Timeline October 1831

Events in October 1831 5

• 1776 – 1831 Ioannis Kapodistrias (1776-1831) Died 9 October 1831, aged 55 Kapodistrias was a former Russian foreign minister who became the first head of state of independent Greece. He was assassinated on the steps of a church in Nafplio by political opponents from the Mavromichalis clan.
• 1831 Egyptian invasion of Syria begins Muhammad Ali's forces open the First Egyptian-Ottoman War Ibrahim Pasha led an Egyptian army into Ottoman Syria on behalf of his father, Muhammad Ali, starting a war that exposed the military weakness of the Ottoman Empire. The campaign carried Egyptian forces deep into the Levant and Anatolia over the following two years.
• 1831 – 1916 Richard Dedekind (1831-1916) Born 6 October 1831 Dedekind was a German mathematician who gave a rigorous construction of the real numbers, now known as Dedekind cuts, and made foundational contributions to abstract algebra and number theory. He spent most of his career teaching in his native Braunschweig.
• 1831 Cholera reaches Britain The second cholera pandemic arrives from the continent The first confirmed British case of the pandemic then sweeping Asia and Europe appeared in the port of Sunderland, England. The disease went on to kill tens of thousands across Britain over the following two years, prompting new public health measures.
• 1831 Bristol riots Crowds burn public buildings after the Reform Bill is rejected Angered by the House of Lords' rejection of parliamentary reform, rioters in Bristol attacked the Mansion House, the bishop's palace, and the city jail over three days. Troops eventually restored order after dozens died in the unrest and subsequent trials.