Explore the major historical events, famous births, and notable deaths that occurred in the year 1824. This year saw 44 significant events. 5 notable figures were born. 3 notable figures passed away.
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar Palacios Ponte y Blanco (24 July 1783 – 17 December 1830) was a Venezuelan military officer and statesman who led what are currently the countries…
Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th (Choral) Symphony, often regarded as his greatest work, with libretto by poet Friedrich von Schiller, premieres at the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna, Austria [1]
Inventor Charles Goodyear (23) weds Clarissa Beecher
US Navy flag officer David Farragut (23) weds Susan Caroline Marchant
Salt Lake City founder Brigham Young (23) weds first wife Miriam Angeline Works (18) in Port Byron, New York
Ashantis defeat British forces in the Gold Coast
William Kneass is appointed as the 3rd US Chief Engraver (1824-40)
J W Goodrich introduces rubber galoshes to public
The Athenaeum is a private members' club in London, founded in 1824. It is primarily a club for men and women with intellectual interests, and particularly (but not exclusively) for those who have...
First description of a dinosaur published: ‘Megalosaurus or Great Fossil Lizard of Stonesfield’ to the Geological Society of London by William Buckland, beginning dinosaur mania [1]
Interstate commerce comes under federal control
The "National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck" founded in the United Kingdom, later to be renamed The Royal National Lifeboat Institution in 1858.
First Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma
Giacomo Meyerbeers opera "Il Crociati in Egitto" (The Crusader in Egypt) premieres at La Fenice in Venice with famous castrato Giovanni Battista Velluti singing
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also known as Indian Affairs (IA), is a United States federal agency within the Department of the Interior.
Britain & Netherlands sign a trade agreement
Fire at a Cairo ammunition dump kills 4,000 horses
The Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123, is a Solemn Mass composed by Ludwig van Beethoven from 1819 to 1823.
Russia abandons all North American claims south of 54° 40'N
The National Gallery in London opens to the public in its temporary home in a townhouse on Pall Mall
Pope Leo XII proclaims a Universal Jubilee in an attempt to strengthen a closer bond between the Pope and the Christian people
Brazil is recognized by the US
First free press (without government approval) founded in Australia - the Hobart Town Gazette by ex-convict Andrew Bent [1]
Washing machine patented by Noah Cushing of Quebec
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also known as Indian Affairs (IA), is a United States federal agency within the Department of the Interior.
The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence fought by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire from...
Costa Rica annexes Guanacaste from Nicaragua
Battle of Kos is fought between Turks and Greeks
From July 1824 to September 1825, the French Marquis de Lafayette (Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette), the last surviving major general of the American Revolutionary War,...
Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast.
Moreton Bay Penal Settlement established at Redcliffe, Queensland, with about 30 convicts (modern Brisbane, Australia) [1]
Kapiolani defies Pele, the Hawaiian volcano goddess, and lives
The Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States of 1824 (Spanish: Constitución Federal de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos de 1824) was the first constitution of Mexico, enacted on October 4 of...
Slavery is abolished in Costa Rica
Joseph Aspdin (25 December 1778 – 20 March 1855) was an English bricklayer, businessman, inventor, and stonemason who obtained the patent for Portland cement on 21 October 1824.
St Petersburg floods to 4.20m, city's greatest flood
Series of fires kills 10 in Edinburgh, Scotland
New York City's Fifth Avenue opens for business
Storm causes flooding in St Petersburg, killing 10,000
First Jewish Reform congregation forms, Charleston, South Carolina
Ground is first broken at Allanburg for the building of the original Welland Canal
Battle of Ayacucho (Candorcangui), Peru defeats Spain
Great North Holland Canal opens
Chi Phi Society forms at the College of New Jersey in Princeton, said to be the first US fraternity; disbands after a year, but later revives and merges with similar groups across the nation as part of the Chi Pi Fraternity
Stonewall Jackson, American confederate states army general, known for confederate states army general, was born on 1824-01-21.
Bedřich Smetana, Czech musician, known for czech composer, was born on 1824-03-02.
Ambrose Burnside, American general and politician, known for american general and politician, was born on 1824-05-23.
William Thomson, British physicist, engineer and mathematician, known for british physicist, engineer and mathematician, was born on 1824-06-26.
Anton Bruckner, Austrian musician, known for austrian composer, was born on 1824-09-04.
Théodore Géricault, French painter, known for french painter, died on 1824-01-26. Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault was a French painter and lithographer.
Eugène de Beauharnais, French statesman and military officer, known for french statesman and military officer, died on 1824-02-21.
