Page 2: Historical Events In 1831

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

Feb 19   On this day in history first practical US coal-burning locomotive makes it's trial run in Pennsylvania   

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

Feb 21   Eduard Rappoldi, composer in the year 1831.   

Feb 23   On this day in history hendrik W Mesdag, Dutch painter (Panorama Mesdag)   

Feb 24   Georg Leo earl von Caprivi, German chancellor/premier of Prussia in the year 1831.   

Feb 26   Filippo Marchetti, composer on this day in history.   

Mar 01   Hiram Bronson Granbury, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864 on this day in history.   

Mar 02   On this day in history john Frazee becomes 1st US sculptor to receive a federal commission   

Mar 02   John Frazee becomes the first US sculptor to receive a federal commission in the year 1831.   

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

Mar 03   On this day in history the birth of George Pullman, US designer of railway carriages   

Mar 04   Georg Michael Telemann, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

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

Mar 06   In the year 1831 edgar Allen Poe removed from West Point military academy   

Mar 06   On this day in history friedrich C K von Bodelschwingh, German theologist (Home Mission)   

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

Mar 07   On this day in history john Bratton, [Old Reliable], US physician/Confederate Brig Gen   

Mar 09   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Mar 12   In the year 1831 clement Studebaker, automobile pioneer (Studebaker)   

Mar 12   On this day in history johann Franz Volkert, composer, dies at 64   

Mar 14   In the year 1831 leon Leopold Lewandoski, composer   

Mar 15   On this day in history edward Aylesworth Perry, Brig General (Confederate Army)   

Mar 19   1st US bank robbery (City Bank, NY/$245,000) on this day in history.   

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   Richard Allen, AME Church Bishop, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

Mar 29   On this day in history amelia Barr, writer   

Mar 29   Great Bosnian uprising: Bosniak rebel against Turkey in the year 1831.   

Mar 31   In the year 1831 archibald Scott, Scottish chemist   

Mar 31   On this day in history mainzer Rijnvaart Convention ends   

Mar 31   Québec and Montréal incorporated in the year 1831.   

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

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

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Jan 01   William Joseph Westbrook, composer was born in the year 1831.   

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

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   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

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

Jan 04   In the year 1831 nikola P Neofit Rilski, Bulgaria abbot/poet, dies at 37   

Jan 06   Rodolphe Kreutzer, Fr composer/violinist (Kreutzersonate), dies at 64 in the year 1831.   

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 in the year 1831.   

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