1824 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1824?
- January 22, 1824 – The Ashantis defeat British forces in the Gold Coast.
- March 5, 1824 – First Anglo-Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma.
- March 11, 1824 – The United States Department of War creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
- May 7, 1824 – World premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in Vienna, Austria. The performance is conducted by Michael Umlauf under the composer’s supervision.
- May 10, 1824 – The National Gallery in London opens to the public.
- June 21, 1824 – Greek War of Independence: Egyptian forces capture Psara in the Aegean Sea.
- July 25, 1824 – Costa Rica annexes Guanacaste from Nicaragua.
- August 4, 1824 – The Battle of Kos is fought between Turk and Greek forces.
- August 5, 1824 – Greek War of Independence: Constantine Kanaris leads a Greek fleet to victory against Ottoman and Egyptian ships in the Battle of Samos.
- October 4, 1824 – Mexico adopts a new constitution and becomes a federal republic.
- October 9, 1824 – Slavery is abolished in Costa Rica.
- October 21, 1824 – Joseph Aspdin patents Portland cement.
- November 30, 1824 – First ground is broken at Allenburg for the building of the original Welland Canal.
- December 1, 1824 – United States presidential election, 1824: Since no candidate received a majority of the total electoral college votes in the election, the United States House of Representatives is given the task of deciding the winner in accordance with the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
- December 9, 1824 – Patriot forces led by General Antonio José de Sucre defeat a Royalist army in the Battle of Ayacucho, putting an end to the Peruvian War of Independence.
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