Historical Events In 1831

Jul 01   Admiral James C Ross reaches magnetic North Pole on this day in history.  

Jul 04   On this day in history "America (My Country 'Tis of Thee)" is 1st sung in Boston  

Jul 04   On this day in history james Monroe 5th president, dies  

Jul 04   On this day in history james Monroe, 5th president (1817-25), dies at 73  

Jul 04   U.S. concludes indemnity treaty with France in the year 1831.  

Jul 09   Johan P van der Kellen, Dutch stamp cutter/lithographer/writer in the year 1831.  

Jul 14   William Dwight, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888 on this day in history.  

Jul 18   In the year 1831 thomas Greatorex, composer, dies at 72  

Jul 21   In the year 1831 belgium gains independence from Netherland, Leopold I made king  

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   On this day in history helene P Blavatsky, founder (Theosophist Cooperation)  

Aug 01   In the year 1831 london Bridge opens  

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   In the year 1831 battle of Hasselt  

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

Aug 09   On this day in history first US steam engine train run  

Aug 10   Former slave Nat Turner leads uprising against slavery on this day in history.  

Aug 10   On this day in history former slave Nat Turner led violent insurrection against slavery  

Aug 12   On this day in history dutch troops conquer Leuven  

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   In the year 1831 eduard Brendler, composer, dies at 30  

Aug 16   On this day in history edward Payson Chapin, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863  

Aug 19   Stephen Gano Burbridge, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) in the year 1831.  

Aug 21   Nat Turner slave revolt kills 55 (Southampton County, Virginia) on this day in history.  

Aug 22   John White, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

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

Aug 24   On this day in history 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   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 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   Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (d. 1903) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 18   Edward Ferrero, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1899 was born on this day in history.  

Jan 20   In the year 1831 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   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 on this day in history.  

Jan 21   Achim v Arnim, writer, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1831 georg Michael Telemann, composer, dies at 82