Page 5: Historical Events In 1831

Sep 01   Charles Darwin travels aboard HMS Beagle on this day in history.   

Sep 05   The birth of Victorien Sardou, French playwright; author of 'La Tosca' in the year 1831.   

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   On this day in history william IV crowned King of Britain   

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

Sep 10   On this day in history george Guest, composer, dies at 60   

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

Sep 15   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history john McAlister Schofield, Major General (Union volunteers)   

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

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

Oct 08   On this day in history michal Jelski, composer   

Oct 09   On this day in history capo d'Istria is assassinated.   

Oct 09   On this day in history joannis Capodistrias, Pres of Greece (1829-31), murdered   

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

Oct 31   On this day in history daniel Butterfield, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1901   

Nov 07   State Gran Colombia disbands in the year 1831.   

Nov 08   On this day in history 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   On this day in history anton Kerner Ritter von Marilaun, Austria botanist   

Nov 13   James Maxwell, Edinburgh Scot, physicist (Treatise on Electricity) in the year 1831.   

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

Nov 17   On this day in history ecuador and Venezuela were separated from Greater Colombia.   

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

Nov 21   On this day in history john Franklin Miller, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1886   

Nov 22   In the year 1831 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   On this day in history 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 in the year 1831.   

Jan 17   In the year 1831 birth of archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (d. 1903)   

Jan 18   Edward Ferrero, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1899 was born in the year 1831.   

Jan 20   In the year 1831 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   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   In the year 1831 achim v Arnim, writer, dies at 49   

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

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