1824 Events

1824 Beethoven Finishes His Ninth Symphony
The Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral" is the final complete symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven. Completed in 1824, the symphony is one of the best known works of the Western class...
1824 Charles Dickens begins working at Warren's Blacking Factory
Just before his father's arrest, 12-year-old Dickens had begun working ten-hour days at Warren's Blacking Warehouse, on Hungerford Stairs, near the present Charing Cross railway station. ...
1824 Davis Secures an Appointment to West Point
Jefferson Davis attended West Point along with notable US Military Academy members of his Class and others Classes who would later play a major part during the "War of Northern Aggression...
1824 Douglass Moves to Plantation on Wye River
When Douglass was about six years old, his grandmother walked with him the twelve miles from his childhood cabin to the Wye House plantation where he would begin work as a slave. "Publ...
1824 Joseph Fourier discovers "greenhouse effect"
Fourier is credited with the discovery in 1824 that gases in the atmosphere might increase the surface temperature of the Earth. This was the effect that would later be called the greenho...
1824 Jan 21 Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson Is Born
Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson, one of Robert E. Lee's most outstanding generals in the Army of Northern Virginia, was born in Clarksburg, Virginia (now West Virginia), on January 2...
1824 May 7 The Grand Academy
Another important event of this period is Beethoven’s grand " Academy " during which Symphony No. 9 and three movements of the Missa solemnis were first performed. The " Academy " took pl...