What happened in 1824?
142 recorded events in 1824, including 65 in people, 21 in architecture & engineering and 18 in economy & trade.
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Wars & Conflicts 12
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Battle of Ayacucho
1824 battle of the Peruvian War of Independence
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First Anglo-Burmese War
First (5 March 1824 – 24 February 1826) of three wars fought between the British and Burmese Empire
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Battle of Junín
1825 battle during the Peruvian War of Independence
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Destruction of Psara
1824 killing of thousands of Greeks
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Kasos Massacre
1824 massacre
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Battle of Samos
1824 naval battle of the Greek War of Independence
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Battle of Nsamankow
1824 battle
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Battle of Corpahuaico
1824 battle
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Battle of Mocopulli
1824 battle
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Bathurst War
Wiradjuri resistance to European settlement
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Second Siege of Callao
1824 battle during the Peruvian War of Independence
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Battle of Ramu
1824 battle
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Politics & Government 1
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Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824
1824 treaty
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People 65
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Kamehameha II died
Monarch of the Hawaiian Islands (1797–1824)
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Lachlan Macquarie died
Scottish British army officer and New South Wales colonial administrator (1762-1824)
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Jeremies IV de Constantinoble died
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 1809 to 1813
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François Levaillant died
French explorer, ornithologist, naturalist, author and zoological collector
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Thomas Edward Bowdich died
English traveller and author (1791-1824)
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Blasius Merrem died
German naturalist (1761-1824)
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Maine de Biran died
French philosopher (1766-1824)
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Alfred Duvaucel died
French naturalist and explorer
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George Powell died
English sealer and explorer
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Walter Oudney died
British explorer (1790–1824)
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David Bushnell died
American inventor (1740–1824)
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Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert died
German scientist (1769-1824)
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Agustín de Betancourt died
Spanish-Canarian engineer and architect (1758-1824)
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Carl Axel Arrhenius died
Swedish chemist
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Jean de Noailles died
Scientist, knight (1739-1824)
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Ferdinand Franz Wallraf died
German botanist, mathematician, theologian, priest and art collector (1748-1824)
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Simone Stratigo died
Greek humanist
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Nicola Fergola died
Italian mathematician (1753-1824)
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Balthazar Georges Sage died
French chemist and mineralogist (1740-1824)
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Jean-Pierre Minckelers died
Dutch inventor
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Pierre-Louis Guinand died
Swiss lens maker (1748-1824)
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Francis Maseres died
English lawyer, scholar and judge
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Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres died
Swiss cartographer (1721–1824)
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Pietro Moscati died
Italian physician (1739-1824)
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Benjamin of Lesbos died
Greek priest and politician
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Manuel Olaguer Feliú died
Spanish Field Marshal and Captain General of Galicia
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Philip Vaughan died
Welsh inventor and ironmaster
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Alexander Nicolaus Scherer died
German chemist (1771-1824)
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Maria de Betancourt y Molina died
Spanish inventor
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Robert Patterson died
American academic
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François-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry died
French military engineer (1754–1824)
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Sakabe Kōhan died
Mathematician
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Alexander Henry the elder died
British-Canadian fur trader
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Faustino Arévalo died
Spanish Jesuit hymnographer and patrologist
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Luigi Mosca died
Italian composer
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Jean-Pierre-Paul Adam died
Actor
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Elizabeth Hartley died
British actress
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Aimé Desprez died
French chansonnier and actor
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Charles Frederick Baumgarten died
Violinist and organist
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Martial Aubertin died
French actor
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James Field Stanfield died
Irish actor, abolitionist and author (1749–1824)
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Anna Catharina Widebäck died
Swedish actress
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Alexandre Dumas fils born
Born in former 2nd arrondissement of Paris. French writer and dramatist (1824–1895).
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William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin born
Born in Belfast. British physicist and engineer (1824–1907).
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Wilkie Collins born
Born in London. British writer (1824-1889).
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Stonewall Jackson born
Born in Clarksburg. General of the Confederate Army in the American Civil War.
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George MacDonald born
Born in Huntly. Scottish writer and Christian minister (1824–1905).
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Levi P. Morton born
Born in Shoreham. Vice president of the United States from 1889 to 1893 (1824–1920).
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Dayananda Saraswati born
Born in Tankara. Indian social reformer (1824-1883).
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Ludwig Büchner born
Born in Darmstadt. German philosopher and scientist (1824-1899).
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Francisco Pi y Margall born
Born in Barcelona. Spanish politician (1824–1901).
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Ambrose Burnside born
Born in Liberty. American general and politician (1824–1881).
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Jozef Israëls born
Born in Groningen. Dutch painter (1824-1911).
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Peter Cornelius born
Born in Mainz. German composer (1824–1874).
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Mikhail Loris-Melikov born
Born in Tbilisi. Russian statesman and military commander (1824-1888).
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Juan Valera born
Born in Cabra. Spanish writer and diplomat (1824–1905).
