Timeline March 1831

Events in March 1831 2

• 1831 – 1897 George Pullman (1831-1897) Born 3 March 1831 Pullman was an American industrialist who invented the Pullman sleeping car and built a company town near Chicago to house his workers. A strike at his factory in 1894 became one of the most significant labor conflicts in American history.
• 1831 French Foreign Legion founded King Louis Philippe creates a corps of foreign volunteers By royal ordinance, King Louis Philippe established the French Foreign Legion to employ foreign volunteers in France's colonial campaigns, beginning with the conquest of Algeria. The Legion went on to become one of the world's most recognizable military units.