1831
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\n 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
- August 21 - Outbreak of Nat Turner's slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia. Approximately 55 whites stabbed, shot and clubbed to death.
- September 6-8 - Battle of Warsaw - The Russians take the Polish capital and crush resistance.
- October 30 - In Southampton County, Virginia, escaped slave Nat Turner is captured and arrested for leading the bloodiest slave revolt in United States history.
- November 11 - In Jerusalem, Virginia, Nat Turner is hanged after inciting a violent slave uprising.
- December 27 - Charles Darwin embarks on his historic journey aboard the HMS Beagle.
Year in topic
Births
- January 7 - Heinrich von Stephan, organizer of the German postal union and founder of the Universal postal union (d. 1897)
- January 26 - Mary Mapes Dodged, writer (d. 1907)
- March 3 - George Pullman, inventor, industrialist
- March 6 - Friedrich von Bodelschwingh, theologian (d. 1910)
- March 12 - Clement Studebaker, automobile pioneer
- March 20 - Solomon L. Spink, U.S. Congressman from Illinois (d. 1881)
- June 28 - Joseph Joachim, violinist (d. 1907)
- October 6 - Richard Dedekind, German mathematician.
- October 18 - Frederick III, German Emperor
- Emperor Komei of Japan
Deaths
- February 14 - Vincente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero
- February 17 - Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Gluecksburg, founder of the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Gluecksburg.
- April 27 - Charles Felix of Savoy, King of Sardinia
- July 4 - James Monroe, 5th President of the United States
- November 11 - Nat Turner, leader of slave revolt.
- November 14 - Georg Hegel, German philosopher.
- November 16 - Carl von Clausewitz, German strategist.
heads of State
- China - Daoguang Emperor of China, Qing Dynasty (September 2, 1820 to February 25, 1850
- Denmark - Frederick VI, King of Denmark (1808-1839)
- France - Louis-Phillippe, King of the French (August 1, 1830 to February 24, 1848
- Norway - Charles III, King of Norway (1818-1844)
- Ottoman Empire - Mahmud II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1808-1839)
- Prussia - Frederick William III, King of Prussia (1797-1840)
- Russia - Nicholas I, Tsar of Russia (December 26, 1825 to March 2, 1855)
- Spain - Ferdinand VII, King of Spain (1813-1833)
- United States - Andrew Jackson, President of the United States (March 4, 1829 to March 4, 1837)