What happened in 1931?

Red River Bridge War

Wars & Conflicts

1931 boundary conflict between the U.S. states of Oklahoma and Texas

Battle of Shuangqiaozhen

Wars & Conflicts · Xinyang

Mukden incident

Wars & Conflicts · Shenyang

Dynamite explosion on railway line near Mukden (Shenyang) in 1931

Pacification of Manchukuo

Wars & Conflicts · Manchukuo

Campaign led by the Imperial Japanese Army to pacify resistance to the puppet state of Manchukuo

Jiangqiao campaign

Wars & Conflicts · Heilongjiang

1931 military campaign

Jinzhou Operation

Wars & Conflicts · Liaoning

1931 military operation

1931 Saudi–Yemeni border skirmish

Wars & Conflicts

Second Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet

Wars & Conflicts · Jiangxi

1931 military campaign during the Chinese Civil War

Third Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet

Wars & Conflicts · Jiangxi

1931 military campaign during the Chinese Civil War

Chilean naval mutiny of 1931

Politics & Government · Chile

1931 revolt by sailors of the Chilean Navy

1931 Dutch East Indies Volksraad election

Politics & Government · Dutch East Indies

Agreement for the Control of Opium Smoking in the Far East

Politics & Government · Bangkok

1931 drug control treaty

Stennes Revolt

Politics & Government · Berlin

Revolt within the Nazi Party in 1930-1931

Hussein bin Ali died

People · Amman

Died in Amman. Sharif and Emir of Mecca, then King of Hejaz and Sharifian Caliph (1854–1931).

Thomas Edison died

People · West Orange

American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)

Albert Abraham Michelson died

People · Pasadena

American physicist (1852–1931)

Gustave Le Bon died

People · Paris

French psychologist (1841-1931)

Otto Wallach died

People · Göttingen

German chemist (1847–1931)

Elsa Laula Renberg died

People · Brønnøy Municipality

Sami activist (1877–1931)

Prempeh I died

People · Kumasi

Ashanti king (1870-1931)

Herbert J. Davenport died

People · New York City

American economist (1861–1931)

Alfred Maudslay died

People · Hereford

British explorer and scholar (1850–1931)

Haim Bejarano died

People · Istanbul

Sephardic rabbi (d. 1931)

Louise McKinney died

People · Claresholm

Canadian politician (1868-1931)

Antonieta Rivas Mercado died

People · Paris

Feminist, writer and patron of arts (1900–1931)

F. W. Murnau died

People · Santa Barbara

German film director (1888–1931)

Nellie Melba died

People · Sydney

Australian opera singer (1861–1931)

Eugène Ysaÿe died

People · Brussels

Belgian violinist, composer and conductor

Bix Beiderbecke died

People · Long Island

American jazz musician (1903-1931)

Moussa Molo died

People · The Gambia

Last king of the Fuladu kingdom

Charles Algernon Parsons died

People · Kingston Harbour

Inventor of the steam turbine (1854-1931)

Martinus Wilhelm Beijerinck died

People · Gorssel

Dutch microbiologist (1851–1931)

Curt von François died

People · Königs Wusterhausen

German cartographer and commissioner of German Southwest Africa, founder of Windhoek (1852-1931)

Rudolf Marloth died

People · Caledon

South African botanist, pharmacist and chemist (1855-1931)

Kate Marsden died

People · Springfield Hospital

British nurse (1859–1931)

Spencer Le Marchant Moore died

People · Hampstead

British botanist (1850-1931)

Zakaria Chichinadze died

People · Tbilisi

Georgian literary critic, historian, and publisher (1854–1931)

Charles William Rawson Royds died

People · Hammersmith

Royal Navy admiral

Knud Holmboe died

People · Aqaba

Danish journalist (1902-1931)

Herman Frederik Carel ten Kate died

People · Carthage

Dutch physician, anthropologist, ethnologist, scientific explorer and zoologist (1858–1931)

John Guille Millais died

People · Horsham

English artist, naturalist, gardener, travel writer (1865–1931)

John Lawson Stoddard died

People · Merano

American writer (1850–1931)

Gunther Plüschow died

People · Tierra del Fuego

German explorer (1886-1931)

George Collingridge died

People · Jerusalem

Australian writer and artist

Theodor Lerner died

People · Frankfurt

German journalist and explorer (1866-1931)

Louis Hermann Pammel died

People · Washington, D.C.

American botanist (1862-1931)

St. George Littledale died

People · Bracknell

English explorer and big game hunter (1851-1931)

Anna Garlin Spencer died

People · Attleboro

American activist

Edith Searle Grossmann died

People · Auckland

New Zealand teacher, novelist, journalist and feminist (1863-1931)

Alice Schiavoni Bosio died

People · Rome

Italian suffragette, editor (1871-1931)

Jindřiška Flajšhansová died

People · Prague

Czech editor, disability and women's rights activist

Katharine Pratt Horton died

People · Buffalo

American activist

Thomas Lipton died

People · London

British tea merchant and yacht racer (1848-1931)

André Michelin died

People · 17th arrondissement of Paris

French engineer and industrialist; co-founder (with his brother) of the Michelin Tyre Company

John Monash died

People · Melbourne

Australian general (1865–1931)

Dmitri Egorov died

People · Kazan

Russian mathematician (1869–1931)

Jacques Herbrand died

People · Saint-Christophe-en-Oisans

French mathematician (1908–1931)

Ladislaus Bortkiewicz died

People · Berlin

Russian economist and statistician (1868–1931)

Frank W. Clarke died

People · Washington, D.C.

