Year by year · 19th century

1824

1824 in world history: 15 events, 7 births, 20 deaths, 1 work, 8 states founded and 4 that came to an end. 1,090 recorded states existed that year.

Events

7 May
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony is first performed in Vienna
Beethoven's Ninth, with its choral setting of Schiller's 'Ode to Joy', premiered at the Kärntnertortheater. The composer, almost entirely deaf, had to be turned to see the audience's applause.
Vienna
Treaty
Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824
The Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 was an agreement between Britain and the Netherlands that divided their spheres of influence in maritime South-East Asia.
Battle
Battle of Ayacucho
The Battle of Ayacucho was fought on 9 December 1824 in the Peruvian highlands, where a patriot army under Antonio José de Sucre defeated and captured the Spanish viceroy José de la Serna.
Battle
Battle of Junín
The Battle of Junín was a cavalry battle fought on 6 August 1824 on the high plain of Junín in the central Andes of Peru.
Battle
Battle of Nsamankow
The Battle of Nsamankow was fought on 22 January 1824 in the Gold Coast, where an army of the Ashanti Empire annihilated a British expeditionary force under Governor Sir Charles MacCarthy, who was killed.
Revolt
Confederation of the Equator
The Confederation of the Equator was a short-lived republican and separatist revolt in northeastern Brazil in 1824, centred on Pernambuco.

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In the profiles

Ashanti EmpireAsante army annihilates a British-led force at Nsamankow, killing Governor MacCarthy
Viceroyalty of PeruSucre defeats the royalists at the Battle of Ayacucho
Gran ColombiaColombian armies end Spanish rule in South America at Junín and Ayacucho
Republic of PeruSucre defeats the last royalist field army at the Battle of Ayacucho
Federal Republic of Central AmericaA federal constitution is adopted and slavery is abolished
Johor SultanateThe Anglo-Dutch Treaty splits the realm; Riau-Lingga goes to the Dutch sphere

Wars and longer events

Born in 1824 7

Died in 1824 20

Works 1

The Fountain of BakhchisarayWork / monument

States founded 8

States that came to an end 4

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