1831
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| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 18th century – 19th century – 20th century |
| Decades: | 1800s 1810s 1820s – 1830s – 1840s 1850s 1860s |
| Years: | 1828 1829 1830 – 1831 – 1832 1833 1834 |
1831 Media
July 21: King Leopold I takes constitutional oath rather than holding a coronation to become the first King of Belgium.
Engraving of James Clerk Maxwell by G. J. Stodart from a photograph by Fergus of Greenock
John Pemberton
Statue of Emperor Xianfeng
Portrait of the Emperor Kōmei
Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right
Robert Fullerton, Governor of Penang and first Governor of the Straits Settlements* * oil on canvas * 77 x 64cm * inscribed afterwards: ROBT FULLERTON, GOVR of / PENANG, H.E.I.C.S. son of / WILLIAM FULLERTON of CARSTAIRS / BORN 1773. DIED 1829
1831 (MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar, the 1831st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 831st year of the 2nd millennium, the 31st year of the 19th century, and the 2nd year of the 1830s decade. As of the start of 1831, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
Events
- June 13 – James Clerk Maxwell born in Edinburgh
- October 30 – In Southampton County, Virginia, escaped slave Nat Turner is captured and arrested for leading the bloodiest slave revolt in United States history.
Births
November 19 - James A. Garfield, twentieth President of the United States (b. 1831)
Deaths
July 4 - James Monroe, 73, fifth President of the United States, tuberculosis (b. 1758)