Significant Events
- Feb 10 Simón Bolívar named dictator by the Congress of Peru
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Harrisburg Pennsylvanian newspaper publishes results of 1st public opinion poll, with a clear lead for Andrew Jackson
On July 24, 1824
World Leaders in 1824
James Monroe
5th US President
Louis XVIII
King of France
Robert Jenkinson
British Prime Minister
Famous People in 1824
Franz Schubert
Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
Composer
Ambrose Burnside
Stonewall Jackson
William ThomsonFamous Weddings
- Jan 1 US President James Knox Polk (28) weds Sarah Childress (20) in Murfreesboro
- Aug 3 Inventor Charles Goodyear (23) weds Clarissa Beecher
- Sep 2 US Navy flag officer David Farragut (23) weds Susan Caroline Marchant
- Oct 8 Salt Lake City founder Brigham Young (23) weds first wife Miriam Angeline Works (18) in Port Byron, New York
Agustín de Iturbide
Lord Byron