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   Johann Ernst Friedrich Wollank, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

Sep 08   Wilhelm Raabe, [Jakob Corvinus], German author (Der Hungerpastor) in the year 1831.   

Sep 08   On this day in history william IV crowned King of Britain   

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

Sep 10   On this day in history george Guest, composer, dies at 60   

Sep 11   In the year 1831 charles Darwin meets with capt Fitzroy at Plymouth   

Sep 15   In the year 1831 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 on this day in history.   

Sep 26   On this day in history robert Montgomery Bird's "Gladiator," premieres in NYC   

Sep 27   Henry van Wine, archivist/founder General Rijksarchief, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

Sep 29   John McAlister Schofield, Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

Oct 01   On this day in history claudius Charles Wilson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863   

Oct 06   On this day in history 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   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 in the year 1831.   

Nov 07   In the year 1831 state Gran Colombia disbands   

Nov 08   In the year 1831 edward R L Bulwer-Lytton, English under king of India   

Nov 11   On this day in history nat Turner, former slave, led a violent insurrection, hanged with 19 associates in VA   

Nov 12   On this day in history anton Kerner Ritter von Marilaun, Austria botanist   

Nov 13   James Maxwell, Edinburgh Scot, physicist (Treatise on Electricity) in the year 1831.   

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 in the year 1831.   

Nov 17   In the year 1831 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   John Franklin Miller, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1886 on this day in history.   

Nov 22   On this day in history opera "Robert Le Diable" is produced (Paris)   

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Jan 01   In the year 1831 birth of william Joseph Westbrook, composer   

Jan 02   Justin Winston, historian/librarian (Harvard) was born on this day in history.   

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

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   Edward Ferrero, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1899 was born in the year 1831.   

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

Jan 26   On this day in history birth of mary Mapes Dodge, NYC, writer (Hans Brinker & the Silver Skates)   

Jan 04   Nikola P Neofit Rilski, Bulgaria abbot/poet, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

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

Feb 05   On this day in history death of john CJ van Speijk, commits suicide at 29   

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 on this day in history.