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 ( 1820s: )  1824    | |
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 British naval force enter the harbour of Yangon (Rangoon) | |
| year 1824 |
Events
- January 8 – After much controversy, Michael Faraday is finally elected as a member of the Royal Society, with only one vote against him.
- January 22 – The Ashanti crush British forces in the Gold Coast, killing the British governor Sir Charles MacCarthy
- January 24 – The first issue of the radical quarterly founded by Jeremy Bentham, The Westminster Review, is published in London.
- February 10 – Simón Bolívar is proclaimed dictator of Peru.
- February 21 – The Chumash Revolt of 1824 begins against the Spanish presence in California.
- March 5 – The First Anglo-Burmese War begins.
- March 9 – Netherlands Trading Society (Netherlandsche Handel-Maatschappij), a predecessor for ABN AMRO, Dutch firm Financial group, founded
- March 11 – The United States War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
- March 17 – The Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 is signed.
- May 24 – First Anglo-Burmese War: The British take Rangoon, Burma.
- October 21 – Joseph Aspdin patents Portland cement.
Date unknown
- The Egyptians capture Crete.
- The Montparnasse Cemetery is established in Paris, France.
- The Dutch sign the Masang Agreement, temporarily ending hostilities in the Padri War.
- The name Australia, recommended by Matthew Flinders in 1804, is finally adopted as the official name of the country once known as New Holland.
- The Panoramagram is invented as the first stereoscopic viewer.
- The Fort Vancouver trading post is established on the lower Columbia River by the Hudson's Bay Company.
- The Colorado potato beetle is first described, by Thomas Say.
Event
| Event | Start | End |
|---|---|---|
| Pax Brittanica | 1815 | 1915 |
New Groups
| Group | Image | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh Academy |  | Independent school | Independent school in Edinburgh, Scotland, opened in 1824. |
| Athenaeum Club |  | ||
| Manchester Metropolitan University |  | University in England. Not to be confused with the University of Manchester. | |
| Russell & Company |  | Commercial | |
| Kenyon College | | ||
| University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology | | Merged to the University of Manchester in 2004. |
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