Page 5: Historical Events In 1831

Sep 01   In the year 1831 charles Darwin travels aboard HMS Beagle   

Sep 05   The birth of Victorien Sardou, French playwright; author of 'La Tosca' in the year 1831.   

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   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   In the year 1831 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 on this day in history.   

Sep 18   Peter Hansel, composer, dies at 60 in the year 1831.   

Sep 26   In the year 1831 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   In the year 1831 j W Richard Dedekind, Ger mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers)   

Oct 08   In the year 1831 michal Jelski, composer   

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

Oct 09   Joannis Capodistrias, Pres of Greece (1829-31), murdered on this day in history.   

Oct 15   In the year 1831 helen Maria Hunt Jackson, author (Ramona)   

Oct 17   Felix Mendelssohn's 1st Piano concert in G, premieres in the year 1831.   

Oct 18   Frederik III NK of Hohenzollern, German Kaiser/king of Prussia on this day in history.   

Oct 31   Daniel Butterfield, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1901 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Nov 12   In the year 1831 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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Nov 17   On this day in history 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   John Franklin Miller, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1886 on this day in history.   

Nov 22   Opera "Robert Le Diable" is produced (Paris) in the year 1831.   

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Jan 01   William Joseph Westbrook, composer was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Justin Winston, historian/librarian (Harvard) was born in the year 1831.   

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

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 in the year 1831.   

Jan 18   In the year 1831 birth of edward Ferrero, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1899   

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   On this day in history achim v Arnim, writer, dies at 49   

Feb 05   In the year 1831 death of john CJ van Speijk, commits suicide at 29   

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