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Born :12/29/1831Adam Badeau, Bvt Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
Born :12/10/1831Alexander Conze, German archaeologist
Born :04/22/1831Alexander McDowell McCook, Major General (Union volunteers)
Born :04/08/1831Allard Pierson, theology/philosopher/art historian/poet
Born :06/02/1831Benjamin Hardin Helm, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
Born :10/01/1831Claudius Charles Wilson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1863
Born :03/12/1831Clement Studebaker, automobile pioneer
Born :04/12/1831Constantin Meunier, Belgian painter/sculptor
Born :02/03/1831Cyrus Ballou Comstock, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1910
Born :10/31/1831Daniel Butterfield, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1901
Born :05/16/1831David Edward Hughes, inventor (microphone, teleprinter)
Born :03/15/1831Edward Aylesworth Perry, Brig General (Confederate Army)
Born :04/04/1831Edward Cary Walthall, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898
Born :01/18/1831Edward Ferrero, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1899
Born :08/16/1831Edward Payson Chapin, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1863
Born :11/08/1831Edward RL Bulwer-Lytton, English under king of India
Born :05/28/1831Eliza Ann Gardner, underground railway conductor
Born :10/18/1831Frederik III NK van Hohenzollern, German Kaiser/king of Prussia
Born :03/06/1831Friedrich C K von Bodelschwingh, German theologist (Internal Shipment)
Born :04/12/1831George Burgwyn Anderson, Brig General (Confederate Army)
Born :03/03/1831George M Pullman, inventor (railway sleeping car)
Born :04/14/1831Gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer/ambassador in Abyssinia
Born :04/12/1831Grenville Mellen Dodge, Major General (Union volunteers)
Born :10/15/1831Helen Maria Hunt Jackson, author (Ramona)
Born :07/30/1831Helene P Blavatsky, founder (Theosophist Cooperation)
Born :02/23/1831Hendrik W Mesdag, painter (Panorama Knife)
Born :01/28/1831Henry Brevard Davidson, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1899
Born :03/01/1831Hiram Bronson Granbury, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
Born :10/06/1831J W Richard Dedekind, German mathematician (Snede van Dedekind)
Born :11/19/1831James A Garfield, Ohio, (R) 20th Pres (March 4-Sept 19, 1881)
Born :11/19/1831James Abram Garfield, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1881
Born :06/13/1831James Clerk Maxwell, physicist, formulated electromagnetic theory
Born :11/13/1831James Maxwell, Edinburgh Scot, physicist (Treatise on Electricity)
Born :01/11/1831James Ronald Chalmers, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898
Born :06/02/1831Jan G Palm, Cura‡aos choir master/composer
Born :07/09/1831Johan P Van de Kellen, stamp cutter/lithographer/writer
Born :02/13/1831John Aaron Rawlins, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1869
Born :06/01/1831John Bell Hood, Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1879
Born :03/07/1831John Bratton, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1898
Born :01/14/1831John Bullock Clark Jr, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1903
Born :11/21/1831John Franklin Miller, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1886
Born :09/29/1831John McAlister Schofield, Major General (Union volunteers)
Born :02/12/1831John Morrissey, boxer/developer of Saratoga Springs horse race track
Born :06/28/1831Joseph Joachim, Kittsee Germany, violinist (Hungarian Concerto)
Born :12/06/1831Joshua Woodrow Sill, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1862
Born :06/26/1831Julius Rodenberg, [Levy], German writer (Kriegs- u Friedenslieder)
Born :01/02/1831Justin Winston, historian/librarian (Harvard)
Born :12/27/1831Lucius Fairchild, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1896
Born :08/28/1831Lucy Ware Webb Hayes, 1st lady (1877-81)
Born :06/05/1831Marcus Joseph Wright, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1922
