Historical Events In 1831

Jul 01   Admiral James C Ross reaches magnetic North Pole in the year 1831.   

Jul 04   "America (My Country 'Tis of Thee)" is 1st sung in Boston in the year 1831.   

Jul 04   James Monroe 5th president, dies in the year 1831.   

Jul 04   James Monroe, 5th president (1817-25), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

Jul 04   In the year 1831 u.S. concludes indemnity treaty with France.   

Jul 09   Johan P van der Kellen, Dutch stamp cutter/lithographer/writer on this day in history.   

Jul 14   On this day in history william Dwight, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888   

Jul 18   Thomas Greatorex, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1831.   

Jul 21   Belgium gains independence from Netherland, Leopold I made king in the year 1831.   

Jul 21   Belgium gains independence from Netherlands, Leopold I made king on this day in history.   

Jul 21   Emil Aarestrup, Danish physician/poet (Ritornellen), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

Jul 24   Maria Agata Szymanowska, composer, dies at 41 in the year 1831.   

Jul 30   Helene P Blavatsky, founder (Theosophist Cooperation) in the year 1831.   

Aug 01   London Bridge opens on this day in history.   

Aug 01   London Bridge opens to traffic in the year 1831.   

Aug 02   On this day in history ten day campaign begins, Dutch army occupies Belgium   

Aug 08   Battle of Hasselt in the year 1831.   

Aug 09   On this day in history 1st US steam engine train run (Albany to Schenectady, NY)   

Aug 09   First US steam engine train run in the year 1831.   

Aug 10   In the year 1831 former slave Nat Turner leads uprising against slavery   

Aug 10   Former slave Nat Turner led violent insurrection against slavery on this day in history.   

Aug 12   Dutch troops conquer Leuven in the year 1831.   

Aug 13   Nat Turner leads uprising of slaves in Virginia on this day in history.   

Aug 13   In the year 1831 salomon Jaoassohn, composer   

Aug 16   Eduard Brendler, composer, dies at 30 on this day in history.   

Aug 16   Edward Payson Chapin, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863 on this day in history.   

Aug 19   On this day in history stephen Gano Burbridge, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)   

Aug 21   In the year 1831 nat Turner slave revolt kills 55 (Southampton County, Virginia)   

Aug 22   John White, composer, dies at 52 in the year 1831.   

Aug 23   August WA Grave von Gneisenau, Prussian fieldmarshal, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Aug 24   In the year 1831 john Henslow asks Charles Darwin to travel with him on HMS Beagle   

Aug 28   On this day in history fredrick Vilhelm Ludvig Norman, composer   

Aug 29   On this day in history michael Faraday demonstrates 1st electric transformer   

Aug 30   Charles Darwin refuses to travel with HMS Beagle on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of william Joseph Westbrook, composer   

Jan 02   In the year 1831 birth of justin Winston, historian/librarian (Harvard)   

Jan 11   In the year 1831 birth of james Ronald Chalmers, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898   

Jan 14   In the year 1831 birth of john Bullock Clark Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1903   

Jan 17   Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (d. 1903) was born in the year 1831.   

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   Mary Mapes Dodge, NYC, writer (Hans Brinker & the Silver Skates) was born in the year 1831.   

Jan 04   In the year 1831 nikola P Neofit Rilski, Bulgaria abbot/poet, dies at 37   

Jan 06   Rodolphe Kreutzer, Fr composer/violinist (Kreutzersonate), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 14   In the year 1831 vincente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero, dies   

Feb 15   Henry Maudslay, inventor (metal lathe), dies in the year 1831.   

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