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Topic: Other events of 1831


  
  wikien.info: Main_Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Events A charter for a railway, from La Prairie, Quebec to St. John's, is granted; it will be the first railway in Canada.Massive Patriot campaign to petition the king for reforms.
Events Joseph Howe, a Halifax printer and owner since 1828 of the weekly Novascotian, is arrested for libel but successfully argues his own case for freedom of the press.
Events Lord Durham's report recommends the establishment of responsible government and the union of Upper and Lower Canada to speed the assimilation of French-speaking Canadians.Territorial dispu..
pardus.info /browse.php?title=1/18/183   (3205 words)

  
 History of the Great Lakes, Vol. 1 by J.B. Mansfield, Captains, Shipping, Lighthouse Keepers and Marine
On January 28, 1831, an Act of the Legislature was passed, constit- uting Joseph Denison and his associates a corporate body under the name of The Ontario and St. Lawrence Steamboat Company, with a capital of $100,000 and limited to May 1, 1850.
“This event occurred 45 years ago,” continued Captain Jones, “and I never heard of a parallel case, either on the lake or other waters, and her salvation from drowning may be regarded as little less than a miracle.” New Vessels.
On the other hand, at the annual meeting of St. George's Society the flag of the Caroline hung as a trophy behind the chair of the president, and the officers of the government present applauded.
www.linkstothepast.com /marine/chapt35.html   (11890 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Books: 1831: Year of Eclipse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Masur's inability to directly tie the eclipse into the events of 1831 and the surrounding years, however, should not distract the reader from this well researched and informative description of the changes taking place in the United States.
Masur amply shows that America in 1831, the promises of the revolution were being enacted in ways the Founding Fathers could not have foreseen and would not have endorsed.
1831 was a watershed year, a year in which some sluices were opened and others closed, a time when the roiling waters of liberty and democracy were undermining the foundations of elites, when the promises of revolutionary America were being extended to, revoked from, or taken up focibly by its people.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0809041197   (1218 words)

  
 Danvers Massachusetts: Historical Sites
1831 General Grenville Dodge, builder of the Union Pacific Railroad, is born in Putnamville.
Several other markers are also located on this town park.
The Parris slave Tituba was one of the first accused of witchcraft and her confession helped lead to the accusation of dozens of others.
etext.virginia.edu /salem/witchcraft/Danvers.html   (2886 words)

  
 Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
The latest event cited on the user-friendly map is the founding convention of the United American Nurses, billed as the "Union for Nurses, by Nurses" in 2000.
These sites or events, such as the founding convention of the Socialist Party of the United States in 1901 at the Masonic Hall at the southeast corner of Capitol and Washington Streets, are briefly described and marked with icons.
Thomas said he has more than 50 other events that may one day be included in the map project.
www.newscenter.iupui.edu /newsreleases/labor_map_indy_02.htm   (783 words)

  
 HELENA PETROVNA BLAVATSKY 1831 - 1891:  CHRONOLOGICAL REVIEW OF EVENTS IN HER LIFE
She defended true "mediums," disclosed the nature of "mediumship," and gave the reasons for their tenuous and only occasional contact with invisible intelligences in the "astral, invisible world;" and, she exposed fraud when it was practiced for money.
The strange part of this is, as I and many others can testify as eye-witnesses to the production of the book, that the writer had no library in which to make researches and possessed no notes of investigation or reading previously done.
Many great figures initiating, sustaining and promoting social and political reforms, not to mention the ecological movement, where the rights of species other than the races and nations of Man are considered valid enough to draw understanding and protection, may be seen to be at some time influenced by the Theosophical ideas.
www.blavatskyarchives.com /dallasblavatsky.htm   (9453 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online: BARR, AMELIA EDITH HUDDLESTON
Amelia Barr, writer, daughter of William Henry and Mary (Singleton) Huddleston, was born in Ulverston, Lancashire, England, on March 29, 1831.
She was educated in music and literature and taught in a girls' school before she married Robert Barr, an accountant, of Glasgow.
Other publishers launched additional books, and countless shorter pieces flowed from her pen.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/BB/fba75.html   (478 words)

  
 1831 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1828 1829 1830 - 1831 - 1832 1833 1834
1831 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar).
February-March - Revolts in Modena, Parma and the Papal States are put down by Austrian troops
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1831   (592 words)

  
 KET's Underground Railroad - United States Historical Timeline
Slaves who turn in other slaves planning insurrections or revolts are to be set free by law.
John Brown and others attack the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia to prepare to free slaves.
Ten of his men were killed, he and seven others were hanged after trial.
www.ket.org /underground/timeline/ustime.htm   (1480 words)

  
 Ent-Net's Beaumont Area Calendars   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Other sections focus on the development of the concert spiritual tradition, the African American quartet tradition and gospel music.
The event, a farewell concert before the Jefferson Theatre is closed for rennovations, is sponsored by the Robert Morton Theatre Organ Society.
This calendar section is available for notices of arts and entertainment events that are open to the public.
www.beaumontenterprise.com /news/calendar/happenin.htm   (1837 words)

