What happened in 1831?

First Egyptian-Ottoman War

Wars & Conflicts · Ottoman Syria

1831–1833 war between the Ottoman Empire and the State of Egypt

Battle of Ostrołęka

Wars & Conflicts · Ostrołęka

1831 during Poland's November Uprising

Battle of Olszynka Grochowska

Wars & Conflicts · Warsaw

1831 battle

Siamese–Vietnamese War of 1831-1834

Wars & Conflicts · Cambodia

Part of the Siamese-Vietnamese Wars

Battle of Warsaw

Wars & Conflicts · Warsaw

Fought in September 1831 between Imperial Russia and Poland

Battle of Hasselt

Wars & Conflicts · Hasselt

Dutch victory over the Belgian independentists (1831)

Battle of Leuven

Wars & Conflicts · Leuven

1831

Battle of Dębe Wielkie

Wars & Conflicts

1831 battle of the Polish November Uprising

First Battle of Wawer

Wars & Conflicts · Wawer

1831 battle

Battle of Stoczek

Wars & Conflicts · Stoczek Łukowski

1831 battle of the Polish November Uprising

Battle of Iganie

Wars & Conflicts · Siedlce

1831 battle of the Polish November Uprising

Battle of Balakot

Wars & Conflicts

Military conflict in Pakistan in 1831

Battle of La Ciudadela

Wars & Conflicts · Tucumán Province

1831 battle

Siege of Amedi

Wars & Conflicts · Amedi

1831 siege

Battle of Nowa Wieś

Wars & Conflicts · Nowa Wieś

1831 battle

Battle of Rajgród

Wars & Conflicts · Rajgród

1831 battle

Battle of Białołęka

Wars & Conflicts · Warsaw

1831 battle

Ponary Battle

Wars & Conflicts · Aukštieji Paneriai

1830 battle

Battle of Międzyrzec Podlaski

Wars & Conflicts · Międzyrzec Podlaski

1831 battle of the November Uprising

Battle of Cahuenga Pass

Wars & Conflicts · Cahuenga Pass

Part of California history (1831)

Battle of Rodeo de Chacón

Wars & Conflicts · Las Catitas

1831 battle

Battle of Atly-Boyun

Wars & Conflicts · Atly-Boyun

1831 battle

San Sabá fight (1831)

Wars & Conflicts · Mission Santa Cruz de San Sabá

Part of the Texas–Indian wars in 1831

Naning War

Wars & Conflicts · Naning

19th century conflict

Battle of Poryck

Wars & Conflicts

Battle of the Polish November Uprising

Battle of Houthalen

Wars & Conflicts · Houthalen

1831 battle of the Ten Days' Campaign

Bosnian Battle of Kosovo

Wars & Conflicts · Kosovo Field

1831 battle

Massacre of Salsipuedes

Wars & Conflicts · Q8205041

1831 genocidal massacre

Battle of the Tagus

Wars & Conflicts · Tagus River

1831 naval engagement between France and Portugal

Battle of Dashav

Wars & Conflicts · Dashiv

1831 battle

2nd Battle of Boremlem

Wars & Conflicts · Boremel

1831 battle

Ten Days' Campaign

Wars & Conflicts · Flanders

1831 Belgium-Netherlands conflict

Baptist War

Wars & Conflicts · Montego Bay

Slave revolt in Jamaica, 1831–1832

Nat Turner's slave rebellion

Wars & Conflicts

Slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia, during August 1831

Federal pact

Politics & Government · Santa Fe

1831 treaty of Argentina

Treaty of Washington

Politics & Government · Washington, D.C.