American geochemist (1847 -1931)

Emil Warburg died

People · Bayreuth

German physicist (1846-1931)

Edward Goodrich Acheson died

People · New York City

American chemist (1856–1931)

Charlotte Scott died

People · Cambridge

English mathematician (1858–1931)

William Frederick Denning died

People · Bristol

British amateur astronomer (1848-1931)

Solon Irving Bailey died

People · Boston

American astronomer (1854–1931)

Hanns Hörbiger died

People · Liesing

Austrian inventor and scientist (1860-1931)

Mammad Hasan Hajinski died

People · Tbilisi

Azerbaijan politician (1875–1931)

Oskar Minkowski died

People · Fürstenberg/Havel

German physician (1858-1931)

Kálmán Kandó died

People · Budapest

Hungarian engineer and inventor of phase converter (1869–1931)

Cesare Burali-Forti died

People · Turin

Mathematician and logic from Italy

Alexandre Darracq died

People · Monte Carlo

French automobile manufacturer (1855–1931)

Isaac Newton Lewis died

People · Hoboken

American soldier and inventor of the Lewis gun (1858–1931)

Lidiya Tseraskaya died

People · Moscow

Russian astronomer (1855–1931)

Hermann Anschütz-Kaempfe died

People · Munich

German scientist and inventor (1872-1931)

Sigurd Savonius died

People · Hämeenlinna

Finnish inventor

Zygmunt Puławski died

People · Warsaw

Polish aerospace engineer

Pietro Maffi died

People · Pisa

Catholic cardinal (1858–1931)

Johannes Reinke died

People · Preetz

German botanist (1849-1931)

Emánuel Moór died

People · Chardonne

Hungarian musician (1863-1931)

Wilhelm Exner died

People · Vienna

Austrian engineer (1840-1931)

Yury Nikolaevitch Voronov died

People · Saint Petersburg

Russian botanist (1874-1931)

Kārlis Balodis died

People · Riga

Economist and Member of the Parliament of Latvia (1864-1931)

Ivan Kondakov died

People · Elva

Russian chemist (1857–1931)

Wilhelm Haarmann died

People · Höxter

German chemist (1847-1931)

Eugène Cosserat died

People · Toulouse

French astronomer and mathematician (1866–1931)

Harrington Emerson died

People · New York City

American efficiency engineer and business theorist (1853–1931)

Theodor Bergmann died

People · Gaggenau

German businessman (1850–1931)

Henry Morshead died

People · Pyin Oo Lwin

English surveyor, explorer and mountaineer

Emil Trinkler died

People · Bremen

German geographer (1896-1931)

Antônio Luís von Hoonholtz died

People · Itaguaí

Brazilian politician

Claude Ewing Rusk died

People · Grants Pass

American mountaineer and lawyer

Lewis Hubert Lasseter died

People · Australia

Australian gold prospector

Christian Klengenberg died

People · Vancouver

Danish whaler, trapper, and trader (1869-1931)

James Heyward Blackwell died

People · Richmond

American educator and businessman (1864–1931)

Franz Schalk died

People · Reichenau an der Rax

Austrian composer (1863–1931)

David Belasco died

People · New York City

American theatrical producer, impresario, director and playwright (1853-1931)

Lupu Pick died

People · Berlin

Actor, film director (1886–1931)

Alma Rubens died

People · Los Angeles

American actress (1897-1931)

Charles Clary died

People · Los Angeles

Actor (1873-1931)

Mikhail Gorbachev born

People · Privolnoye

Born in Privolnoye. Leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991 (1931–2022).

Boris Yeltsin born

People · Butka

Born in Butka. Soviet and Russian politician, 1st President of Russia (1931–2007).

Toni Morrison born

People · Lorain

Born in Lorain. African American novelist, essayist, and academic (1931–2019).

Alice Munro born

People · Wingham

Born in Wingham. Canadian writer (1931–2024).

Raúl Castro born

People · Birán

Born in Birán. Former First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba.

Tomas Tranströmer born

People · Stockholm

Born in Stockholm. Swedish poet, psychologist and translator (1931-2015).

Osho born

People · Udaipura

Born in Udaipura. Indian guru and leader of the Rajneesh movement (1931–1990).

Robert Duvall born

People · San Diego

Born in San Diego. American actor and director (1931–2026).

Roger Penrose born

People · Colchester

Born in Colchester. English mathematical physicist, recreational mathematician and philosopher.

Leonard Nimoy born

People · West End

Born in West End. American actor (1931–2015).

John le Carré born

People · Poole

Born in Poole. British novelist and spy (1931–2020).

William Shatner born

People · Notre-Dame-de-Grâce

Born in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. Canadian actor (born 1931).

Johannes Rau born

People · Wuppertal

Born in Wuppertal. German politician (SPD), 8th president of Germany from 1999 until 2004 (1931–2006).

Isabel Martínez de Perón born

People · La Rioja

Born in La Rioja. First female president of Argentina from 1974 to 1976.

