11 In the year 1831 john George Schetky, composer, dies at 55  

Dec 15 Paul R Cantzlaar, gov of Saba/Curacao/Dutch-West Indies, dies at 60 in the year 1831.  

Dec 18 Willem Bilderdijk, Dutch poet/literary (My Relief), dies at 75 in the year 1831.  

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

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 in the year 1831.  

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 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.