1831 treaty between the United States and representatives of the Menominee

Napoleon Louis Bonaparte died

People · Forlì

Middle son of Louis I of Holland and Hortense de Beauharnais (1804–1831)

Sophie Germain died

People · rue de Savoie

French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (1776-1831)

Vasily Golovnin died

People · Saint Petersburg

Russian explorer

Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz died

People · Tartu

Baltic German physician, naturalist and explorer (1793-1831)

Jedediah Smith died

People · Wagon Bed Spring

American explorer (1799–1831)

Agathangelos of Constantinople died

People · Edirne

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars died

People · Paris

French botanist (1758-1831)

Thomas Johann Seebeck died

People · Berlin

Baltic German physicist (1770-1831)

Jean-Louis Pons died

People · Florence

French astronomer

Henry Foster died

People · Chagres River

Royal Navy officer and scientist

Gavril Sarychev died

People · Saint Petersburg

Russian admiral

Friedrich Sellow died

People · Doce River

Died in Doce River. German gardener, botanist and naturalist (1789-1831).

Wacław Seweryn Rzewuski died

People · Dashiv

Polish poet and explorer (1784-1831)

Charles Fraser died

People · New South Wales

British botanist and explorer (1788–1831)

Henry Hacking died

People · Hobart

English-born Australian seaman and explorer (1750-1831)

Henry Maudslay died

People · London Borough of Lambeth

British engineer

Johannes Baptista von Albertini died

People · Berthelsdorf

Bishop of the Moravian Church, composer, botanist and mycologist (1769-1831)

Samuel L. Mitchill died

People · New York City

American politician (1764-1831)

Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger died

People · Tübingen

German astronomer (1765-1831)

Christian Ehrenfried Weigel died

People · Greifswald

German scientist (1748-1831)

John Blenkinsop died

People · Leeds

British engineer

William Symington died

People · London

British engineer

Archibald Cochrane, 9th Earl of Dundonald died

People · Paris

British nobleman and inventor

Samuel Bentham died

People · London

British mechanical engineer and naval architect

Carlo Luigi Giuseppe Bertero died

People · Pacific Ocean

Sardinian botanist and physicist (1789-1831)

Ernst Gottfried Fischer died

People · Berlin

German chemist (1754-1831)

Christian Carl Andre died

People · Stuttgart

19th century natural scientist and pioneer in the study of heredity

Jacques-Noël Sané died

People · Paris

French naval engineer (1740–1831)

Giuseppe Pietro Bagetti died

People · Turin

Italian engineer and painter (1764-1831)

Johann Christian Ludwig Hellwig died

People · Brunswick

German entomologist (1743-1831)

Gonzalo O'Farrill y Herrera died

People · Paris

Spanish politician

Durs Egg died

People · London

Swiss-born British gunmaker

Paul Moody died

People · Lowell

American inventor (1779-1831)

William Trail died

People · Bath

British mathematician and clergyman (1746–1831)

Johann Heinrich Westphal died

People · Sicily

German astronomer

Louis Bruyère died

People · Paris

French corps of bridges, waters and forests and engineer

Fearon Fallows died

People · Simon's Town

British astronomer

François-Jean Bralle died

People · Paris

French architect and engineer

Jean Nicolas Fortin died

People · Mouchy-la-ville / Commune de Heilles

French maker of scientific instruments

Robert Dunkin died

People · Penzance

Businessman

William Jones died

People · Brighton

English maker of optical and other scientific instruments

Georg Scholl died

People · Vienna

Botanist (1751-1831)

Isaac Smith died

People · Merton

British Royal Navy officer (1752-1831)

John Hayes died

People · Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Commodore of Bombay Marine and explorer for the British East India Company

Collet Barker died

People · Coorong National Park

Australian explorer

José María Verdugo died

People · San Gabriel

Explorer and soldier from the Presidio of San Diego

Rodolphe Kreutzer died

People · Geneva

French violinist, conductor, composer (1766-1831)

Sébastien Érard died

People · Château de la Muette

French instrument maker & art collector (1752-1831)

Joseph Lange died

People · Vienna

Austrian actor and artist (1751-1831)

Agnieszka Truskolaska died

People · Warsaw

Polish opera singer

Joseph Schnabel died

People · Wrocław

German composer, church musician and choir director (1767–1831)

