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Events in February 1831 3
1782 – 1831Vicente Guerrero (1782-1831)Died 14 February 1831, aged 48Guerrero was a leader of the Mexican War of Independence and briefly served as the second president of Mexico before being overthrown. He was captured by political rivals and executed by firing squad in Cuilápam.
1831Pope Gregory XVI electedA lengthy conclave ends with the election of Bartolomeo CappellariAfter a conclave lasting more than seven weeks following the death of Pope Pius VIII, cardinals elected Camaldolese monk Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari, who took the name Gregory XVI. His sixteen-year pontificate was marked by firm opposition to liberal and nationalist movements in Europe.
1831 – 1895Nikolai Leskov (1831-1895)Born 16 February 1831Leskov was a Russian writer known for short stories and novels depicting provincial life and the clergy, including Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District. His vivid, idiomatic prose style influenced later Russian writers though he was less celebrated abroad than contemporaries like Tolstoy and Dostoevsky.