1824 Calendar

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.

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.

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.

January 14, 1824 – Vladimir Stasov, Russian art and music critic (d. 1906)

February 10, 1824 – Samuel Plimsoll, British politician and social reformer

February 22, 1824 – Pierre Janssen, French astronomer (d. 1907)

May 20, 1824 – Cadmus M. Wilcox, American Confederate general (d. 1890)

June 23, 1824 – Carl Reinecke, German musician and composer (d. 1910)

June 26, 1824 – William Thomson, Irish-born physicist (d. 1907)

June 28, 1824 – Paul Broca, French physician (d. 1880)

August 8, 1824 – Tsarina Maria Alexandrovna of Russia (d. 1880)

September 8, 1824 – Jaime Nunó, Spanish composer (d. 1908)

September 27, 1824 – William “Bull” Nelson, American Civil War general (d. 1862)