Editing 1831 (section)

=== October&ndash;December ===
* [[October 9]] &ndash; [[Ioannis Kapodistrias]], Greek head of [[Sovereign state|state]] and founder of [[Greece|Greek]] [[independence]], is assassinated in [[Nafplion]].
* [[October 21]] &ndash; The [[November Uprising]] ends in the defeat of Polish forces.
* [[October 28]] &ndash; [[Michael Faraday]] constructs an early form of [[dynamo]].<ref name="Pocket On This Day">{{cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-14-102715-0|year=2006}}</ref>
* [[October 29]] &ndash; The [[1831 Bristol riots]] ("Queen Square riots") in [[Bristol]] (England) begin, in connection with the [[Great Reform Bill]] controversy. Quelled by the authorities and the military on October 31, 100 city centre properties are destroyed, at least 120 are estimated to have been killed, 31 of the rioters will be sentenced to death and a colonel facing court-martial for failure to control the riot commits suicide.
* [[October 30]] &ndash; In Southampton County, Virginia, escaped slave [[Nat Turner]] is captured and arrested for leading the bloodiest slave rebellion in United States history.
* [[November 7]] &ndash; Slave trading is forbidden in [[Brazil]].
* [[November 8]] &ndash; [[The King's School, Parramatta|The Kings School (Parramatta)]] was approved to be established. 
* [[November 17]] &ndash; [[Ecuador]] and [[Venezuela]] are separated from [[Gran Colombia]].
* [[November 22]] &ndash; [[First Canut Revolt]]: After a bloody battle with the military causing 600 deaths, rebellious silk workers seize [[Lyon]], France.
* [[December 26]] &ndash; Global [[financial services]] business [[Assicurazioni Generali]] is founded in [[Trieste]] (at this time in the [[Austrian Empire]]) as ''Imperial Regia Privilegiata Compagnia di Assicurazioni Generali Austro-Italiche''.<ref>{{cite web|title=1831|url=https://www.generali.com/who-we-are/history/interactive-timeline/1st-period/1831|publisher=Generali Group}}</ref>
* [[December 27]]
** The [[Baptist War]] (Christmas Rebellion) begins in [[Jamaica]], with the setting afire of the Kensington House in [[Saint James Parish, Jamaica|St James Parish]], inspiring thousands of black slaves to revolt against their British masters. At its peak, more than 20,000 people will be involved, and more than 500 killed.<ref>{{cite book|first=Andre C.|last=Drainville|title=A History of World Order and Resistance: The Making and Unmaking of Global Subjects|publisher=Routledge|year=2013}}</ref>
** [[Charles Darwin]] embarks from [[Plymouth]] on the [[Second voyage of HMS Beagle|second voyage of HMS ''Beagle'']] which will be the foundation for his life of scientific study. 
* [[December 31]] &ndash; [[Gramercy Park]] is deeded to New York City.