5th » Nat Turner, American slave leader, is tried, convicted, and sentenced to death in Virginia.
11th » In Jerusalem, Virginia, Nat Turner is hanged after inciting a violent slave uprising.
17th » Ecuador and Venezuela are separated from Gran Colombia.
Famous Birthdays on November in 1831
1st » Harry Atkinson, English-New Zealand politician, 13th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1892)
8th » Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, English poet and diplomat, 30th List of Governors-General of India or Governor-General of India (d. 1880)
19th » James A. Garfield, American general, lawyer, and politician, 20th President of the United States (d. 1881)
Famous Deaths for November 1831
11th » Nat Turner, American slave and rebel leader (b. 1800)
14th » Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher, author, and academic (b. 1770)
14th » Ignaz Pleyel, Austrian-French composer and piano builder (b. 1757)