1831 in the United States
- 1831 in the United States
=Events=
*March 1 - Democrat Samuel Smith becomes President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate until December 4
*March 19 - City Bank of New York is the site of the first bank robbery in United States history ($245,000 taken).
*April 21 - New York University is founded in New York City, New York.
*August 21 - Outbreak of Nat Turner's slave rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia. Approximately 55 whites stabbed, shot and clubbed to death.
*October 30 - In Southampton County, Virginia, escaped slave Nat Turner is captured and arrested for leading the bloodiest slave revolt in United States history.
*November 11 - In Jerusalem, Virginia, Nat Turner is hanged after inciting a violent slave uprising.
* Cherokee Nation v. Georgia: The Cherokee nation asked for an injunction, claiming that Georgia's state legislature had created laws which, "go directly to annihilate the Cherokees as a political society". The injunction was denied.
See also
* 1830 in the United States
* 1831
* 1831 in Canada
* 1832 in the United States
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