Robert William Elliston died

People · London

British actor (1774-1831)

Catharine Frydendahl died

People · Copenhagen

Danish singer

Nathaniel Gow died

People · Edinburgh

Scottish musician

Johann Gottfried Bergmann died

People · Dresden

Court actor and operatic tenor (1795-1831)

Barbara Sierakowska died

People · Lublin

Polish stage actor and opera singer

Jane Powell died

People · London

English actress

Julia Mierzynska died

People · Warsaw

Polish ballet dancer, choreographer, actor (1801 – 1831)

Thomas Shaftoe Robertson died

People · Alford

19th-century actor

James A. Garfield born

People · Moreland Hills

Born in Moreland Hills. President of the United States in 1881.

Richard Dedekind born

People · Brunswick

Born in Brunswick. German mathematician (1831–1916).

Helena Blavatsky born

People · Dnipro

Born in Dnipro. Russian occult writer (1831-1891).

Frederick III, German Emperor born

People · New Palace

Born in New Palace. As King of Prussia German Emperor (1831–1888).

Naser al-Din Shah Qajar born

People · Tabriz

Born in Tabriz. Shah of Qajar Iran from 1848 to 1896.

Nikolai Leskov born

People

Born. Russian writer (1831–1895).

Johann Martin Schleyer born

People · Oberlauda

Born in Oberlauda. German Catholic priest (1831–1912).

Philip Sheridan born

People · Albany

Born in Albany. United States Army general (1831-1888).

Mary Mapes Dodge born

People · New York City

Born in New York City. American children's writer (1831-1905).

Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia born

People · Tsarskoye Selo

Born in Tsarskoye Selo. Russian grand duke (1831-1891); third son and sixth child of Nicholas I of Russia and Charlotte of Prussia.

Konstantin Leontiev born

People · Kudinovo

Born in Kudinovo. Russian philosopher (1831-1891).

Ippolito Nievo born

People · Padua

Born in Padua. Italian writer, journalist and patriot (1831-1861).

Jovan Ristić born

People · Kragujevac

Born in Kragujevac. Prime Minister of Serbia (1831-1899).

John Bell Hood born

People · Owingsville

Born in Owingsville. Confederate general (1831–1879).

Arsenio Martínez-Campos y Antón born

People · Segovia

Born in Segovia. Spanish general and politician (1831-1900).

John Schofield born

People · Gerry

Born in Gerry. United States Army Medal of Honor recipient and Union Army general (1831–1906).

Emperor Kōmei born

People · Kyoto

Born in Kyoto. Emperor of Japan from 1846 to 1867.

Xianfeng Emperor born

People · Old Summer Palace

Born in Old Summer Palace. The ninth emperor (and the seventh after defeating Ming) of the Qing Dynasty (1831-1861).

Cheoljong of Joseon born

People · Hanseongbu

Born in Hanseongbu. King of Joseon Dynasty in Korean history (1831-1864).

Alexander Rudnay died

People · Esztergom

Died in Esztergom. Slovak cardinal and roman catholic archbishop (1760–1831).

Gülistü Kadin born

People · Sokhumi

Born in Sokhumi. A consort of Sultan Abdulmejid I (1831–1861).

Wesleyan University

Science & Technology

Private liberal arts college in Middletown, Connecticut, United States

Second voyage of HMS Beagle

Science & Technology · New Zealand

Exploration associated with the theory of evolution (1831-1836)

University of Namur

Science & Technology

Belgian university

Higher University of San Andrés

Science & Technology

University in La Paz, Bolivia

Cambridge University Botanic Garden

Science & Technology

Botanical garden located in Cambridge, England and associated with Cambridge University

University of New England

Science & Technology

Private, coeducational university in Maine, USA

Kings County Hospital Center

Science & Technology

Hospital in Brooklyn, New York City, United States

Krasnopresnenskaja Observatory MSU

Science & Technology

Astronomical observatory, building complex, architectural landmark in Presnensky District, Russia

