1824 - What happened in 1824 ?

January 1824

Thursday 22:

Ashantis crush British forces in the Gold Coast.

March 1824

Friday 05:

First Burmese War: The British officially declares war on Burma.

Thursday 11:

The United States War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

May 1824

Friday 07:

Ludwig van Beethoven, completely deaf, conducts the debut of his Ninth Symphony in Vienna.

June 1824

Monday 21:

Greek War of Independence: Egyptian forces capture Psara in the Aegean Sea.

August 1824

Wednesday 04:

Battle of Cos fought between Turks and Greeks.

Sunday 15:

Freed American slaves form Liberia.

October 1824

Monday 04:

Mexico adopts a new constitution and becomes a federal republic.

Thursday 21:

Joseph Aspdin patents Portland cement.

December 1824

Wednesday 01:

U.S. 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 to decide the winner (as stipulated by the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution).

Thursday 09:

Peru defeats Spain