1st » The high honor of 'Order of St. Gregory the Great' is established by Pope Gregory XVI of the Vatican State to recognize high support for the Vatican or for the Pope, by a man or a woman, and not necessarily a Roman Catholic.
8th » William IV of the United Kingdom William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen are crowned List of British monarchs King and List of British consorts Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
8th » November Uprising: Battle of Warsaw (1831) called Battle of Warsaw ends, effectively ending the Insurrection.
15th » The locomotive 'John Bull (locomotive) e.g John Bull' operates for the first time in New Jersey on the Camden and Amboy Railroad.
Famous Birthdays on September in 1831
5th » Victorien Sardou, French author and playwright (d. 1908)
7th » Alexandre Falguière, French sculptor and painter (d. 1900)
8th » Wilhelm Raabe, German author and painter (d. 1910)
20th » Kate Harrington (poet) or Kate Harrington, American poet and educator (d. 1917)
Famous Deaths for September 1831
8th » John Aitken (music publisher) known as John Aitken, Scottish-American publisher (b. 1745)