Discover what happened on 1 October 1931 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Deaths
- Wilhelm Heidkamp (German sailor)
- Alphonse Magniez (French writer)
- Louis Félix Ollivier (French politician (1853–1931))
- Basanta Mullick (Indian judge)
- Joseph K. Gill (American businessman (1841-1931))
- Richard Everett Warner (American politician (1861-1931))
- Sir Joseph Savory, 1st Baronet (Lord Mayor of London (1843-1931))
- Thomas Chisholm (Canadian politician (1842–1931))
- Li Mingrui (Chinese warlord and Red Army general)
- Kobori Tomoto (painter (1864-1931))
- Natyachhatakar Diwakar (Marathi-language writer and poet)
- Richard Hansen (Norwegian politician (1865-1931))
- Christian Wendelbo Strand (Norwegian politician, businessman and farmer (1855-1931))
- Slavoj Dimnik
- Karl Wolf
- Joseph Blomeley Swain (Wood engraver (b. 1844))
- Marcellus Crommelin (Dutch mayor (1851-1931))
- Eugène Belville
- Vincenzo Pericoli (politician (1862-1931))
- Lauri Sirelius (Finnish film actor and singer (1895-1931))
- Beresford Melville (politician (1857-1931))
- Mokos Gyula
- P.J.G. de Vos (South African writer)
- Eugen Todoran (Romanian professor)
- Guglielmo Duranti (Italian politician)
- Julius Kaftanski
- Martin Georg Freudenberg ((1885-1931) husband of Maria Stelter)
- Edmund Nevill Richard Pelly ((1858-1931))
- Humphrey Gordon Roberts-Hay-Boyd (Peerage person ID=501989)
- Hugh Frederick Lyons-Montgomery (Peerage person ID=510495)
- Janetta Nina Sutton ((1856-1931))
- Betty Leggett (American socialite, letter writer, and religious activist)
- Montagu Lethbridge ((1902-1931))
- Ladislav Zelenka (scientist)
- Amandus De La Croix
- Wacław Kraszewski (physician from Zakopane and one of the founders of Voluntary Tatra rescue service)
- Emilio Rodríguez Fernández
- Joseph Bosco
- Ivan Rayevsky ((1871—1931))