Historical Events In 1831

Sep 01   In the year 1831 charles Darwin travels aboard HMS Beagle  

Sep 05   The birth of Victorien Sardou, French playwright; author of 'La Tosca' on this day in history.  

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

Sep 08   On this day in history wilhelm Raabe, [Jakob Corvinus], German author (Der Hungerpastor)  

Sep 08   William IV crowned King of Britain in the year 1831.  

Sep 08   William IV is crowned King of Great Britain in the year 1831.  

Sep 10   George Guest, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1831 peter Hansel, composer, dies at 60  

Sep 26   Robert Montgomery Bird's "Gladiator," premieres in NYC on this day in history.  

Sep 27   Henry van Wine, archivist/founder General Rijksarchief, dies at 91 on this day in history.  

Sep 29   John McAlister Schofield, Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.  

Oct 01   On this day in history claudius Charles Wilson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863  

Oct 06   J W Richard Dedekind, Ger mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers) on this day in history.  

Oct 08   Michal Jelski, composer on this day in history.  

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

Oct 09   Joannis Capodistrias, Pres of Greece (1829-31), murdered in the year 1831.  

Oct 15   Helen Maria Hunt Jackson, author (Ramona) in the year 1831.  

Oct 17   On this day in history 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   In the year 1831 daniel Butterfield, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1901  

Nov 07   On this day in history state Gran Colombia disbands  

Nov 08   Edward R L Bulwer-Lytton, English under king of India in the year 1831.  

Nov 11   On this day in history nat Turner, former slave, led a violent insurrection, hanged with 19 associates in VA  

Nov 12   Anton Kerner Ritter von Marilaun, Austria botanist in the year 1831.  

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 on this day in history.  

Nov 15   Vincenc Masek, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

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

Nov 17   In the year 1831 ecuador and Venezuela were separated from Greater Colombia.  

Nov 19   James A Garfield, Ohio, gen/(R) 20th Pres (March 4-Sept 19, 1881) on this day in history.  

Nov 21   John Franklin Miller, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1886 in the year 1831.  

Nov 22   On this day in history opera "Robert Le Diable" is produced (Paris)  

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Jan 01   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 14   In the year 1831 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   In the year 1831 birth of edward Ferrero, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1899  

Jan 20   Pieter J Joubert, general (South Africa) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 26   Mary Mapes Dodge, NYC, writer (Hans Brinker & the Silver Skates) was born in the year 1831.  

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   On this day in history franz Vinzenz Krommer, composer, dies at 71  

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 in the year 1831.  

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