Page 5: Historical Events In 1831

Sep 01   On this day in history 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   Johann Ernst Friedrich Wollank, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

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

Sep 08   On this day in history william IV crowned King of Britain   

Sep 08   In the year 1831 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   Peter Hansel, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1831.   

Sep 26   In the year 1831 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   On this day in history claudius Charles Wilson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863   

Oct 06   On this day in history j W Richard Dedekind, Ger mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers)   

Oct 08   Michal Jelski, composer in the year 1831.   

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   Felix Mendelssohn's 1st Piano concert in G, premieres on this day in history.   

Oct 18   In the year 1831 frederik III NK of Hohenzollern, German Kaiser/king of Prussia   

Oct 31   Daniel Butterfield, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1901 on this day in history.   

Nov 07   On this day in history 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   In the year 1831 ignaz Joseph Pleyel, Austrian composer/piano builder, dies at 74   

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

Nov 16   On this day in history 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   Opera "Robert Le Diable" is produced (Paris) in the year 1831.   

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Jan 01   William Joseph Westbrook, composer was born in the year 1831.   

Jan 02   Justin Winston, historian/librarian (Harvard) was born in the year 1831.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 26   On this day in history birth of mary Mapes Dodge, NYC, writer (Hans Brinker & the Silver Skates)   

Jan 04   Nikola P Neofit Rilski, Bulgaria abbot/poet, dies at 37 in the year 1831.   

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

Jan 08   On this day in history franz Vinzenz Krommer, composer, dies at 71   

Jan 21   Achim v Arnim, writer, dies at 49 in the year 1831.   

Feb 05   On this day in history death of john CJ van Speijk, commits suicide at 29   

Feb 14   Vincente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero, dies in the year 1831.   

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

Mar 04   On this day in history georg Michael Telemann, composer, dies at 82