Historical Events in May 1824

  • May 2 Goethe visits Ettersberg (Buchenwald)

Music releaseMusic Premiere

May 7 Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th (Chorale) Symphony, premieres in Vienna, often regarded as his greatest work

Composer Ludwig van Beethoven
Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
  • May 10 The National Gallery in London opens to the public in its temporary home in a townhouse on Pall Mall

Event of interestEvent of Interest

May 17 The diaries of Lord Byron are burnt by six of the poet's friends at the office of John Murray in London, sometimes described as “the greatest crime in literary history”

Romantic Poet Lord Byron
Romantic Poet
Lord Byron
  • May 24 Pope Leo XII proclaims a universal jubilee
  • May 26 Brazil is recognized by the US