Page 5: Historical Events In 1831

Sep 01   Charles Darwin travels aboard HMS Beagle on this day in history.   

Sep 05   In the year 1831 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) in the year 1831.   

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

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   On this day in history charles Darwin meets with capt Fitzroy at Plymouth   

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   In the year 1831 peter Hansel, composer, dies at 60   

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   On this day in history john McAlister Schofield, Major General (Union volunteers)   

Oct 01   Claudius Charles Wilson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863 in the year 1831.   

Oct 06   On this day in history j W Richard Dedekind, Ger mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers)   

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

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

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

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

Oct 17   Felix Mendelssohn's 1st Piano concert in G, premieres on this day in history.   

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

Oct 31   On this day in history daniel Butterfield, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1901   

Nov 07   In the year 1831 state Gran Colombia disbands   

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

Nov 11   In the year 1831 nat Turner, former slave, led a violent insurrection, hanged with 19 associates in VA   

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

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

Nov 14   On this day in history 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   On this day in history karl von Clausewitz, Prussian strategist (Campaign 1813), dies at 51   

Nov 17   On this day in history ecuador and Venezuela were separated from Greater Colombia.   

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

Nov 21   In the year 1831 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   On this day in history birth of william Joseph Westbrook, composer   

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   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   On this day in history birth of mary Mapes Dodge, NYC, writer (Hans Brinker & the Silver Skates)   

Jan 04   On this day in history nikola P Neofit Rilski, Bulgaria abbot/poet, dies at 37   

Jan 06   In the year 1831 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   On this day in history vincente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero, dies   

Feb 15   Henry Maudslay, inventor (metal lathe), dies in the year 1831.   

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