Nawal El Saadawi born

People · Kafr Tahla

Born in Kafr Tahla. Egyptian feminist writer (1931–2021).

Chun Doo-hwan born

People · Hapcheon County

Born in Hapcheon County. 11th and 12th President of the Republic of Korea (1931~2021).

Mwai Kibaki born

People · Gatuyaini

Born in Gatuyaini. 3rd President of Kenya (1931–2022).

Fernando Henrique Cardoso born

People · Rio de Janeiro

Born in Rio de Janeiro. President of Brazil from 1995 to 2003.

Adolfo Pérez Esquivel born

People · Buenos Aires

Born in Buenos Aires. Argentine activist, architect and sculptor.

Larry Hagman born

People · Fort Worth

Born in Fort Worth. American actor (1931–2012).

Thomas Bernhard born

People · Heerlen

Born in Heerlen. Austrian playwright and novelist (1931–1989).

Chinmoy Kumar Ghose born

People · Chattogram District

Born in Chattogram District. Indian writer and spiritual teacher (1931–2007).

Viktor Korchnoi born

People · Saint Petersburg

Born in Saint Petersburg. Soviet-Swiss chess grandmaster.

Guy Debord born

People · Paris

Born in Paris. French Marxist theorist, writer, filmmaker (1931–1994).

Lamberto Dini born

People · Florence

Born in Florence. Italian economist, politician.

Carroll Baker born

People · Johnstown

Born in Johnstown. American actress (born 1931).

Richard Rorty born

People · New York City

Born in New York City. American philosopher (1931–2007).

V. P. Singh born

People · Prayagraj

Born in Prayagraj. Prime Minister of India (1989-1990).

Toshiki Kaifu born

People · Nagoya

Born in Nagoya. Japanese politician (1931-2022).

Alfred Brendel born

People · Loučná nad Desnou

Born in Loučná nad Desnou. Austrian composer and pianist (1931–2025).

Jack Swigert born

People · Denver

Born in Denver. NASA Astronaut, Pilot (1931-1982).

Aldo Rossi born

People · Milan

Born in Milan. Italian architect (1931-1997).

Ronald Dworkin born

People · Worcester

Born in Worcester. American legal philosopher (1931-2013).

Charles Taylor born

People · Montreal

Born in Montreal. Canadian philosopher (born 1931).

Pierre Nora born

People · 8th arrondissement of Paris

Born in 8th arrondissement of Paris. French historian and publisher (1931–2025).

Anthony de Mello born

People · Mumbai

Born in Mumbai. Indian writer (1931-1987).

Juan Goytisolo born

People · Barcelona

Born in Barcelona. Spanish writer (1931-2017).

Ivan Klíma born

People · Prague

Born in Prague. Czech playwright, author, publicist, and university educator (1931–2025).

Daniel Ellsberg born

People · Chicago

Born in Chicago. American whistleblower (1931–2023).

John Gavin born

People · Los Angeles

Born in Los Angeles. American film actor and former Ambassador to Mexico (1931–2018).

Donald Barthelme born

People · Philadelphia

Born in Philadelphia. American writer, editor, and professor (1931–1989).

Paavo Haavikko born

People · Helsinki

Born in Helsinki. Finnish poet and writer (1931–2008).

Dritëro Agolli born

People · Devoll District

Born in Devoll District. Albanian poet, writer, and politician (1931–2017).

Colin Wilson born

People · Leicester

Born in Leicester. British writer and philosopher (1931–2013).

Claude Piron born

People · Namur

Born in Namur. Swiss translator and Esperantist (1931-2008).

Seyni Kountché born

People · Fandou Béri

Born in Fandou Béri. Nigerien President (1931-1987).

Alfred Schmidt born

People · Berlin

Born in Berlin. German philosopher and social scientist (1931-2012).

Mukaghali Makatayev born

People · Karasaz

Born in Karasaz. Kazakhstani poet (1931–1976).

Flora Nwapa born

People · Oguta

Born in Oguta. Nigerian writer.

Emma Andiyevska born

People · Donetsk

Born in Donetsk. Ukrainian poet, writer and painter (born 1931).

Romila Thapar born

People · Lucknow

Born in Lucknow. Indian historian (born 1931).

Ram Dass born

People · Boston

Born in Boston. American spiritual teacher, author and psychologist.

Yulian Semyonov born

People · Moscow

Born in Moscow. Soviet writer (1931–1993).

Kiki Dimoulà born

People · Athens

Born in Athens. Greek poet (1931-2020).

Vizma Belševica born

People · Riga

Born in Riga. Latvian writer (1931-2005).

Ignatius Kutu Acheampong born

People · Kumasi

Born in Kumasi. Soldier and former military head of state of Ghana (1931-1979).

Vance D. Brand born

People · Longmont

Born in Longmont. Test pilot and NASA astronaut.

Riane Eisler born

People · Vienna

Born in Vienna. Austrian-American sociologist.

Linda Nochlin born

People · Brooklyn

Born in Brooklyn. American art historian (1931–2017).

Richard Ratsimandrava born

People · Antananarivo

Born in Antananarivo. Malagasy politician (1931-1975).

Robert Enrico born

People · Liévin

Born in Liévin. French film director and screenwriter (1931-2001).

John Norman born

People · Chicago

Born in Chicago. Philosophy professor, author of Gor novel series.