New York University

Science & Technology

Private university in New York City

University of Alabama

Science & Technology

Public university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States

Leibniz University Hannover

Science & Technology

Public university located in Hannover, Germany

Xavier University

Science & Technology

Jesuit university located in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Royal United Services Institute

Science & Technology

British defence and security think tank

Leeds School of Medicine

Science & Technology · Leeds

Medical school at the University of Leeds

Akademischer Forstgarten Gießen

Science & Technology

Botanical garden

North Magnetic Pole

Exploration & Discovery

Point in the Arctic at which Earth's magnetic field points vertically downwards, at 86°N 175°E in the Arctic Ocean as of 2019

Raraka

Exploration & Discovery

Island in French Polynesia

French Expedition to Béjaia

Exploration & Discovery · Béjaïa

Ashkenazi Synagogue of Istanbul

Religion & Belief Systems

Synagogue in Istanbul, Turkey

1830–31 conclave

Religion & Belief Systems

Election of Pope Gregory XVI

Westvleteren Abbey

Religion & Belief Systems · Westvleteren

Monastery in Westvleteren, Belgium

Haxhi Kasëm Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Cultural heritage monument of Kosovo

Church of the Dormition in Leżajsk

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Leżajsk, Poland

Church of the Dormition of the Theotokos

Religion & Belief Systems

Temple in Bogoroditsk, Russia

Madonna del Carmelo

Religion & Belief Systems · Tarsogno

Church building in Tornolo, Italy

Saint Mary's Catholic Church

Religion & Belief Systems · Erzene

Church building in Bornova, İzmir, Turkey

Rizong Monastery

Religion & Belief Systems

Building in India

Church of the apostles Saint Peter and Saint Paul

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Šabac, Serbia

Inmaculada Concepción Church

Religion & Belief Systems · Vega Alta barrio-pueblo

Historic church in Vega Alta, Puerto Rico

Temple protestant de Bourges

Religion & Belief Systems

Meeting house located in Cher, in France

temple de Quissac (Gard)

Religion & Belief Systems

Church located in Gard, in France

Village church Hohenferchesar

Religion & Belief Systems · Hohenferchesar

Church building in Potsdam-Mittelmark district, Brandenburg state, Germany

Congregational-Presbyterian Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Ohio, United States of America

Edisto Island Presbyterian Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in South Carolina, United States of America

Lowville Presbyterian Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in New York, United States of America

Christ Church Glendower

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Virginia, United States of America

First Presbyterian Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church in Preble, New York

Hopewell Presbyterian Church

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in New York, United States of America

Old Congregational Church

Religion & Belief Systems

historic church building in Scituate, Rhode Island

Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Réconciliation de Lille

Religion & Belief Systems

Chapel located in Nord, in France

Rectory

Religion & Belief Systems

Church residential building in Grandval in the canton of Bern, Switzerland

Assicurazioni Generali

Economy & Trade · Trieste

Italian insurance company

Harvey Nichols

Economy & Trade · London

British department store chain with a flagship store in Knightsbridge, London

Wilhelm Heckel GmbH

Economy & Trade · Wiesbaden

German woodwind musical instrument manufacturer

Young's

Economy & Trade · Wandsworth

British pub chain

Rizzani de Eccher

Economy & Trade · Pozzuolo del Friuli

Italian construction company

Gorham Manufacturing Company

Economy & Trade · Reservoir Triangle

American silver manufactory, founded 1831

Martins Bank

Economy & Trade · Liverpool

A London former private bank

Hinkley Locomotive Works

Economy & Trade · Boston

Amoskeag Company

Economy & Trade · Boston

Aegon UK

Economy & Trade · Edinburgh

Pensions and life assurance company

New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Land Company

Economy & Trade · New Brunswick

Fattorini and Sons

Economy & Trade · Leeds

British jeweller

Scottish Equitable

Economy & Trade · Edinburgh

UK business

Belgian Revolution

Social Movements & Revolutions · Southern Netherlands

Conflict which led to the secession of the southern provinces from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and the establishment of an independent Kingdom of Belgium