  
 Starscope: January / February 2001
Our mission is to serve as a resource and guide to information on spirituality, holistic health, metaphysics, personal development and conscious living, with articles, interviews, reviews, advertising and the best regional events calendar, classifieds and resource directory online and in print for Portland alternative lifestyles.
Your ability to see details that other may miss allows you to help others to find the missing pieces needed for healing or fixing any situation.
When you can love all parts of yourself and others - from your heart - then you will be able to find a relationship with roots in your soul.
www.newconnexion.net /article/01-01/starscope.html   (971 words)

  
 Shaker Collection Papers (Library of Congress)
The diaries and journals document the daily life of individuals, including mention of the weather, and community events such as the construction of buildings, travels of the members, education of children, and the arrival and departure of visitors.
Birth and death dates of early Shakers are often noted; other demographic data can be obtained from the registers and writings.
ITEM 164c Journal and other writings, 1805-1900 ITEM 165 Daybook, church at Union Village, Ohio, recorded by Daniel Miller, 1838-1842 ITEM 166 "A description of the person and character of Jesus Christ, as it was found in an ancient manuscript, sent by Publius Lutulus, President of Judea, to the Senate of Rome," printed broadside, n.d.
www.loc.gov /rr/mss/text/shaker.html   (4606 words)

  
 Nat Turner
Since his confinement, by permission of the Jailor, I have had ready access to him, and finding that he was willing to make a full and free confession of the origin, progress and consummation of the insurrectory movements of the slaves of which he was the contriver and head.
I was thirty-one years of age the 2nd of October last, and born the property of Benjamin Turner, of this county.
To a mind like mine, restless, inquisitive and observant of every thing that was passing, it is easy to suppose that religion was the subject to which it would be directed.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USASturner.htm   (956 words)

  
 Nottingham, the City - St Peter's Church, Nottingham, England on-line magazine
Two major national events of this period were remembered when a former Nottingham man, Luke Jackson, made his last will and testament in October 1630.
Luke, son of Anker Jackson, a churchwarden of St Peter's, was apprenticed to a girdler in London.
These events, both falling within the first twenty-five years of Luke Jackson's life, must have made a tremendous impact on the life of everyone in the country, arousing great fear followed by great relief, and it is not surprising that he wished to commemorate them.
www.stpetersnottingham.org /history/city.htm   (2064 words)

  
 USA-Presidents.Info - Andrew Jackson Third State of the Union Address
The desires of the merchants, who were the principal sufferers, have therefore been acceded to, and a mission has been instituted for the special purpose of obtaining for them a reparation already too long delayed.
With the other powers of Europe we have fortunately had no cause of discussions for the redress of injuries.
In the mean time, I submit the case to the consideration of Congress, to the end that they may clothe the Executive with such authority and means as they may deem necessary for providing a force adequate to the complete protection of our fellow citizens fishing and trading in those seas.
www.usa-presidents.info /union/jackson-3.html   (3964 words)

  
 San Fernando Cathedral History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The next year the other four missions in the area, San Jose, Concepcion, Espada, and Capistrano were also secularized and their lands divided among the Indians.
In 1822, the pastor of the parish, Father Refugio de la Garza, was sent as a delegate to the first Congress of Mexico.
Symphonies, concerts, and television specials are but a few of the special events held in the cathedral regularly.
www.sfcathedral.org /history.htm   (904 words)

  
 Mardi Gras History & Timeline
It has not been added to, nor events deleted, to harden or soften the impact of the deeds of our ancestors upon the timeline.
Other firsts are the Carnival colors, song, and flag.
It is the only other source of Ball coverage besides the local newspaper.
www.mardigrasdigest.com /html/mardi_gras_history__timeline.htm   (7242 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Features -- High profile, at last
This was due to necessity, since he has tended to work in modest quarters and cram every inch with materials, books and the other stuff of life.
Morris' is the group of paintings in which he applies the paint directly from tube to canvas.
The other problematic works are a group of large canvases.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/features/20050512-9999-lz1w12morris.html   (1184 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Features -- Racial profiling
A white lady is showing an ice tray to a pair of Indians in traditional costume, as if she were displaying a miracle.
For the 20th century more than the 19th, there is a rich interplay in "Only Skin Deep" between pictures made by artists and by others like the Johnsons.
Other photographs offer uplift, in their ability to thumb a nose at racial stereotyping.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/features/20051016-9999-1a16skin.html   (1366 words)

  
 M. M. Noah's Ararat: Blueprint for Mormon Zion: Part 2a
My impression is, that I have seen in some other work that eleven thousand dollars was the consideration; and for the other small islands, Spafford states that the consideration was one thousand dollars and an annuity of five hundred dollars.
Great numbers of raccoons, squirrels, and other small furry quadrupeds inhabited the woods, while myraids of ducks and other game-birds thronged the shores and waters in their proper season.
In proper season, ducks and other game birds thronged the shores, and inland fields and woods, while the waters surrounding the island were the habitation of the finest muskellunge, yellow pike, sturgeon, fl bass, pickerel, mullet and smaller members of the finny tribe.
olivercowdery.com /gathering/ararat2b.htm   (15390 words)