Dominique Lapierre born

People · Châtelaillon-Plage

Born in Châtelaillon-Plage. French writer (1931–2022).

Charles Bassett born

People · Dayton

Born in Dayton. United States Air Force test pilot and astronaut (1931–1966).

Gabriel de Broglie born

People · Versailles

Born in Versailles. French essayist and official (1931–2025).

Irfan Habib born

People · Vadodara

Born in Vadodara. Indian Marxist historian.

Paolo Portoghesi born

People · Rome

Born in Rome. Italian architect (1931-2023).

Hugh Thomas born

People · Windsor

Born in Windsor. British historian (1931-2017).

Pete Stark born

People · Milwaukee

Born in Milwaukee. American politician (1931-2020).

Alfred W. Crosby born

People · Boston

Born in Boston. Historian, author, and professor (1931-2018).

Armand Fallières died

People · Lannes

Died in Lannes. 9th president of France (1841–1931).

Alfred Percival Maudslay died

People · Hereford

Died in Hereford. British explorer and scholar (1850–1931).

Julio César Trujillo born

People · Ibarra

Born in Ibarra. Ecuadorian politician.

University of Osaka

Science & Technology

Higher education institution in Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Kabul University

Science & Technology

University in Afghanistan

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Science & Technology

United States national laboratory located near Berkeley, California

National Botanical Garden of Israel

Science & Technology · Mount Scopus

Botanical garden located on Mount Scopus

Dagestan State University

Science & Technology

Public university in Makhachkala, Republic of Dagestan, Russia

Montreal Botanical Garden

Science & Technology

Botanical garden in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Indian Statistical Institute

Science & Technology · Baranagar

Research institute in India

Udmurt State University

Science & Technology · Izhevsk

University

Tashkent State University of Economics

Science & Technology

Major university in Uzbekistan

Sternberg Astronomical Institute

Science & Technology

Research institute in Moscow, Russia

Jardin Exotique de Monaco

Science & Technology

Botanical garden in Monaco

Crimea State Medical University named after S. I. Georgievsky

Science & Technology

Ukrainian medical college

University of Tampa

Science & Technology

University in Florida, USA

Myrat Garryyev State Medical University of Turkmenistan

Science & Technology

Turkmen medical university

University of Louisiana at Monroe

Science & Technology

Public university in Monroe, Louisiana

Museum Boerhaave

Science & Technology · Sint Caeciliaklooster

Museum in Leiden, Netherlands

Kazakh National Medical University

Science & Technology · Almaty

University in Kazakhstan

Agricultural University of Tajikistan

Science & Technology

University

Ibrahimieh College

Science & Technology

College in Jerusalem

Tajik State Pedagogical University

Science & Technology · Dushanbe

N.A. Avrorin Polar-Alpine Botanic Garden-Institute

Science & Technology

Botanical garden in Russia

Hubei University

Science & Technology

University

Izhevsk State Agricultural Academy

Science & Technology · Izhevsk

Organization in Izhevsk, Russia

Tashkent State Transport University

Science & Technology · Tashkent

University in Tashkent

Connecticut College Arboretum

Science & Technology

Arboretum and botanical gardens in Connecticut, US

Giardini Botanici Villa Taranto

Science & Technology

Botanical garden in Italy

Voronezh State Pedagogical University

Science & Technology

University in Voronezh

Ural State Law University

Science & Technology

Public research university in Yekaterinburg, Russia

Bulovka Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in the Czech Republic

Sukkulenten-Sammlung Zürich

Science & Technology

Garden in Zurich (Switzerland)

China Medical University

Science & Technology

Medical university in Shenyang, China

Military and Political University of Resistance Against Japan

Science & Technology

Former university located in Yan'an

Yangon University of Education

Science & Technology

University in Myanmar

State University of Education

Science & Technology · Moscow

University in Russia

Academy of Internal Troops of Ukraine

Science & Technology · Kharkiv

Rostov State Pedagogical University

Science & Technology

University Medical Center of Southern Nevada

Science & Technology

Hospital in Nevada, United States

Institute of Economics of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus

Science & Technology

Sinnott Memorial Observation Station

Science & Technology · Rim Village

Observation station in Klamath County, Oregon, United States of America

Shenyang Pharmaceutical University

Science & Technology

University in China

Volgograd State Pedagogical University

Science & Technology · Volgograd

University

Kazakh Academy of Transport and Communications named after M.Tynyshpaev

Science & Technology · Almaty

Organization in Almaty, Kazakhstan

Samara State University of Economics

Science & Technology

Russian public university

Rostov State Economics University

Science & Technology · Rostov-on-Don

Education organization in Rostov-on-Don, Russia

Bolivia Adventist University

Science & Technology

Alemannisches Institut Freiburg

Science & Technology

Organization in Germany

Sawanpracharak Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Nakhon Sawan, Thailand

Sisters of Charity Hospital in Vyborg

Science & Technology

Hospital in Russia

Tokyo Medical University Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Japan

Miyako Nanseien Sanatorium

Science & Technology

Sanatorium in Miyakojima, Okinawa, Japan

Razi Hospital of Manouba

Science & Technology

Hospital in Tunisia

National Cancer Institute

Science & Technology

Research institute in Vilnius, Lithuania

Institute of Philosophy of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus

