Historical figures in 1831
The atlas holds 26 people and 41 moments here, in 1831. The most recorded lives are Charles Darwin, Abraham Lincoln and Hans Christian Andersen. Among them Writers, Educators and Philosophers.
Notable people
Abraham Lincoln
in 1831
3 moments here
American lawyer, Illinois legislator, congressman, and sixteenth president of the United States.…
Alexander Pushkin
in 1831
3 moments here
Russian poet, novelist, playwright, and foundational figure of modern Russian literature. This chronology traces documented physical presences from…
Arthur Schopenhauer
in 1831
1 moment here
German philosopher and writer, born in Danzig and dead in Frankfurt am Main. His documented movements included childhood residences in Hamburg and Le…
Benito Juárez
in 1831
1 moment here
Mexican lawyer, Liberal politician, and president of Mexico from 1858 until his death. A Zapotec from Oaxaca, Juárez led the Liberal government…
Charles Baudelaire
in 1831
1 moment here
French poet, essayist, translator, and art critic, best known for Les Fleurs du mal. Baudelaire lived chiefly in Paris, spent formative school years…
Charles Darwin
in 1831
4 moments here
English naturalist, geologist, and biologist whose observations during the global voyage of HMS Beagle and subsequent research led to his theory of…
Charlotte Brontë
in 1831
1 moment here
English novelist, poet, and governess, best known for Jane Eyre. This chronology records documented physical presences from her birth in Thornton…
Edgar Allan Poe
in 1831
3 moments here
American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic whose work helped shape Gothic fiction, detective fiction, and early science fiction.…
Frédéric Chopin
in 1831
1 moment here
Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the early Romantic period. Born in Żelazowa Wola, he grew up and trained in Warsaw, travelled through Central…
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
in 1831
1 moment here
Russian novelist, journalist, essayist, and former military engineer whose life moved between Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Siberian imprisonment and…
George Sand
in 1831
1 moment here
French novelist, memoirist, journalist, and political writer born Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin.…
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
in 1831
2 moments here
German philosopher and a central figure of German idealism. His documented movements include formative study in Stuttgart and Tübingen; tutoring…
Hans Christian Andersen
in 1831
3 moments here
Danish writer renowned for literary fairy tales including “The Little Mermaid,” “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” “The Snow Queen,” and “The Ugly…
Heinrich Heine
in 1831
2 moments here
German poet, essayist, journalist, and literary critic. Born in Düsseldorf, Heine studied in Bonn, Göttingen, and Berlin, traveled widely in Germany…
Henrik Ibsen
in 1831
1 moment here
Norwegian playwright and poet whose career took him from Telemark and coastal Norway to theatre work in Bergen and Christiania, then to long…
Imam Shamil
in 1831
3 moments here
Avar imam, political and military leader of the Caucasian Imamate, and principal leader of North Caucasian resistance to Imperial Russia during the…
James A. Garfield
in 1831
1 moment here
James Abram Garfield was an Ohio educator, Union Army general, U.S. representative, and the 20th president of the United States.…
James Clerk Maxwell
in 1831
1 moment here
Scottish physicist and mathematician whose career moved among Edinburgh, Galloway, Cambridge, Aberdeen, and London.…
James Monroe
in 1831
1 moment here
James Monroe was an American Revolutionary War officer, Virginia politician, diplomat, secretary of state and war, and fifth president of the United…
John James Audubon
in 1831
1 moment here
French-American artist, naturalist, explorer, and ornithologist best known for The Birds of America.…
John Quincy Adams
in 1831
1 moment here
John Quincy Adams was an American diplomat, secretary of state, sixth president of the United States, and Massachusetts representative.…
Maria II of Portugal
in 1831
1 moment here
Maria II (Maria da Glória; 1819–1853) was Queen of Portugal in 1826–1828 and again from 1834 until her death.…
Martin Van Buren
in 1831
1 moment here
Martin Van Buren was an American lawyer and politician who served as New York attorney general, U.S.…
Michael Faraday
in 1831
1 moment here
English chemist and physicist whose experimental work transformed the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.…
Moments
- 1831 Delivered cargo in New Orleans Abraham Lincoln
- 1831 Departed Springfield on second flatboat voyage Abraham Lincoln
- 1831 Summered at Tsarskoye Selo Alexander Pushkin
- 1831 Municipal council post Benito Juárez
- 1831 Schooling and residence in Lyon Charles Baudelaire
- 1831 Pupil at Roe Head School Charlotte Brontë
- 1831 Childhood summers at Darovoye Fyodor Dostoyevsky
- 1831 Joins Jules Sandeau in Paris George Sand
- 1831 Childhood home at Altenburggården Henrik Ibsen
- 1831 Capture of Tarki Imam Shamil
- 1831 Siege of Derbent Imam Shamil
- 1831 Siege of Kizlyar Imam Shamil
- 1831 Education in Paris Maria II of Portugal
- 1831 Court-martial at West Point Edgar Allan Poe
- 1831 Departure for New York Edgar Allan Poe
- 1831 Work at the Royal Institution Michael Faraday
- 1831 Established a home on the Arbat Alexander Pushkin
- 1831 Married at Great Ascension Church Alexander Pushkin
- 1831 Return to Baltimore Edgar Allan Poe
- 1831 Acclamation as emperor Pedro II of Brazil
- 1831 Reaches Hamburg on first foreign journey Hans Christian Andersen
- 1831 Move to Paris Heinrich Heine
- 1831 Arrives in Dresden Hans Christian Andersen
- 1831 Returns from first foreign journey Hans Christian Andersen
- 1831 Birth at India Street James Clerk Maxwell
- 1831 Returned and settled in New Salem Abraham Lincoln
- 1831 Death in New York City James Monroe
- 1831 Flight from cholera to Frankfurt Arthur Schopenhauer
- 1831 Undertakes North Wales geological tour Charles Darwin
- 1831 Lodgings in Kreuzberg Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- 1831 Stay in Boulogne-sur-Mer Heinrich Heine
- 1831 Harvard commencement appearance John Quincy Adams
- 1831 Inspects HMS Beagle at Plymouth Charles Darwin
- 1831 Arrival as minister to Britain Martin Van Buren
- 1831 Arrives at Devonport for voyage Charles Darwin
- 1831 Arrival in Paris Frédéric Chopin
- 1831 Death in Berlin Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
- 1831 Birth in Orange Township James A. Garfield
- 1831 Hare Court chambers William Makepeace Thackeray
- 1831 Sails from Devonport aboard Beagle Charles Darwin
- 1831 Visit to Bulow plantation John James Audubon