  
 Events Calendar - University Book Store, Seattle Washington
In 1831 a delegation of Northwest Indians reportedly made the arduous journey from the shores of the Pacific to the banks of the Missouri in order to visit the famous explorer William Clark.
Two women - one coming out of solitude when she is diagnosed with cancer, the other in search of a man who left her - form a friendship and find hope in the tessellation of broken antiques.
Events held on the University of Washington campus and other sites are co-sponsored by KUOW 94.9 FM.
www.bookstore.washington.edu /trade.taf?dept=attribute&category=events&par=trade&ttl=events&page=1   (2597 words)

  
 Lal & Amy's West Ham Timeline.
West Ham, is now part of the Greater London Borough of Newham, situated to the east of the city and on the north side of the river Thames.
This page contains a 'timeline' of events that occurred mainly in the local area, gleaned from various sources including Newham booklets and newspapers.
Events and statistics quoted are for West Ham itself unless stated otherwise...
www.lalamy.demon.co.uk /timeline.htm   (6079 words)

  
 The Other Side of the Mirror
We must honor these people who put the needs of others ahead of their own, and in so doing paid a great price.
His obituary will probably be lost in light of other events.
The others who died that day in terrorist attacks didn't have a choice.
www.ossweb.com /mirror-091701.html   (430 words)

  
 Studio 1831 Class Schedule
Classes are $10 for a single class, $80 for 10 classes, and $35 per hour for private lessons.
Dance shoes or other shoes with a smooth sole are recommended; sneakers or other shoes with tacky soles are not recommended.
Tai Chi is a Chinese martial art practiced for health and relaxation and as a form of self-defense.
www.geocities.com /valerina.geo/schedule2.html   (526 words)

  
 LANDMARK EVENTS IN L.A. MINORITY HISTORY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
These are some of the many events in the history of Los Angeles involving members of various ethnic groups.
A few national events are included here because of their impact on the Los Angeles community.
Revolt by Pio Pico, Abel Stearns, and others at Cahuenga Pass in San Fernando Valley led to exile of Governor Manuel Victoria.
www.usc.edu /isd/archives/la/la_minority_events.html   (486 words)

  
 16 Feb History.
She says she was not willing to be a witness in the impeachment proceeding and suggested that other people could provide the same evidence.
The other rebel leaders lacked the popular support the young and charismatic Castro enjoyed, and on 16 February he is sworn in as prime minister.
Likewise, farmers and others who carried substantial debt loads attacked the so-called "Crime of '73." They believed, somewhat simplistically, that it caused a tighter supply of money, which in turn made it more difficult for them to pay off their debts.
www.safran-arts.com /42day/history/h4feb/h4feb16.html   (13523 words)

  
 History of the Church : Kirtland Era, 1831–38: LDSFAQ
Historians have tended to view the Kirtland economy and associated events from an excessively moralistic viewpoint.
Upon closer examination, however, it appears that the Kirtland economy was viable and enjoyed prosperity in 1836 similar to the rest of northern Ohio.
The Society fell victim to events beyond its control and also, like many other banks, lacked the management expertise to adequately strengthen itself.
ldsfaq.byu.edu /view.asp?q=310   (520 words)

  
 E. A. Poe Society of Baltimore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Little is known about Henry Clemm, who appears to have gone to sea by 1836 and of whom there seems to be no further mention.
Maria was quickly unable to cover the rent and had no option other than to move.
Top floor: 1 bedroom (assigned by most biographers as Poe's room, although others believe that he used the rear bedroom and that Virginia used the small attic bedroom).
www.eapoe.org /balt/poehse.htm   (1252 words)

  
 CSIndy: Event Listings (March 31, 2005)
Connect with other women to learn what is essential for health, balance and abundance.
If you have a Karaoke event to list, go to www.csindy.com and click on submit an event on the right hand side of the page.
Meet other women who are making life-changing decisions and transitioning.
www.csindy.com /csindy/current/listings.html   (10522 words)

  
 Ensenada Gazette - Events and News from Baja California, Mexico
The event is organized by the Alliance for Sustainable Development (ADESU), a project that unites indigenous communities, organizations of Mexico and the United States, and individuals to work for cultural and natural heritage conservation through sustainable development in Baja California’s native lands.
Current participants include Terra Peninsular, dedicated to land conservation in Baja California, the Native Cultures Institute of Baja California (CUNA), the Interamerican Foundation, and volunteers from Mexico and the U.S. in collaboration with the indigenous communities of Baja California.
Nearly a dozen restaurants from Baja and Southern California competed for trophies in this prestigious culinary event that is organized by CANIRAC Chamber of Restaurants and is judged by prominent chefs from the Chefs de Cuisine Association of San Diego, CA.
www.ensenadagazette.com   (1919 words)

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