Science & Technology

Facility in Minsk, Belarus

Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals

Science & Technology

Specialist hospital for dental treatment located in London, England

Istituto Italiano di Studi Germanici

Science & Technology

Dnipro Botanical Garden

Science & Technology

Botanical garden in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine

Saltsjöbaden Observatory

Science & Technology · Saltsjöbaden

Istanbul University Alfred Heilbronn Botanical Garden

Science & Technology

National Cheng Kung University

Science & Technology

National research university in Tainan

Konkuk University

Science & Technology

Private university located in Seoul and Chungju in South Korea

University of Putra Malaysia

Science & Technology

Public research university in Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Ogarev National Research Mordovia State University

Science & Technology

School in Saransk, Russia

Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul

Science & Technology

Private non-profit Catholic university in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Teikyo University

Science & Technology

Japanese private university headquartered in Tokyo

DeVry University

Science & Technology

For-profit college based in the United States

Hochschule für Kirchenmusik Heidelberg

Science & Technology

School

Xidian University

Science & Technology

University in China

Rome Rose Garden

Science & Technology

Rose garden

Kazakhstan National Security Committee Frontier Academy

Science & Technology

Kazakhstani military institute

Nara Saho College

Science & Technology

Higher education institution in Nara Prefecture, Japan

Divine Word College

Science & Technology

Private Roman Catholic seminary in Epworth, Iowa, United States

Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research

Science & Technology

Research institute in Bad Nauheim, Germany

Osaka Kun-ei Women's College

Science & Technology

Private women's junior college in Settsu

All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

Science & Technology

Facility in Moscow, Russia

Campbell Head

Exploration & Discovery

Headland on Mawson Coast, Antarctica

Ōyu Stone Circles

Exploration & Discovery

Japanese late Jōmon period archaeological site

Agighiol Treasure

Exploration & Discovery · Agighiol

5th century Getae silver helmet

Springwater meteorite

Exploration & Discovery

Meteorite

Thracian tomb near Mezek

Exploration & Discovery

Ancient Thracian beehive tomb near Mezek

Kinowanosaku

Exploration & Discovery

Castle ruins in Sakata, Yamagata, Japan

Obsidian Cliff

Exploration & Discovery

archaeological site

Mahmood Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Kababir, Haifa, Israel

Cathedral of Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary

Religion & Belief Systems

Greek Catholic church in Strumica, North Macedonia

Holy Family Cathedral, Banjarmasin

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Banjarmasin, Indonesia

Cathedral of Saint Mary

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Minnesota, United States

Lāhainā Jodo Mission

Religion & Belief Systems · Lahaina

Historic Japanese temple in Lahaina, HI

Hadži Idriz Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems

Mosque in Sarajevo

Synagogue

Religion & Belief Systems · Bussum

Synagogue in Bussum, Netherlands

Church of Heroes (Budapest)

Religion & Belief Systems

Metropolitan Cathedral of Medellín

Religion & Belief Systems

Cathedral in Medelln, Colombia

Church of Three Holy Hierarchs (Paris)

Religion & Belief Systems

Cathedral located in Paris, in France

Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, Łyskaŭ

Religion & Belief Systems

Dôme de Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, Italy

St Joseph's Church

Religion & Belief Systems · Centrum Południe

Church building in Zabrze, Poland

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Roman-Catholic cathedral in Niamey, Niger

St. Sava's Serbian Orthodox Seminary

Religion & Belief Systems · Libertyville

Monastery

Our Lady of Hungary church in Tisztviselőtelep

Religion & Belief Systems

Church

Former Gorin Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Gotō, Nagasaki, Japan

Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Uskoplje

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Gornji Vakuf-Uskoplje, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Église réformée d'Auteuil

Religion & Belief Systems

Church located in Paris, France

Monumento al Corazón de Jesús

Religion & Belief Systems

Structure in Toledo, Spain

Lutheran church, Kőbánya

Religion & Belief Systems

Lutheran church in Budapest, Hungary

Guthirt

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Meiringen in the canton of Bern, Switzerland

Hanson Place Central United Methodist Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Brooklyn, New York

First Baptist Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Historic church complex in Bakersfield, California, United States

Wheat Street Baptist Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Atlanta, Georgia, US

Cathedral of Mary Immaculate, Chimoio

Religion & Belief Systems

Building in Mozambique

Longmen Taibei Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Taoist temple at Longmen village of Huxi Township, Penghu County 885 Taiwan

Donggang GongHe Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Temple in Donggang Township, Pingtung County

St. Joseph (Lindow (Mark))

Religion & Belief Systems · Lindow (Mark)

Catholic hall church in Lindow, Brandenburg state, Germany

Saint Barbara church Hörlitz

Religion & Belief Systems · Hörlitz

Secularized church building in Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, Brandenburg state, Germany

Bernardinuskapel

Religion & Belief Systems · Heerlen

Chapel in Heerlen, Netherlands

chapel

Religion & Belief Systems · Sangernboden

Church building in Guggisberg, Switzerland

Mathenesserkerk

Religion & Belief Systems · Nieuwe Westen

Former church building in Rotterdam

Village church Wolfsruh

Religion & Belief Systems · Wolfsruh

Church building in Oberhavel district, Brandenburg state, Germany

Woodlawn Garden of Memories Cemetery

Religion & Belief Systems

historic site in Houston, Harris County, Texas

Calvary Church of Santa Ana

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in California, United States of America

