Page 2: Historical Events In 1824

Feb 28   Charles Blondin, France, acrobat/aerialist on this day in history.   

Mar 02   Bedrich Friedrich Smetana, Bohemian composer (Bartered Bride, Moldau) on this day in history.   

Mar 02   In the year 1824 interstate commerce comes under federal control   

Mar 03   Giovanni Battista Viotti, Italian violist/composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

Mar 04   The "National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck" was founded in the United Kingdom, later to be renamed The Royal National Lifeboat Institution in 1858 in the year 1824.   

Mar 05   In the year 1824 elisha Harris, US, physician/found American Public Health Assoc   

Mar 05   First Burmese War: The British officially declare war on Burma on this day in history.   

Mar 07   Meyerbeers opera "Il Crociati in Egitto," premieres in Venice on this day in history.   

Mar 09   Jacobus J Cramer, priest of Holland/Zealand/Friesland, dies at 79 in the year 1824.   

Mar 09   In the year 1824 leland Stanford, (Gov/Sen)/found Stanford U   

Mar 10   In the year 1824 thomas James Churchill, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1905   

Mar 11   US War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs on this day in history.   

Mar 11   On this day in history uS War Dept creates the Bureau of Indian Affair   

Mar 12   In the year 1824 gustav R Kirchoff, Prussia, physicist (spectral analysis)   

Mar 12   In the year 1824 heinrich Carl Ebell, composer, dies at 48   

Mar 15   Branko Radicevic, Serbian poet (1st Serbian Uprising) in the year 1824.   

Mar 17   In the year 1824 england & Netherlands sign a trade agreement   

Mar 17   England and Netherlands sign a trade agreement on this day in history.   

Mar 21   In the year 1824 fire at Cairo ammunitions dump kills 4,000 horses   

Mar 22   Johann Melchior Dreyer, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

Mar 22   In the year 1824 william Henry Chase Whiting, Major General (Confederate Army)   

Mar 26   On this day in history 1st performance of Beethoven's "Missa Solemnis"   

Mar 30   Innis Newton Palmer, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) on this day in history.   

Apr 05   In the year 1824 sydney Thompson Dobell, poet (Roman)   

Apr 15   Theodorus F van Capellen, vice-admiral (Algiers), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

Apr 17   In the year 1824 russia abandons all North American claims south of 54ø 40' N   

Apr 17   Russia abandons all North American claims south of 54° 40'N in the year 1824.   

Apr 18   In the year 1824 edward Jones, composer, dies at 72   

Apr 19   On this day in history george Gorden Noel "Lord" Byron, poet, dies at 36   

Apr 20   Alfred Holt Colquitt, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1894 in the year 1824.   

Apr 21   Anselmo Clave, composer on this day in history.   

Apr 24   In the year 1824 fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp forger   

Apr 24   In the year 1824 herman Muntinghe, theologist (History of Mankind), dies at 71   

Apr 25   Gustave-Rodolphe-Clarence Boulanger, painter on this day in history.   

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Jan 07   James Morrison Hawes, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1889 was born on this day in history.   

Jan 08   On this day in history birth of per August Olander, composer   

Jan 08   In the year 1824 birth of william Wilkie Collins, English novelist (Woman in White)   

Jan 08   Francisco González Bocanegra, Mexican poet (d. 1861) was born in the year 1824.   

Jan 13   On this day in history birth of ignacy Marceli Komorowski, composer   

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of vladimir Stasov, Russian art and music critic (d. 1906)   

Jan 15   Marie Duplessis, French courtesan (d. 1847) was born in the year 1824.   

Jan 21   Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, Lt Gen 2nd Corps (ANV, Confed) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 10   Victor Emanuel I, king of Sardinia (1802-21), dies at 64 in the year 1824.   

Jan 26   Edward Jenner, discoverer (vaccination), dies on this day in history.   

Jan 29   Louise MC countess of Albany, Henegouws salon owner, dies at 71 in the year 1824.   

Feb 01   On this day in history maria Theresia von Paradis, composer, dies at 64   

Feb 08   On this day in history rhijnvis Feith, Dutch mayor/writer (Zwolle, Julia), dies at 71   

Feb 09   On this day in history anna K Emmerick/Emmerich, German poet, dies at 49   

Feb 21   On this day in history death of eugène de Beauharnais, son of Napoleon's wife, Josephine (b. 1781)   

Feb 22   On this day in history john Davy, composer, dies at 60