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Historical Event(s)
– First Anglo-Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma.
– World premiere of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in Vienna, Austria. The performance is conducted by Michael Umlauf under the composer’s supervision.
– The National Gallery in London opens to the public.
– 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.
– Joseph Aspdin patents Portland cement.
– 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 ?
– Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, American, Confederate army general (d. 1863)
– Ranald MacDonald, Canadian-born Scottish educator and interpreter (d. 1894)
– Winfield Scott Hancock, American Civil War general (d. 1886)
– Peter Kozler, Slovenian cartographer and geographer (d. 1879)
– Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist (d. 1887)
– Cadmus M. Wilcox, American Confederate general (d. 1890)
– Eugène Boudin, French painter (d. 1898)
– Alexandre Dumas, fils, French author (d. 1895)
– Antonio Stoppani, Italian geologist and scholar (d. 1891)
– Jaime Nunó, Spanish composer (d. 1908)