Historical Events In 1831

Feb 19   On this day in history 1st practical US coal-burning locomotive makes 1st trial run, Penn   

Feb 19   First practical US coal-burning locomotive makes it's trial run in Pennsylvania in the year 1831.   

Feb 20   On this day in history polish revolutionaries defeat Russians in battle of Growchow   

Feb 21   On this day in history eduard Rappoldi, composer   

Feb 23   In the year 1831 hendrik W Mesdag, Dutch painter (Panorama Mesdag)   

Feb 24   On this day in history georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor/premier of Prussia   

Feb 26   In the year 1831 filippo Marchetti, composer   

Mar 01   In the year 1831 hiram Bronson Granbury, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864   

Mar 02   In the year 1831 john Frazee becomes 1st US sculptor to receive a federal commission   

Mar 02   In the year 1831 john Frazee becomes the first US sculptor to receive a federal commission   

Mar 03   On this day in history george M Pullman, inventor (railway sleeping car)   

Mar 03   In the year 1831 the birth of George Pullman, US designer of railway carriages   

Mar 04   Georg Michael Telemann, composer, dies at 82 in the year 1831.   

Mar 06   Bellini's opera "La Sonnambula," premieres in Milan on this day in history.   

Mar 06   Edgar Allen Poe removed from West Point military academy in the year 1831.   

Mar 06   Friedrich C K von Bodelschwingh, German theologist (Home Mission) on this day in history.   

Mar 06   In the year 1831 vincenzo Bellini's opera "La Sonnambula", premieres in Milan   

Mar 07   In the year 1831 john Bratton, [Old Reliable], US physician/Confederate Brig Gen   

Mar 09   In the year 1831 friedrich M Klinger, German (stage)author (Plimplamplasko), dies at 79   

Mar 10   The French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis-Philippe to support his war in Algeria in the year 1831.   

Mar 12   Clement Studebaker, automobile pioneer (Studebaker) in the year 1831.   

Mar 12   In the year 1831 johann Franz Volkert, composer, dies at 64   

Mar 14   Leon Leopold Lewandoski, composer on this day in history.   

Mar 15   Edward Aylesworth Perry, Brig General (Confederate Army) on this day in history.   

Mar 19   1st US bank robbery (City Bank, NY/$245,000) in the year 1831.   

Mar 19   On this day in history in the first recorded bank heist in U.S. history, the doors of the City Bank on New York City’s Wall Street are opened by duplicate keys on a Saturday morning, and the perpetrator escapes with $245,000   

Mar 26   In the year 1831 richard Allen, AME Church Bishop, dies at 71   

Mar 29   In the year 1831 amelia Barr, writer   

Mar 29   Great Bosnian uprising: Bosniak rebel against Turkey on this day in history.   

Mar 31   Archibald Scott, Scottish chemist on this day in history.   

Mar 31   Mainzer Rijnvaart Convention ends in the year 1831.   

Mar 31   Québec and Montréal incorporated on this day in history.   

Apr 02   Charles Felix, blind King of Sardina (1821-31), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

Apr 04   Edward Cary Walthall, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898 in the year 1831.   

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Jan 01   On this day in history birth of william Joseph Westbrook, composer   

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

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 in the year 1831.   

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   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 in the year 1831.   

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

Jan 06   Rodolphe Kreutzer, Fr composer/violinist (Kreutzersonate), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

Jan 08   Franz Vinzenz Krommer, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Jan 21   Achim v Arnim, writer, dies at 49 in the year 1831.   

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

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