1824 in History – What happened in year 1824

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
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
25 January	Michael Madhusudan Dutt / Poet / India
12 February	Dayananda Saraswati / Philosopher / India