Born :01/26/1831Mary Mapes Dodge, NYC, writer (Hans Brinker & the Silver Skates)
Born :06/03/1831Otho French Strahl, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
Born :03/06/1831Philip Henry Sheridan, Albany NY, Major General (Union Army)
Born :01/20/1831Pieter J Joubert, general (South Africa)
Born :10/06/1831Richard Dedekind, mathematician (Nature & Meaning of Numbers)
Born :12/22/1831Robert Ogden Tyler, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1874
Born :09/03/1831States Rights Gist, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
Born :08/19/1831Stephen Gano Burbridge, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
Born :09/07/1831Victorien Sardou, French songwriter (Madame Sans-Gene)
Born :05/13/1831Willem baron of Goltstein of Oldenaller, minister of Cologne
Born :07/14/1831William Dwight, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1888
Born :06/29/1831William Thomas Clark, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1905
Died :04/02/1831Charles Felix, King of Sardina (1821-31), dies at 74
Died :05/13/1831Christian G K”rner, German lawyer, dies at 74
Died :05/26/1831Georg Hermes, German philosopher/theologist (Hermenianen), dies
Died :11/14/1831Ignaz J Pleyel, Austrian composer/piano builder, dies at 74
Died :12/08/1831James Hoban, architect who designed White House, dies
Died :07/04/1831James Monroe, 5th president (1817-25), dies at 73
Died :11/16/1831Karl von Clausewitz, Prussian strategist, dies
Died :10/21/1831Nat Turner, & 19 associates, hanged
Died :11/11/1831Nat Turner, former slave, led a violent insurrection, hanged in VA
Died :03/26/1831Richard Allen, AME Church Bishop, dies at 71
Died :06/08/1831Sarah Kemble Siddons, English actress (Lady Macbeth), dies at 75
Died :02/14/1831Vincente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero dies
Special :12/10/1831"Spirit of the Times" begins publishing (weekly horse racing sheet)
Special :03/19/18311st US bank robbery (City Bank, NY/$245000)
Special :01/03/18311st US building & loan association organized, Frankford, Penn
Special :08/09/18311st US steam engine train run (Albany to Schenectady, NY)
Special :02/19/18311st practical US coal-burning locomotive makes 1st trial run, Penn
Special :06/06/18312nd national black convention (Phila)
Special :08/08/1831Battle of Hasselt - Dutch army drives out Belgian Army
Special :02/07/1831Belgium adopts it's Constitution
Special :07/21/1831Belgium gains independence from Netherland, Leopold I made king
Special :12/27/1831Darwin begins his voyage on board HMS Beagle
Special :04/07/1831Dom Pedro abdicates to son, Dom Pedro II crowned emperor of Brazil
Special :03/06/1831Edgar Allen Poe removed from West Point milt academy
Special :12/01/1831Erie Canal closes for entire month due to cold weather
Special :12/05/1831Former Pres John Q Adams takes his seat as member of House of Reps
Special :08/10/1831Former slave Nat Turner led violent insurrection against slavery
Special :11/11/1831Hanging of Nat Turner, leader of Southampton VA Slave Revolt
Special :08/10/1831Hurricane hits Barbados; about 1,500 die
Special :03/02/1831John Frazee becomes 1st US sculptor to receive a federal commission
Special :06/04/1831Leopold, Duke of Kendal, proclaimed 1st king of Belgium
Special :01/02/1831Liberator, abolitionist newspaper, begins publishing in Boston
Special :08/01/1831London Bridge opens
Special :08/13/1831Nat Turner leads uprising of slaves in Virginia
Special :08/21/1831Nat Turner slave revolt kills 55 (Southampton County, Virginia)
Special :12/26/1831Opera "Norma" is produced (Milan)
Special :11/22/1831Opera "Robert Le Diable" is produced (Paris)
Special :02/20/1831Polish revolutionaries defeat Russians in battle of Growchow
Special :03/31/1831Qu‚bec & Montr‚al incorporated
Special :04/09/1831Robert Jenkins loses an ear, starts war between Britain & Spain
Special :08/21/1831Slave uprising in Virginia (Nat Turner)
Special :03/06/1831The opera "La Sonnambula" is produced (Milan)
Special :01/01/1831William Lloyd Garrison publishes 1st issue of abolitionist journal

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