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 |
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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 |
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02 March | Bedřich Smetana / Pianist / Czech Republic |
02 October | Henry C. Lord / Business Man / United States of America |
03 February | Ranald MacDonald / Educator / United States of America |
04 September | Anton Bruckner / Organist / Austria |
05 April | Moses Dickson / Soldier / United States of America |
08 January | Francisco González Bocanegra / Poet / Mexico |
10 February | Samuel Plimsoll / Politician / United Kingdom |
12 March | Gustav Kirchhoff / Academic / Germany |
14 February | Winfield Scott Hancock / Politician / United States of America |
14 October | Adolphe Monticelli / Painter / France |
15 August | John Chisum / Business Man / United States of America |
16 May | Edmund Kirby Smith / General / United States of America |
16 May | Levi P. Morton / Politician / United States of America |
18 December | John Hall / Politician / United Kingdom |
19 March | William Allingham / Poet / Ireland |
23 May | Ambrose Burnside / Politician / United States of America |
24 August | Antonio Stoppani / Scholar / Italy |
25 March | Clinton L. Merriam / Politician / United States of America |
27 January | Urbain Johnson / Farmer / Canada |
28 September | Francis Turner Palgrave / Poet / United Kingdom |
Famous Indian Personalities Birthdays in the year 1824:
Year | Name / Profession / Country |
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25 January | Michael Madhusudan Dutt / Poet / India |
12 February | Dayananda Saraswati / Philosopher / India |