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   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   George Guest, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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

Sep 15   The locomotive John Bull operates for the first time in New Jersey on the Camden and Amboy Railroad in the year 1831.   

Sep 18   In the year 1831 peter Hansel, composer, dies at 60   

Sep 26   Robert Montgomery Bird's "Gladiator," premieres in NYC in the year 1831.   

Sep 27   Henry van Wine, archivist/founder General Rijksarchief, dies at 91 in the year 1831.   

Sep 29   In the year 1831 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   J W Richard Dedekind, Ger mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers) on this day in history.   

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

Nov 12   Anton Kerner Ritter von Marilaun, Austria botanist in the year 1831.   

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 in the year 1831.   

Nov 16   In the year 1831 karl von Clausewitz, Prussian strategist (Campaign 1813), dies at 51   

Nov 17   Ecuador and Venezuela were separated from Greater Colombia on this day in history.   

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   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   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   John Bullock Clark Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1903 was born on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1831.   

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

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   On this day in history franz Vinzenz Krommer, composer, dies at 71   

Jan 21   In the year 1831 achim v Arnim, writer, dies at 49   

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

Feb 14   In the year 1831 vincente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero, dies   

Feb 15   On this day in history henry Maudslay, inventor (metal lathe), dies   

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