Page 2: Historical Events In 1831

Feb 19   1st practical US coal-burning locomotive makes 1st trial run, Penn in the year 1831.   

Feb 19   First practical US coal-burning locomotive makes it's trial run in Pennsylvania on this day in history.   

Feb 20   In the year 1831 polish revolutionaries defeat Russians in battle of Growchow   

Feb 21   Eduard Rappoldi, composer in the year 1831.   

Feb 23   Hendrik W Mesdag, Dutch painter (Panorama Mesdag) on this day in history.   

Feb 24   On this day in history georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor/premier of Prussia   

Feb 26   Filippo Marchetti, composer on this day in history.   

Mar 01   In the year 1831 hiram Bronson Granbury, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864   

Mar 02   On this day in history john Frazee becomes 1st US sculptor to receive a federal commission   

Mar 02   In the year 1831 john Frazee becomes the first US sculptor to receive a federal commission   

Mar 03   George M Pullman, inventor (railway sleeping car) in the year 1831.   

Mar 03   In the year 1831 the birth of George Pullman, US designer of railway carriages   

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

Mar 06   In the year 1831 bellini's opera "La Sonnambula," premieres in Milan   

Mar 06   In the year 1831 edgar Allen Poe removed from West Point military academy   

Mar 06   Friedrich C K von Bodelschwingh, German theologist (Home Mission) in the year 1831.   

Mar 06   Vincenzo Bellini's opera "La Sonnambula", premieres in Milan in the year 1831.   

Mar 07   John Bratton, [Old Reliable], US physician/Confederate Brig Gen on this day in history.   

Mar 09   In the year 1831 friedrich M Klinger, German (stage)author (Plimplamplasko), dies at 79   

Mar 10   On this day in history the French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis-Philippe to support his war in Algeria.   

Mar 12   Clement Studebaker, automobile pioneer (Studebaker) on this day in history.   

Mar 12   In the year 1831 johann Franz Volkert, composer, dies at 64   

Mar 14   Leon Leopold Lewandoski, composer in the year 1831.   

Mar 15   Edward Aylesworth Perry, Brig General (Confederate Army) in the year 1831.   

Mar 19   1st US bank robbery (City Bank, NY/$245,000) on this day in history.   

Mar 19   On this day in history in the first recorded bank heist in U.S. history, the doors of the City Bank on New York City’s Wall Street are opened by duplicate keys on a Saturday morning, and the perpetrator escapes with $245,000   

Mar 26   On this day in history richard Allen, AME Church Bishop, dies at 71   

Mar 29   Amelia Barr, writer in the year 1831.   

Mar 29   Great Bosnian uprising: Bosniak rebel against Turkey in the year 1831.   

Mar 31   Archibald Scott, Scottish chemist on this day in history.   

Mar 31   Mainzer Rijnvaart Convention ends in the year 1831.   

Mar 31   Québec and Montréal incorporated in the year 1831.   

Apr 02   On this day in history charles Felix, blind King of Sardina (1821-31), dies at 74   

Apr 04   On this day in history edward Cary Walthall, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898   

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Jan 01   In the year 1831 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 in the year 1831.   

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

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 in the year 1831.   

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

Jan 26   In the year 1831 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   In the year 1831 rodolphe Kreutzer, Fr composer/violinist (Kreutzersonate), dies at 64   

Jan 08   Franz Vinzenz Krommer, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Jan 21   On this day in history 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   In the year 1831 henry Maudslay, inventor (metal lathe), dies   

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