Notable Historical Events - 1831
1831 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 1 |
William Lloyd Garrison publishes 1st issue of abolitionist journal |
Jan 2 |
Liberator, abolitionist newspaper, begins publishing in Boston |
Jan 3 |
1st US building & loan association organized, Frankford, Penn |
Jan 15 |
1st US-built locomotive to pull a passenger train makes 1st run |
Jan 15 |
1st US railroad honeymoon trip, Mr & Mrs Pierson, Charleston, SC |
Jan 22 |
Charles Darwin takes his Bachelors of Art exam |
Feb 5 |
Jan van Speijk blows up his gunboat in Antwerp, killing about 30 |
Feb 7 |
Belgium adopts its Constitution |
Feb 14 |
Ras Marye of Yejju marches into Tigray and defeats and kills Dejazmach Sabagadis in the Battle of Debre Abbay. |
Feb 19 |
1st practical US coal-burning locomotive makes 1st trial run, Penn |
Feb 20 |
Polish revolutionaries defeat Russians in battle of Growchow |
Mar 2 |
John Frazee becomes 1st US sculptor to receive a federal commission |
Mar 6 |
Edgar Allen Poe removed from West Point military academy |
Mar 6 |
Vincenzo Bellini's opera "La Sonnambula" premieres in Milan |
Mar 10 |
The French Foreign Legion is established by King Louis-Philippe to support his war in Algeria. |
Mar 19 |
1st US bank robbery (City Bank, NY/$245,000) |
Mar 29 |
Great Bosnian uprising: Bosniak rebel against Turkey. |
Mar 31 |
Mainzer Rijnvaart Convention ends |
Mar 31 |
Quebec & Montreal incorporated |
Apr 7 |
Dom Pedro abdicates to son, Dom Pedro II crowned emperor of Brazil |
Apr 14 |
Soldiers marching on a bridge in Manchester, England cause it to collapse. |
Jun 4 |
National Congress selects Leopold von Saksen-Coburg as King of Belgium |
Jun 6 |
2nd national black convention (Phila) |
Jul 1 |
Admiral James C Ross reaches magnetic North Pole |
Jul 4 |
"America (My Country 'Tis of Thee)" is 1st sung in Boston |
Jul 21 |
Belgium gains independence from Netherlands, Leopold I made king |
Aug 1 |
London Bridge opens to traffic |
Aug 2 |
Ten day campaign begins, Dutch army occupies Belgium |
Aug 8 |
Battle of Hasselt - Dutch army drives out Belgian Army |
Aug 9 |
1st US steam engine train run (Albany to Schenectady, NY) |
Aug 10 |
Former slave Nat Turner leads uprising against slavery |
Aug 10 |
Hurricane hits Barbados; about 1,500 die |
Aug 12 |
Dutch troops conquer Leuven |
Aug 12 |
Netherlands & Belgium sign peace treaty |
Aug 21 |
Nat Turner slave revolt kills 55 (Southampton County, Virginia) |
Aug 24 |
John Henslow asks Charles Darwin to travel with him on HMS Beagle |
Aug 29 |
Michael Faraday demonstrates 1st electric transformer |
Aug 30 |
Charles Darwin refuses to travel with HMS Beagle |
Sep 1 |
Charles Darwin travels aboard HMS Beagle |
Sep 8 |
William IV is crowned King of Great Britain. |
Sep 11 |
Charles Darwin meets with capt Fitzroy at Plymouth |
Sep 15 |
The locomotive John Bull operates for the first time in New Jersey on the Camden and Amboy Railroad. |
Sep 26 |
Robert Montgomery Bird's "Gladiator" premieres in NYC |
Oct 9 |
Ioannis Kapodistrias, first Head of State of modern Greece, assassinated in Nafplion. |
Oct 17 |
Felix Mendelssohn's 1st Piano concert in G, premieres |
Nov 7 |
State of Gran Colombia disbands |
Nov 17 |
Ecuador and Venezuela were separated from Greater Colombia. |
Nov 22 |
Opera "Robert Le Diable" is produced (Paris) |
Dec 1 |
Erie Canal closes for entire month due to cold weather |
Dec 5 |
Former US President John Q Adams takes his seat as a member of House of Representatives |
Dec 10 |
"Spirit of the Times" begins publishing (weekly horse racing sheet) |
Dec 25 |
Louisiana & Arkansas are 1st states to observe Christmas as holiday |
Dec 26 |
Vincenzo Bellini's opera "Norma," premieres in Milan |
Dec 27 |
HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin departs England for South America |
Dec 31 |
Gramercy Park is deeded to New York City. |
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