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What Happened in July 1831

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Historical Events

  • Jul 1 Admiral James C Ross reaches magnetic North Pole
  • Jul 4 "America (My Country 'Tis of Thee)", with lyric by Samuel Francis Smith, has 1st public performance at Park Street Church in Boston, Massachusetts
  • Jul 21 Belgium gains independence from Netherlands, Leopold I made king
Events in 1831

Famous Birthdays

John Pemberton (1831-1888)

Jul 8 American pharmacist (inventor of Coca-Cola), born in Knoxville, Georgia

John Pemberton
  • Jul 9 Johan Philip van der Kellen, Dutch stamp cutter, lithographer and writer, born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1906)
  • Jul 14 William Dwight, American Brigadier General (Union Army), born in Springfield, Massachusetts (d. 1888)
  • Jul 17 Xianfeng, Emperor of the Manchu-led Qing dynasty, born in Old Summer Palace, Beijing, Qing dynasty, China (d. 1861)
  • Jul 30 Helena Blavatsky, Russian occultist, philosopher, and author (co-founded Theosophical Society), born in Yekaterinoslav, Ukraine (d. 1891)
Born in 1831

Famous Deaths

James Monroe (1758-1831)

Jul 4 5th US President (1817-25), dies of heart failure and tuberculosis at 73

James Monroe
  • Jul 16 Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron, Russian general (b. 1763)
  • Jul 18 Thomas Greatorex, English composer, dies at 72
  • Jul 21 Emil Aarestrup, Danish physician and poet (Ritornellen), dies at 55

Maria Szymanowska (1789-1831)

Jul 24 Polish pianist and composer, dies of cholera at 41 [1]

Maria Szymanowska



What Happened in 1831

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