1831 Bristol riots

Social Movements & Revolutions · Bristol

Part of the 1831 reform riots in England

Merthyr Rising

Social Movements & Revolutions · Merthyr Tydfil

Violent labor protest in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales

Bosnian uprising

Social Movements & Revolutions · Bosnia eyalet

1831–1833 revolt by Bosnian nobles against the Ottoman Empire

Church of Stephen I of Hungary

Architecture & Engineering

Roman Catholic parish church and national cultural monument in the town of Piešťany, Piešťany district, Slovakia

Hen Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Møre og Romsdal, Norway

Lårdal Church

Architecture & Engineering · Lårdal

Church in Tokke, Norway

Demidoff Chapel of San Donato

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Florence, Italy

St Mary's Church, Hampton

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Hampton, London

St Thomas' Church, Pendleton

Architecture & Engineering · Pendleton

Grade II listed church in Pendleton, Salford, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom

Claridon Congregational Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Ohio, United States of America

King's College London Chapel

Architecture & Engineering

Chapel in City of Westminster, London, UK

Reformed Dutch Church of Blawenburg

Architecture & Engineering · Blawenburg

Church building in New Jersey, United States of America

St. Patrick's Church

Architecture & Engineering · Vieux-Québec–Cap-Blanc–colline Parlementaire

Only English-speaking parish in the Archdiocese of Quebec

Church of St Michael

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Highgate, London

Christ Church, Warminster

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Warminster, England, Wiltshire, England, UK

Fort de Montessuy

Architecture & Engineering

Duke of York Column

Architecture & Engineering

Monument in London

Carolina obelisk

Architecture & Engineering · Cluj-Napoca

Heritage site in Cluj County, Romania

Surp Hreshdagabet Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Ayvansaray, Turkey

Dutch Reformed Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Saint Petersburg, Russia

Saints Peter and Paul church at the country palace of count Shuvalov

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Russia

Church of the Assumption in Kerch

Architecture & Engineering · Kerch

Church building in Kerch, Crimea

Holy Trinity Church in Polya

Architecture & Engineering

Brunicki palace, Zalishchyky

Architecture & Engineering

St. Nicholas Old Believers Church

Architecture & Engineering

Museo Romántico of Montevideo

Architecture & Engineering · Q1007576

Cultural heritage monument of Uruguay

Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in New York, United States of America

West Haven Baptist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in West Haven, United States of America

Armstrong Chapel United Methodist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Ohio, United States of America

Clarksville Methodist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Tennessee, United States of America

Union Chapel

Architecture & Engineering

historic church in Maryland, United States

Opéra Nouvel

Sports & Entertainment

Opera house in Lyon, France

Divadlo Jána Palárika

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre building in Trnava, Slovakia

Gran Colombia dissolved

Empires & Countries · Bogotá

Gran Colombia ceased to exist, having been centered at Bogotá.

United Provinces of the Río de la Plata dissolved

Empires & Countries · Buenos Aires

United Provinces of the Río de la Plata ceased to exist, having been centered at Buenos Aires.

Republic of New Granada founded

Empires & Countries · Bogotá

Republic of New Granada was founded, with its capital at Bogotá.

Italian United Provinces founded

Empires & Countries · Bologna

Italian United Provinces was founded, with its capital at Bologna.

Italian United Provinces dissolved

Empires & Countries · Bologna

Italian United Provinces ceased to exist, having been centered at Bologna.

Sonora founded

Empires & Countries · Hermosillo

Sonora was founded, with its capital at Hermosillo.

Sinaloa founded

Empires & Countries · Culiacán

Sinaloa was founded, with its capital at Culiacán.