Page 2: Historical Events In 1831

Feb 19   In the year 1831 1st practical US coal-burning locomotive makes 1st trial run, Penn   

Feb 19   First practical US coal-burning locomotive makes it's trial run in Pennsylvania on this day in history.   

Feb 20   On this day in history polish revolutionaries defeat Russians in battle of Growchow   

Feb 21   In the year 1831 eduard Rappoldi, composer   

Feb 23   Hendrik W Mesdag, Dutch painter (Panorama Mesdag) in the year 1831.   

Feb 24   On this day in history georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor/premier of Prussia   

Feb 26   Filippo Marchetti, composer in the year 1831.   

Mar 01   In the year 1831 hiram Bronson Granbury, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864   

Mar 02   John Frazee becomes 1st US sculptor to receive a federal commission in the year 1831.   

Mar 02   John Frazee becomes the first US sculptor to receive a federal commission in the year 1831.   

Mar 03   In the year 1831 george M Pullman, inventor (railway sleeping car)   

Mar 03   The birth of George Pullman, US designer of railway carriages on this day in history.   

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

Mar 06   Bellini's opera "La Sonnambula," premieres in Milan on this day in history.   

Mar 06   Edgar Allen Poe removed from West Point military academy in the year 1831.   

Mar 06   In the year 1831 friedrich C K von Bodelschwingh, German theologist (Home Mission)   

Mar 06   In the year 1831 vincenzo Bellini's opera "La Sonnambula", premieres in Milan   

Mar 07   John Bratton, [Old Reliable], US physician/Confederate Brig Gen on this day in history.   

Mar 09   Friedrich M Klinger, German (stage)author (Plimplamplasko), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

Mar 10   The French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis-Philippe to support his war in Algeria on this day in history.   

Mar 12   Clement Studebaker, automobile pioneer (Studebaker) on this day in history.   

Mar 12   In the year 1831 johann Franz Volkert, composer, dies at 64   

Mar 14   On this day in history leon Leopold Lewandoski, composer   

Mar 15   In the year 1831 edward Aylesworth Perry, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

Mar 19   1st US bank robbery (City Bank, NY/$245,000) on this day in history.   

Mar 19   In the first recorded bank heist in U.S. history, the doors of the City Bank on New York City’s Wall Street are opened by duplicate keys on a Saturday morning, and the perpetrator escapes with $245,000 on this day in history.   

Mar 26   On this day in history richard Allen, AME Church Bishop, dies at 71   

Mar 29   On this day in history amelia Barr, writer   

Mar 29   On this day in history great Bosnian uprising: Bosniak rebel against Turkey.   

Mar 31   On this day in history archibald Scott, Scottish chemist   

Mar 31   Mainzer Rijnvaart Convention ends in the year 1831.   

Mar 31   Québec and Montréal incorporated on this day in history.   

Apr 02   In the year 1831 charles Felix, blind King of Sardina (1821-31), dies at 74   

Apr 04   Edward Cary Walthall, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898 in the year 1831.   

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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   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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 18   On this day in history birth of edward Ferrero, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1899   

Jan 20   Pieter J Joubert, general (South Africa) was born in the year 1831.   

Jan 26   Mary Mapes Dodge, NYC, writer (Hans Brinker & the Silver Skates) was born in the year 1831.   

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   Franz Vinzenz Krommer, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1831.   

Jan 21   In the year 1831 achim v Arnim, writer, dies at 49   

Feb 05   John CJ van Speijk, commits suicide at 29 died in the year 1831.   

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

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.