Historical Events in 1824
- Jan 22 Ashantis defeat British forces in the Gold Coast
- Jan 28 William Kneass becomes 3rd US chief engraver (1824-40)
- Feb 4 J W Goodrich introduces rubber galoshes to public
- Feb 10 Simón Bolívar named dictator by the Congress of Peru
- Feb 16 Athenaeum club founded in London
- Mar 2 Interstate commerce comes under federal control
- Mar 4 The "National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck" founded in the United Kingdom, later to be renamed The Royal National Lifeboat Institution in 1858.
- Mar 5 First Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma
- Mar 7 Giacomo Meyerbeers opera "Il Crociati in Egitto" (The Crusader in Egypt) premieres at La Fenice in Venice with famous castrato Giovanni Battista Velluti singing
- Mar 11 US War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs
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1824 in Music
- May 7 Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th (Chorale) Symphony, premieres in Vienna, often regarded as his greatest work
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Ambrose Burnside
Anton Bruckner
Leland Stanford
Stonewall Jackson
William ThomsonFamous People in 1824
Franz Schubert
Composer- Ludwig van Beethoven
Composer
Franz Schubert
Ludwig van BeethovenWorld Leaders in 1824
- James Monroe
5th US President - Louis XVIII
King of France - Robert Jenkinson
British Prime Minister
James Monroe
Louis XVIII
Robert JenkinsonFamous Weddings in 1824
- 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
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