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Historical Event(s)
– The United States Department of War creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
– The National Gallery in London opens to the public.
– Greek War of Independence: Egyptian forces capture Psara in the Aegean Sea.
– Costa Rica annexes Guanacaste from Nicaragua.
– Greek War of Independence: Constantine Kanaris leads a Greek fleet to victory against Ottoman and Egyptian ships in the Battle of Samos.
– Mexico adopts a new constitution and becomes a federal republic.
– Slavery is abolished in Costa Rica.
– 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 ?
– Francisco González Bocanegra, Mexican poet (d. 1861)
– Ranald MacDonald, Canadian-born Scottish educator and interpreter (d. 1894)
– Samuel Plimsoll, British politician and social reformer
– Peter Kozler, Slovenian cartographer and geographer (d. 1879)
– Jules Chevalier, French priest (d. 1907)
– Levi P. Morton, 22nd United States Vice President (d. 1920)
– Eugène Boudin, French painter (d. 1898)
– Jaime Nunó, Spanish composer (d. 1908)
– William “Bull” Nelson, American Civil War general (d. 1862)
– Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter (d. 1898)