Historical Events In 1831

Feb 19   1st practical US coal-burning locomotive makes 1st trial run, Penn on this day in history.   

Feb 19   On this day in history first practical US coal-burning locomotive makes it's trial run in Pennsylvania   

Feb 20   Polish revolutionaries defeat Russians in battle of Growchow on this day in history.   

Feb 21   Eduard Rappoldi, composer in the year 1831.   

Feb 23   Hendrik W Mesdag, Dutch painter (Panorama Mesdag) on this day in history.   

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

Feb 26   Filippo Marchetti, composer on this day in history.   

Mar 01   Hiram Bronson Granbury, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1831 the birth of George Pullman, US designer of railway carriages   

Mar 04   In the year 1831 georg Michael Telemann, composer, dies at 82   

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

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

Mar 06   On this day in history 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   In the year 1831 john Bratton, [Old Reliable], US physician/Confederate Brig Gen   

Mar 09   In the year 1831 friedrich M Klinger, German (stage)author (Plimplamplasko), dies at 79   

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

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

Mar 12   On this day in history johann Franz Volkert, composer, dies at 64   

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

Mar 15   Edward Aylesworth Perry, Brig General (Confederate Army) in the year 1831.   

Mar 19   In the year 1831 1st US bank robbery (City Bank, NY/$245,000)   

Mar 19   In the year 1831 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   

Mar 26   Richard Allen, AME Church Bishop, dies at 71 in the year 1831.   

Mar 29   In the year 1831 amelia Barr, writer   

Mar 29   Great Bosnian uprising: Bosniak rebel against Turkey in the year 1831.   

Mar 31   Archibald Scott, Scottish chemist on this day in history.   

Mar 31   In the year 1831 mainzer Rijnvaart Convention ends   

Mar 31   In the year 1831 québec and Montréal incorporated   

Apr 02   Charles Felix, blind King of Sardina (1821-31), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of william Joseph Westbrook, composer   

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

Jan 11   James Ronald Chalmers, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898 was born in the year 1831.   

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of john Bullock Clark Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1903   

Jan 17   Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (d. 1903) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 20   On this day in history birth of pieter J Joubert, general (South Africa)   

Jan 26   In the year 1831 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1831 henry Maudslay, inventor (metal lathe), dies   

Mar 04   Georg Michael Telemann, composer, dies at 82 in the year 1831.