Page 5: Historical Events In 1831

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

Sep 05   In the year 1831 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   Wilhelm Raabe, [Jakob Corvinus], German author (Der Hungerpastor) on this day in history.   

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

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   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) in the year 1831.   

Oct 08   On this day in history michal Jelski, composer   

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

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

Oct 15   On this day in history helen Maria Hunt Jackson, author (Ramona)   

Oct 17   On this day in history felix Mendelssohn's 1st Piano concert in G, premieres   

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   In the year 1831 state Gran Colombia disbands   

Nov 08   Edward R L Bulwer-Lytton, English under king of India on this day in history.   

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

Nov 12   On this day in history anton Kerner Ritter von Marilaun, Austria botanist   

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

Nov 14   Ignaz Joseph Pleyel, Austrian composer/piano builder, dies at 74 in the year 1831.   

Nov 15   In the year 1831 vincenc Masek, composer, dies at 76   

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

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

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

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

Nov 22   In the year 1831 opera "Robert Le Diable" is produced (Paris)   

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Jan 01   In the year 1831 birth of william Joseph Westbrook, composer   

Jan 02   In the year 1831 birth of justin Winston, historian/librarian (Harvard)   

Jan 11   James Ronald Chalmers, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898 was born on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 26   In the year 1831 birth of mary Mapes Dodge, NYC, writer (Hans Brinker & the Silver Skates)   

Jan 04   In the year 1831 nikola P Neofit Rilski, Bulgaria abbot/poet, dies at 37   

Jan 06   Rodolphe Kreutzer, Fr composer/violinist (Kreutzersonate), dies at 64 in the year 1831.   

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   John CJ van Speijk, commits suicide at 29 died on this day in history.   

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