First Presbyterian Church of Florence

Religion & Belief Systems

church building in Arizona, United States of America

Chapelle Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc de Gennevilliers

Religion & Belief Systems

Church located in Hauts-de-Seine, in France

Wilhelminakerk

Religion & Belief Systems

Parish church in Utrecht, Netherlands

St. Margaretha

Religion & Belief Systems

Parish church in Reichertshofen, Upper Bavaria, Germany

Hokke-ji Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Temple in Sumida-ku, Tokyo

Sennen-ji Temple

Religion & Belief Systems

Temple in Ikō-Honchō, Adachi-ku

Creu de Lavit

Religion & Belief Systems

Catholic Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Langnau im Emmental in the canton of Bern, Switzerland

Catholic Shibata Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Saint Anthony of Padua church in Siemianowice Śląskie

Religion & Belief Systems

Betkreuz Wendischbaselitz

Religion & Belief Systems · Wendischbaselitz

Wayside cross between Bořitov and Huť Sv. Antonie

Religion & Belief Systems

Protestant church in Břeclav

Religion & Belief Systems

Protestant church in Břeclav

Rectory of the St. Roch church in Białystok

Religion & Belief Systems

Pfarramt Kreba

Religion & Belief Systems

Bridgestone

Economy & Trade · Tokyo

Japanese multinational manufacturer

Rickenbacker

Economy & Trade · Santa Ana

Electric and bass guitar manufacturer

Barrandov Studios

Economy & Trade · Prague

Set of film studios in Prague, Czech Republic

The Swatch Group

Economy & Trade · Biel/Bienne

Swiss company

Boliden AB

Economy & Trade · Stockholm

Company

Tallinnfilm

Economy & Trade · Tallinn

Film production company based in Estonia

Kharkiv Tractor Plant

Economy & Trade · Heroes of Kharkiv Avenue

Factory in Ukraine

Baxter International

Economy & Trade · Deerfield

American manufacturer of healthcare goods

Allstate

Economy & Trade · Northbrook

American insurance company

Capital Group Companies

Economy & Trade · Los Angeles

Financial services company from the United States

ATM

Economy & Trade · Milan

Public transport company of Milan

Airstream

Economy & Trade · Jackson Center

Brand of luxury recreational vehicles

Radiotelevisione svizzera di lingua italiana

Economy & Trade · Lugano

Radio and TV station in Lugano, Switzerland

Vijaya Bank

Economy & Trade · Bengaluru

Former Indian banking group

Svema

Economy & Trade · Shostka

Company

Jim Crockett Promotions

Economy & Trade · Charlotte

Professional wrestling promotion

Agrium

Economy & Trade · Calgary

Company

Porsche Automobil Holding SE

Economy & Trade · Stuttgart

German automotive holding company

CHS Inc.

Economy & Trade · Inver Grove Heights

American agricultural company

Jura Elektroapparate

Economy & Trade · Niederbuchsiten

Swiss company for development and distribution of household and electrical appliances

SEW Eurodrive

Economy & Trade · Bruchsal

Company

Zellers

Economy & Trade · Brampton

Retail company

Marui

Economy & Trade · Nakano

Japanese retailer

Morgan Stanley

Economy & Trade · New York City

U.S. investment bank

1931 China floods

Disasters & Pandemics

Series of devastating floods

1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake

1931 Nicaragua earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

March 1931 earthquake in Nicaragua

1931 Zangezur earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake in Azerbaijan

1931 Dogger Bank earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

June 1931 North Sea earthquake

1931 Valentine earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Most powerful earthquake in Texas history

1931 Fuyun earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake affecting China and Mongolia

1931 Myitkyina earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake in Myanmar

1931 Oaxaca earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake in Mexico

1931 Southwest Sumatra earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake in Indonesia

1931 Saitama earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake in Japan

assassination of Paul Anlauf and Franz Lenck

Disasters & Pandemics · Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz

Assassination by KPD supporters on police officers in Berlin on August 9, 1931

Campbell pogrom

Disasters & Pandemics · Thessaloniki

1931 antisemitic attacks in Thessaloniki

Castilblanco events

Disasters & Pandemics · Castilblanco

1931 Spanish Civil Guard victory

1931 Lublin tornado

Disasters & Pandemics · Lublin

F4 tornado in 1931

death of Starr Faithfull

Disasters & Pandemics · Long Beach

American murder

Kumul Rebellion

Social Movements & Revolutions · Xinjiang

Conflict in Xinjiang (1931–1934)

Ådalen shootings

Social Movements & Revolutions · Ådalen

Riot

Kazym Rebellion

Social Movements & Revolutions · Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug

1931–1934 uprisings by Khanty and Nenets in the Soviet Union

Ahmed Barzani revolt

Social Movements & Revolutions · Kurdistan

Kurdish uprising in 1931

1931 Cyprus revolt

Social Movements & Revolutions · Cyprus

Anti-colonial revolt that took place in Cyprus, then a British crown colony, between 21 October and early November 1931

Taking of Encarnación

Social Movements & Revolutions · Encarnación

1931 revolutionary event in Paraguay

Ernst-Happel-Stadion

Architecture & Engineering

Stadium in Vienna

Stade Chaban-Delmas

Architecture & Engineering

Rugby union and association football stadium in France

Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Football stadium in Ankara

Estádio dos Eucaliptos

Architecture & Engineering

Stadium in Brazil

Thong Nhat Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Stadium in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