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Winfield Scott Hancock born
Born in Montgomeryville. United States Army officer (1824–1886).
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Kuno Fischer born
Born in Sądowel. German philosopher (1824–1907).
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Víctor Balaguer i Cirera born
Born in Barcelona. Spanish author and politician (1824-1901).
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Prince Antoine, Duke of Montpensier born
Born in Neuilly-sur-Seine. French Royal (1824–1890).
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Francesco Brioschi born
Born in Milan. Italian mathematician (1824-1897).
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Svend Grundtvig born
Born in Copenhagen. Folklorist, author (1824–1883).
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Joseph Hergenröther born
Born in Würzburg. German Church historian and canonist (1824-1890).
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Franz Sigel born
Born in Sinsheim. Officer in the Grand Duchy of Baden; US Union Army general; civil servant (1824–1902).
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Ludwig Friedländer born
Born in Königsberg. German classical philologist (1824-1909).
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Science & Technology 8
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University of Manchester
Public research university in Manchester, England, United Kingdom
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Franklin Institute
Science museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Thomas Jefferson University
Private university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Ionian Academy
Former university in Corfu, Greece
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Medical University of South Carolina
Medical school and six colleges for the education of health professionals
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National University of Trujillo
University
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University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology
Former English university
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Hospital de Santo António
Public hospital in Porto, Portugal
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Exploration & Discovery 7
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Kanton Island
Atoll in the South Pacific Ocean
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Motu One
Island
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Rawaki Island
Island
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Îles Maria
Archipelago in French Polynesia
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Aratika
Island in French Polynesia
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Fakahina
Island in French Polynesia
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Achilles and Briseis
Ancient erotic picture, Pompeii
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Religion & Belief Systems 3
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Church of the Intercession
Church in Russia, Russia
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Church of the Protection of the Theotokos, Gorodets
Temple in Gorodets, Russia
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Puranigudam Jame Mosque
Mosque in Assam
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Economy & Trade 18
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Piatnik & Söhne
Austrian board and card game publisher
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Semperit
Company
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Chemical Bank
Former bank, based in New York City
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Northern Bank
Irish banking institution
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Imperial Continental Gas Association
Former company
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Australian Agricultural Company
Australian company
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Dent & Co.
Major trading company in early colonial days of Hong Kong
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Russell & Company
19th c. American trading house in China
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Agnesi
Italian food company
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Reed & Barton
American silversmith manufacturer based in the city of Taunton, Massachusetts, operating between 1824 and 2015
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Gleistein
Company
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Cramer & Co.
UK business
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Clerical Medical
Company
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Perry & Co.
Former British pen manufacturer
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Plymouth Cordage Company
American rope manufacturing company
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H.L. Boulton
Venezuelan import and export company
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Laird plc
Defunct British technology company
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Boston Courier
American newspaper
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Social Movements & Revolutions 1
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Chumash Revolt of 1824
Revolt of indigenous Chumash and Yokut people in Alta California in 1824
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Architecture & Engineering 21
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Friedrichswerder Church
Neo-Gothic church in Berlin
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Helsinki Old Church
Church in Helsinki, Finland
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Saint Irenaeus Church, Lyon
Church located in Rhône, in France
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Palace of St. Michael and St. George
Building in Corfu, Ionian Islands Region, Greece
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Tampere Old Church
Church in Tampere, Finland
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Hadsel Church
Church in Hadsel, Norway
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Academy Palace
Former palace and current public establishment in Brussels, Belgium
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Romfo Church
Church building in Sunndal, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
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Bø Church
Church in Bø, Nordland, Norway
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Eid Church
Church building in Kvinnherad, Norway
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Église Notre-Dame-du-Mont
Church located in Bouches-du-Rhône, in France
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St Luke's Church, Chelsea
Church in Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, UK
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Landvik Church
Church building in Grimstad, Agder, Norway
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Chiesa di Sant'Andrea
Church building in Serravalle, San Marino
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Church of Saint Andrew, Liverpool
Church in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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Rehoboth Chapel, Pell Green
Grade II listed church in Wadhurst, Wealden, East Sussex, England, UK
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Loyola Hall
Church in Rainhill, St Helens, Merseyside, England, UK
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St John on Bethnal Green
Church in London Borough of Tower Hamlets, UK
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Parish Church of St Peter
Church building in Belper, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England, UK
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St Peter's Church
Church in Stanley, Yorkshire, England
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Christ Episcopal Church and Parish House
Church building in New Bern, United States of America
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Sports & Entertainment 2
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Chatham Garden Theatre
New York City
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Ramshorn Theatre
University theatre in Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Empires & Countries 4
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British rule in Myanmar founded
British rule in Myanmar was founded, with its capital at Yangon.
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Provisional Government of Mexico dissolved
Provisional Government of Mexico ceased to exist, having been centered at Mexico City.
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Gaza Empire founded
Gaza Empire was founded, with its capital at Manjacaze.
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British Bencoolen dissolved
British Bencoolen ceased to exist.
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