1831

Centuries: 18th century - 19th century - 20th century

Decades: 1780s 1790s 1800s 1810s 1820s - 1830s - 1840s 1850s 1860s 1870s 1880s

Years: 1826 1827 1828 1829 1830 - 1831 - 1832 1833 1834 1835 1836

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Events

• February-March[?] - Revolts in Modena, Parma and the Papal States are put down by Austrian troops
• February 20 - Battle of Grochow[?]. Polish rebel forces divide a Russian army.
• March 19 - City Bank of New York[?] is the site of the first bank robbery in United States history ($245,000 taken).
• April 7 - Pedro I of Brazil abdicates as emperor of Brazil in favor of his son Pedro II of Brazil.
• May 26 - Battle of Ostrolenka[?]. The Poles fight another indecisive battle.
• July 21 - inauguration of Leopold I of Belgium, first king of the Belgians
• August 2 - Dutch invasion of Belgium. It is repelled by a French army
• September 6-8[?] - Battle of Warsaw[?] - The Russians take the Polish capital and crush resistance.
• December 27 - Charles Darwin embarks on his historic journey aboard the HMS Beagle.

Arts, Sciences, Literature and Philosophy

• 1831 in literature:

Births

• January 7 - Heinrich von Stephan[?], organizer of the German postal union and founder of the Universal postal union (+ 1897)
• January 26 - Mary Mapes Dodged[?], writer (+ 1907)
• March 3 - George Pullman, inventor, industrialist
• March 6 - Friedrich von Bodelschwingh[?], theologian (+ 1910)
• March 12 - Clement Studebaker[?], automobile pioneer
• October 6 - Richard Dedekind, German mathematician.
• October 18 - Frederick III[?], German Emperor
• Emperor Komei of Japan

Deaths

• January 4 - James Monroe, President of the United States
• February 14 - Vincente Guerrero[?], Mexican revolutionary[?] hero
• April 27 - King Charles Felix of Sardinia[?]
• July 4 - James Monroe, 5th president of the United States
• Georg Hegel, German philosopher.
• Carl von Clausewitz, German strategist.