In history, year 1824 has its own importance and known for many memorable events like famous birthdays, inventions, natural disaster, treaties, change of rulers, special days etc. Find below a list of important historical events which happened during the year 1824.
Top Historical Events of the Year 1824 ⚡:
| Date/Month | Event / Incidence / Incident |
|---|
| 05 march | The First Anglo-Burmese War, the longest and most expensive war in British Indian history, began. |
| 07 may | Ludwig van Beethoven's last complete symphony, the Symphony No. 9 in D minor, which incorporates part of Friedrich Schiller's poem 'Ode to Joy' in its fourth movement, premiered at the Kärntner to rtheater in Vienna. |
| 10 may | The National Gallery in London opened to the public, in theformer townhouse of the collector John Julius Angerstein. |
| 04 october | Mexico enacted its first constitution, defining the nation as afederal republic. |
| 08 June | Noh Cushing painted the washing machine. The washing machine was invented by the Harley Mission Company in 1907 in the USA |
| 19 November | About ten thousand people died in floods in the city of St. Petersburg, Russia. |
| 06 January | French writer and litterateur Alexander Doma Junior was born in Paris. |
| 10 January | Britain's chemist Joseph Aspedian made cement. His achievement is considered significant progress in the field of construction. |
| 25 January | Famous Bengali poet Michael Madhusudan Dutt was born. |
| 09 February | The famous nineteenth century Bengali poet and playwright Michael Madhusudan Dutta embraced Christianity. |
| 22 January | Ashanti killed British Governor Sir Charles McCarthy to crush the British army in the Gold Coast. |
| 21 February | The Chmash rebellion of 1824 began against the Spanish presence in California. |
| 05 March | The first Anglo-Burma War began. |
| 17 March | The Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 was signed. |
| 24 May | The British captured Rangoon and Burma in the First Anglo-Burmese War. |
| 16 June | The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was established in Great Britain. |
| 30 July | Giochino became the new manager of the Rossini Theater Italian, Paris. |
| 16 August | Lafitte visited the United States, departing on September 7, 1825. |
| 16 September | Charles succeeded his brother Louis XVIII as the king of tenth France. |
| 04 October | Mexico became a republic state. |
| 05 November | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the first technical university in the English-speaking world, was established at Troy, New York. |
| 23 December | Chief Pushmatama of the Chikkatu nation died in Washington. |
Famous birthdays in the year 1824:
| Date/Month | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|
| 01 April | Louis-Zéphirin Moreau / Bishop / Canada |
| 02 March | Bedřich Smetana / Pianist / Czech Republic |
| 03 February | Ranald MacDonald / Educator / United States of America |
| 04 September | Anton Bruckner / Organist / Austria |
| 08 January | Francisco González Bocanegra / Poet / Mexico |
| 10 December | George MacDonald / Author / Scotland |
| 11 May | Jean-Léon Gérôme / Painter / France |
| 12 July | Eugène Boudin / Painter / France |
| 12 March | Gustav Kirchhoff / Academic / Germany |
| 14 February | Winfield Scott Hancock / Politician / United States of America |
| 15 August | John Chisum / Business Man / United States of America |
| 16 February | Peter Kosler / Lawyer / Slovenia |
| 19 March | William Allingham / Poet / Ireland |
| 20 March | Theodor von Heuglin / Ornithologist / Germany |
| 21 January | Stonewall Jackson / General / United States of America |
| 22 November | Georg von Oettingen / Physician / Germany |
| 22 February | Pierre Janssen / Astronomer / France |
| 24 August | Antonio Stoppani / Scholar / Italy |
| 26 June | William Thomson / Engineer / Scotland |
| 28 September | Francis Turner Palgrave / Poet / United Kingdom |
Famous Indian Personalities Birthdays in the year 1824:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
|---|
| 12 February | Dayananda Saraswati / Philosopher / India |
| 25 January | Michael Madhusudan Dutt / Poet / India |