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' on this day in history.   

Sep 06   Johann Ernst Friedrich Wollank, composer, dies at 49 in the year 1831.   

Sep 08   On this day in history wilhelm Raabe, [Jakob Corvinus], German author (Der Hungerpastor)   

Sep 08   In the year 1831 william IV crowned King of Britain   

Sep 08   William IV is crowned King of Great Britain on this day in history.   

Sep 10   In the year 1831 george Guest, composer, dies at 60   

Sep 11   Charles Darwin meets with capt Fitzroy at Plymouth in the year 1831.   

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 in the year 1831.   

Sep 26   Robert Montgomery Bird's "Gladiator," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

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

Oct 06   In the year 1831 j W Richard Dedekind, Ger mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers)   

Oct 08   Michal Jelski, composer in the year 1831.   

Oct 09   In the year 1831 capo d'Istria is assassinated.   

Oct 09   Joannis Capodistrias, Pres of Greece (1829-31), murdered in the year 1831.   

Oct 15   Helen Maria Hunt Jackson, author (Ramona) in the year 1831.   

Oct 17   In the year 1831 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   On this day in history state Gran Colombia disbands   

Nov 08   Edward R L Bulwer-Lytton, English under king of India in the year 1831.   

Nov 11   Nat Turner, former slave, led a violent insurrection, hanged with 19 associates in VA on this day in history.   

Nov 12   In the year 1831 anton Kerner Ritter von Marilaun, Austria botanist   

Nov 13   On this day in history james Maxwell, Edinburgh Scot, physicist (Treatise on Electricity)   

Nov 14   In the year 1831 ignaz Joseph Pleyel, Austrian composer/piano builder, dies at 74   

Nov 15   On this day in history vincenc Masek, composer, dies at 76   

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   On this day in history 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   Opera "Robert Le Diable" is produced (Paris) on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   William Joseph Westbrook, composer was born in the year 1831.   

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

Jan 11   In the year 1831 birth of james Ronald Chalmers, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898   

Jan 14   In the year 1831 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   Mary Mapes Dodge, NYC, writer (Hans Brinker & the Silver Skates) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Nikola P Neofit Rilski, Bulgaria abbot/poet, dies at 37 in the year 1831.   

Jan 06   On this day in history rodolphe Kreutzer, Fr composer/violinist (Kreutzersonate), dies at 64   

Jan 08   Franz Vinzenz Krommer, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1831.   

Jan 21   Achim v Arnim, writer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

Feb 05   John CJ van Speijk, commits suicide at 29 died on this day in history.   

Feb 14   Vincente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero, dies on this day in history.   

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.