Page 5: Historical Events In 1831

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

Sep 05   On this day in history the birth of Victorien Sardou, French playwright; author of 'La Tosca'   

Sep 06   In the year 1831 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   On this day in history william IV is crowned King of Great Britain.   

Sep 10   George Guest, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1831.   

Sep 11   On this day in history charles Darwin meets with capt Fitzroy at Plymouth   

Sep 15   In the year 1831 the locomotive John Bull operates for the first time in New Jersey on the Camden and Amboy Railroad.   

Sep 18   In the year 1831 peter Hansel, composer, dies at 60   

Sep 26   On this day in history robert Montgomery Bird's "Gladiator," premieres in NYC   

Sep 27   In the year 1831 henry van Wine, archivist/founder General Rijksarchief, dies at 91   

Sep 29   John McAlister Schofield, Major General (Union volunteers) in the year 1831.   

Oct 01   Claudius Charles Wilson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 on this day in history.   

Oct 06   In the year 1831 j W Richard Dedekind, Ger mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers)   

Oct 08   In the year 1831 michal Jelski, composer   

Oct 09   In the year 1831 capo d'Istria is assassinated.   

Oct 09   In the year 1831 joannis Capodistrias, Pres of Greece (1829-31), murdered   

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

Oct 17   In the year 1831 felix Mendelssohn's 1st Piano concert in G, premieres   

Oct 18   Frederik III NK of Hohenzollern, German Kaiser/king of Prussia on this day in history.   

Oct 31   In the year 1831 daniel Butterfield, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1901   

Nov 07   In the year 1831 state Gran Colombia disbands   

Nov 08   In the year 1831 edward R L Bulwer-Lytton, English under king of India   

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

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

Nov 13   In the year 1831 james Maxwell, Edinburgh Scot, physicist (Treatise on Electricity)   

Nov 14   On this day in history ignaz Joseph Pleyel, Austrian composer/piano builder, dies at 74   

Nov 15   On this day in history vincenc Masek, composer, dies at 76   

Nov 16   Karl von Clausewitz, Prussian strategist (Campaign 1813), dies at 51 in the year 1831.   

Nov 17   Ecuador and Venezuela were separated from Greater Colombia on this day in history.   

Nov 19   In the year 1831 james A Garfield, Ohio, gen/(R) 20th Pres (March 4-Sept 19, 1881)   

Nov 21   John Franklin Miller, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1886 on this day in history.   

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

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

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   John Bullock Clark Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1903 was born on this day in history.   

Jan 17   On this day in history 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   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 on this day in history.   

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   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   On this day in history vincente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero, dies   

Feb 15   Henry Maudslay, inventor (metal lathe), dies on this day in history.   

Mar 04   Georg Michael Telemann, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.