San Roberto Bellarmino church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Rome

Banski Dvor

Architecture & Engineering

House of culture in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Hercegovina, formerly a government building (Palace of the Ban)

Monastery of the Holy Apostles

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Capernaum, Israel

St Mirin's Cathedral

Architecture & Engineering · Paisley

Church in Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK

American Church in Paris

Architecture & Engineering · Paris

Church located in Paris, France

Governorate's Palace

Architecture & Engineering

Architectural structure in Vatican City

Cleveland Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Former multi-purpose stadium in Cleveland, Ohio

Torre Jaume I

Architecture & Engineering

Tramway tower of Barcelona

Basilica of the National Shrine of the Little Flower

Architecture & Engineering

Building in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas

Glozhene Monastery

Architecture & Engineering

Monastery

Sottens transmitter

Architecture & Engineering · Sottens

Broadcasting tower in Sottens in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland

Chiesa del Carmine

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Messina, Italy

Sanctuary dell'Arcella, Padua

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Padua, Italy

Estádio Augusto Bauer

Architecture & Engineering · Brusque

Football stadium in Brusque, Brazil

Trautskogen Chapel

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Nord-Odal, Innlandet, Norway

Pont de Sant Jordi

Architecture & Engineering · Alcoy

Bridge located in Alcoy (Alicante), Spain. Art déco style. Finished in 1931.

Dynamo Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Dynamo Stadium in Kharkiv, Ukraine

Blomvåg Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Øygarden, Norway

Seals Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Minor league baseball stadium in San Francisco (1931–1959)

Palazzo Aeronautica, Rome

Architecture & Engineering

Building in Rome, Italy

Kowdiar Palace

Architecture & Engineering

Palace in Thiruvananthapuram district, Keralam, India

St. Sebastian Church

Architecture & Engineering

Roman Catholic church in Middletown, Connecticut, part of the Diocese of Norwich

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Albany, United States of America

Horsfall Stadium

Architecture & Engineering · Harold Park

Stadium in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK

Bethanienkirche

Architecture & Engineering

Church

The Church of Sainte-Thérèse-de-l'Enfant-Jésus

Architecture & Engineering

Church located in Aisne, in France

Glide Memorial Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in San Francisco

St Paulinus' Church, New Ollerton

Architecture & Engineering · New Ollerton

Grade II listed church in Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Monument to Christ the King

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Karachi, Pakistan

First Unitarian Church of Chicago

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Illinois, United States

Bush Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Former baseball stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Pomlé Stadium

Architecture & Engineering · Šamorín

Home football stadium in Šamorín, Slovakia

Palazzo della Borsa

Architecture & Engineering

Building in Catania, Italy

Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Englefield Green

Architecture & Engineering

Church in United Kingdom

Estadio Municipal de Guadalajara

Architecture & Engineering

Sports venue dedicated to soccer, baseball, volleyball, and athletics; demolished

Deyue Gun Tower

Architecture & Engineering

Tower in Kinmen

Memorial Church of Harvard University

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Massachusetts, United States of America

St Mary the Virgin's Church, Walney

Architecture & Engineering

Church at Walney Island, Barrow-in-Furness. Cumbria, England, UK

Emmanuel Lutheran Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Dallas, Texas

Wayne County Bridge

Architecture & Engineering

Bridge in United States of America

Beth Israel Synagogue

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Ohio, United States of America

Nyali Bridge

Architecture & Engineering

Bridge in Kenya

Saint Emma Monastery

Architecture & Engineering

Benedictine monastery in Greensburg, Pennsylvania

St James Church, Franz Josef

Architecture & Engineering · Franz Josef/Waiau

New Zealand Anglican church

St. Clare of Assisi's Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in the Bronx

St Peter's Anglican Church

Architecture & Engineering · Onehunga

Church building in Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand

Protestant Community Church of Medford Lakes

Architecture & Engineering

Historic church in Burlington County, New Jersey

St Matthew's Church, Burnley

Architecture & Engineering

Church in United Kingdom

Iglesia Dinamarquesa of San Telmo

Architecture & Engineering · San Telmo

Mercy High School

Architecture & Engineering

Private high school in Burlingame, San Mateo County, California, USA

Canyon de Chelly National Monument

Architecture & Engineering

National monument in Apache County, Arizona

Pagode de Vincennes

Architecture & Engineering · Bois de Vincennes

Pagoda located in Paris, France

Madrasa of Tirana

Architecture & Engineering · Tirana

Religious school in Tirana and cultural heritage monument of Albania

Holy Redeemer Church

Architecture & Engineering · Otavice

Mausoleum in Croatia

Casa de Campo Park

Architecture & Engineering

Cultural property in Madrid y Pozuelo de Alarcón, Spain

Titanic Memorial

Architecture & Engineering · Washington, D.C.

Memorial in Washington, D.C.