Agustín de Iturbide dies
Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar Palacios Ponte y Blanco (24 July 1783 – 17 December 1830) was a Venezuelan military officer and statesman who led what are currently the countries…
Ludwig van Beethoven's 9th (Choral) Symphony, often regarded as his greatest work, with libretto by poet Friedrich von Schiller, premieres at the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna, Austria [1]
Inventor Charles Goodyear (23) weds Clarissa Beecher
US Navy flag officer David Farragut (23) weds Susan Caroline Marchant
Salt Lake City founder Brigham Young (23) weds first wife Miriam Angeline Works (18) in Port Byron, New York
Ashantis defeat British forces in the Gold Coast
William Kneass is appointed as the 3rd US Chief Engraver (1824-40)
J W Goodrich introduces rubber galoshes to public
The Athenaeum is a private members' club in London, founded in 1824. It is primarily a club for men and women with intellectual interests, and particularly (but not exclusively) for those who have...
First description of a dinosaur published: ‘Megalosaurus or Great Fossil Lizard of Stonesfield’ to the Geological Society of London by William Buckland, beginning dinosaur mania [1]
Interstate commerce comes under federal control
The "National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck" founded in the United Kingdom, later to be renamed The Royal National Lifeboat Institution in 1858.
First Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma
Giacomo Meyerbeers opera "Il Crociati in Egitto" (The Crusader in Egypt) premieres at La Fenice in Venice with famous castrato Giovanni Battista Velluti singing
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also known as Indian Affairs (IA), is a United States federal agency within the Department of the Interior.
Britain & Netherlands sign a trade agreement
Fire at a Cairo ammunition dump kills 4,000 horses
The Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123, is a Solemn Mass composed by Ludwig van Beethoven from 1819 to 1823.
Russia abandons all North American claims south of 54° 40'N
The National Gallery in London opens to the public in its temporary home in a townhouse on Pall Mall
Pope Leo XII proclaims a Universal Jubilee in an attempt to strengthen a closer bond between the Pope and the Christian people
Brazil is recognized by the US
First free press (without government approval) founded in Australia - the Hobart Town Gazette by ex-convict Andrew Bent [1]
Washing machine patented by Noah Cushing of Quebec
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also known as Indian Affairs (IA), is a United States federal agency within the Department of the Interior.
The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence fought by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire from...
Costa Rica annexes Guanacaste from Nicaragua
Battle of Kos is fought between Turks and Greeks
From July 1824 to September 1825, the French Marquis de Lafayette (Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier de La Fayette), the last surviving major general of the American Revolutionary War,...
Liberia, officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast.
Moreton Bay Penal Settlement established at Redcliffe, Queensland, with about 30 convicts (modern Brisbane, Australia) [1]
Kapiolani defies Pele, the Hawaiian volcano goddess, and lives
The Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States of 1824 (Spanish: Constitución Federal de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos de 1824) was the first constitution of Mexico, enacted on October 4 of...
Slavery is abolished in Costa Rica
Joseph Aspdin (25 December 1778 – 20 March 1855) was an English bricklayer, businessman, inventor, and stonemason who obtained the patent for Portland cement on 21 October 1824.
St Petersburg floods to 4.20m, city's greatest flood
Series of fires kills 10 in Edinburgh, Scotland
New York City's Fifth Avenue opens for business
Storm causes flooding in St Petersburg, killing 10,000
First Jewish Reform congregation forms, Charleston, South Carolina
Ground is first broken at Allanburg for the building of the original Welland Canal
Battle of Ayacucho (Candorcangui), Peru defeats Spain
Great North Holland Canal opens
Chi Phi Society forms at the College of New Jersey in Princeton, said to be the first US fraternity; disbands after a year, but later revives and merges with similar groups across the nation as part of the Chi Pi Fraternity
Stonewall Jackson, American confederate states army general, known for confederate states army general, was born on 1824-01-21.
Bedřich Smetana, Czech musician, known for czech composer, was born on 1824-03-02.
Ambrose Burnside, American general and politician, known for american general and politician, was born on 1824-05-23.
William Thomson, British physicist, engineer and mathematician, known for british physicist, engineer and mathematician, was born on 1824-06-26.
Anton Bruckner, Austrian musician, known for austrian composer, was born on 1824-09-04.
Théodore Géricault, French painter, known for french painter, died on 1824-01-26. Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault was a French painter and lithographer.
Eugène de Beauharnais, French statesman and military officer, known for french statesman and military officer, died on 1824-02-21.
Agustín de Iturbide dies