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Historical Event(s)
– The Ashantis defeat British forces in the Gold Coast.
– First Anglo-Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma.
– The United States Department of War creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
– The National Gallery in London opens to the public.
– Costa Rica annexes Guanacaste from Nicaragua.
– The Battle of Kos is fought between Turk and Greek forces.
– Greek War of Independence: Constantine Kanaris leads a Greek fleet to victory against Ottoman and Egyptian ships in the Battle of Samos.
– First ground is broken at Allenburg for the building of the original Welland Canal.
– 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.
– 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.
Who Were Born On ?
– Winfield Scott Hancock, American Civil War general (d. 1886)
– Alexander William Williamson, English chemist (d. 1904)
– Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (d. 1904)
– Levi P. Morton, 22nd United States Vice President (d. 1920)
– Cadmus M. Wilcox, American Confederate general (d. 1890)
– Paul Broca, French physician (d. 1880)
– Eugène Boudin, French painter (d. 1898)
– Tsarina Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (d. 1880)
– Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer (d. 1896)
– Francis Turner Palgrave, British critic and poet (d. 1897)