District of Columbia War Memorial

Architecture & Engineering · West Potomac Park

Artwork by Frederick H. Brooke

Fontana della Navicella

Architecture & Engineering

Fountain in Rome

Stepan Shahumyan Monument

Architecture & Engineering

Cultural heritage monument of Armenia

Statue of Jan Žižka at Vítkov Hill

Architecture & Engineering · Vítkov

Statue in Prague

White Tower

Architecture & Engineering

Building in Russia

Saint Ivan of Rila church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Davis Memorial

Architecture & Engineering · Mount Hope Cemetery

Grave memorial

Sts. Constantine and Helena church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Izmail, Ukraine

Aïn Draham church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Tunisia

Dual State Monument

Architecture & Engineering

place in Arkansas listed on National Register of Historic Places

Washburn Park Water Tower

Architecture & Engineering

historic water tower in Minneapolis

Jerome First Baptist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Idaho, United States of America

Proctor Creek, Jefferson Davis Highway Marker

Architecture & Engineering

place in Virginia listed on National Register of Historic Places

Falling Creek UDC Jefferson Davis Highway Marker

Architecture & Engineering

place in Virginia listed on National Register of Historic Places

St. Mary of the Lakes Catholic Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in New Jersey, United States of America

Bethel African Methodist Church

Architecture & Engineering

church building in Cedar Rapids, United States of America

First Baptist Church

Architecture & Engineering

historic building in Hardin, Montana, United States

Monument to Archibald Reiss

Architecture & Engineering · Belgrade

Monument and immovable cultural property in the city municipality of Savski Venac, Serbia

National War Memorial

Architecture & Engineering · Adelaide

War memorial in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Milavidy Battle memorial

Architecture & Engineering · Kaŭpaki

Monument to the Victims of January 9

Architecture & Engineering

Church of the Holy Family in Szczecin

Architecture & Engineering

Parish church in Szczecin, Poland

Romen Theatre

Sports & Entertainment · Moscow

Theatre in Moscow, Russia

Novi Sad Youth Theatre

Sports & Entertainment · Novi Sad

Theatre in Novi Sad, Serbia

Europahaus

Sports & Entertainment · Kreuzberg

Office block in Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany

théâtre de la Concorde

Sports & Entertainment · jardins des Champs-Élysées

Theater in Paris, France

Oulu Theatre

Sports & Entertainment · Pokkinen

Theatre in Oulu, Finland

Caracas Athenaeum

Sports & Entertainment · Caracas

Venezuelan theater in Caracas

Merced Theatre

Sports & Entertainment

Theater and movie theater in Merced, California, United States

Stærekassen

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre building in Copenhagen, Denmark

Paramount Theatre

Sports & Entertainment

Movie theater and concert hall in Oakland, California, United States

Chechen State Drama Theatre named after Kh. Nuradilov

Sports & Entertainment · Esambaev Boulevard

Theatre in Grozny, Russia

Arlington Theatre

Sports & Entertainment

Movie theater in Santa Barbara, California, United States

Pushkin State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre

Sports & Entertainment · Belinskogo Street

Opera house in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

Westport Country Playhouse

Sports & Entertainment

Theater in Westport, Connecticut

Shevchenko Theatre

Sports & Entertainment · Kryvyi Rih

Theatre of Ukraine

State National Theatre of the Udmurt Republic

Sports & Entertainment · Izhevsk

Theatre in Izhevsk, Russia

Lubuski Teatr

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in Zielona Góra, Poland

Lesia Ukrainka Lviv Academic Dramatic Theatre

Sports & Entertainment

Theater in Lviv, Ukraine

Gorky Drama Theatre

Sports & Entertainment

Theatre in Vladivostok, Russia

Lensic Theater

Sports & Entertainment

Theater and former movie theater in Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States

Palace Theatre

Sports & Entertainment

Theater and movie theater in Albany, New York, United States

Paramount Theater

Sports & Entertainment

Theater and movie theater in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Park Performing Arts Center

Sports & Entertainment

Cultural center in Union City, New Jersey, United States

1931 World Snooker Championship

Sports & Entertainment · Nottingham

Snooker tournament

Hahnenkamm Race

Sports & Entertainment

Alpine skiing competition in Kitzbühel, Tyrol, Austria

1931 European Figure Skating Championships

Sports & Entertainment · Vienna

Figure skating competition

1931 World Figure Skating Championships

Sports & Entertainment · Berlin

Figure skating competition

Circuit of Ireland Rally

Sports & Entertainment · Ulster

Annual automobile rally in Ireland

River Oaks International Tennis Tournament

Sports & Entertainment · River Oaks Country Club

Tennis tournament

Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo

Sports & Entertainment

Held at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, US

Second Spanish Republic founded

Empires & Countries · Barcelona

Second Spanish Republic was founded, with its capital at Barcelona.

Chinese Soviet Republic founded

Empires & Countries · Ruijin

Chinese Soviet Republic was founded, with its capital at Ruijin.

Spain under the Restoration dissolved

Empires & Countries · Madrid

Spain under the Restoration ceased to exist, having been centered at Madrid.

Catalan Republic (1931) founded

Empires & Countries · Barcelona

Catalan Republic (1931) was founded, with its capital at Barcelona.

Jiangxi–Fujian Soviet founded

Empires & Countries · Ruijin

Jiangxi–Fujian Soviet was founded, with its capital at Ruijin.

Valencia founded

Empires & Countries

Valencia was founded.

Yeghegnadzor District founded

Empires & Countries · Yeghegnadzor

Yeghegnadzor District was founded, with its capital at Yeghegnadzor.