Page 5: Historical Events In 1831

Sep 01   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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   William IV crowned King of Britain on this day in history.   

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

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

Sep 11   Charles Darwin meets with capt Fitzroy at Plymouth on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

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) in the year 1831.   

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

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

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

Nov 07   State Gran Colombia disbands in the year 1831.   

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   On this day in history 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   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   In the year 1831 ecuador and Venezuela were separated from Greater Colombia.   

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

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

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 in the year 1831.   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of justin Winston, historian/librarian (Harvard)   

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   Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (d. 1903) was born in the year 1831.   

Jan 18   Edward Ferrero, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1899 was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1831.   

Jan 04   Nikola P Neofit Rilski, Bulgaria abbot/poet, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 08   In the year 1831 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 in the year 1831.   

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 in the year 1831.