Assassination of Charles MCarthy
Captured by the Ahanti & killed
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1824 in Great Britain
Explore 35 historical events and records for Great Britain in 1824.
Historical records for Great Britain in 1824
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January
Death of Charles MCarthy
Captured by the Ahanti & killed
February
Birth of William Huggins
Birth of William Huggins
Thames Tunnel Company
The proposed Thames Tunnel Company is announced after Brunel presents his scheme to supporters and investors.
March
Speech
Maiden speech on the Manchester Gas Light Bill
April
Death at Missolonghi
Lord Byron dies while supporting the Greek cause at Missolonghi
June
Legislation
Workers can organize as the Combination Acts are repealed, supported by Joseph Hume
Reform of Labour Law
Workers can organize as the Combination Acts are repealed, supported by Joseph Hume
Birth of William Thomson
Birth of William Thomson
Thames Tunnel Company
Parliament incorporates the Thames Tunnel Company and authorises construction of the river crossing.
July
Thames Tunnel
Brunel joins the Thames Tunnel project after his father is appointed engineer for the crossing beneath the River Thames.
Other events (month unknown)
Army Officer
Appointed Army Officer of the Eighth Hussars
Begins Dante Illustrations
Blake undertook illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy, a major unfinished late literary project.
Cadbury Shop
Cadbury opens a Birmingham shop selling tea, coffee, cocoa and drinking chocolate.
Colonel
Appointed Colonel
Colonel
Appointed Colonel
Combination Acts Repeal
Hume supports repeal of laws restricting workers from organising over wages and conditions.
Commercial Change Stimulates Economic Essays
Trade growth and questions of commercial policy provided intellectual material for the Review's continuing political economy coverage.
Conservatives
1st uses the word "Conservative"
Currency Policy Criticism
Cobbett's economic campaigning confronted disputes over currency, banking and public debt in postwar Britain.
Discovery of Hydrochloric Acid
Establishes that hydrochloric acid is the main agent of human digestion
Industrial Revolution
Joseph Aspdin, a British bricklayer turned builder, patented a chemical process for making portland cement which was an important advance in the building trades
Invention of Portland Cement
Joseph Aspdin, a British bricklayer turned builder, patented a chemical process for making portland cement which was an important advance in the building trades
Manchester Science Gains National Recognition
Dalton's work helped establish the city's reputation as a leading centre of experimental chemistry. Its consequences influenced later approaches to production or experimentation.
Naval Art Gallery Opens
The National Gallery of Naval Art opened at Greenwich Hospital and displayed maritime imagery associated with naval figures including Nelson.
Patent
Patents a cement which is impervious to water
Peveril of the Peak
Publication of "St Ronans Wall". Publication of "Red Gauntlet". Publication of "Quentin Durward". Publication of "Peveril of the Peak"
Purchase of New Harmony
Purchases New Harmony, Indiana, USA
Quentin Durward
Publication of "St Ronans Wall". Publication of "Red Gauntlet". Publication of "Quentin Durward". Publication of "Peveril of the Peak"
Red Gauntlet
Publication of "St Ronans Wall". Publication of "Red Gauntlet". Publication of "Quentin Durward". Publication of "Peveril of the Peak"
Reform of Slavery
Supports the abolition od slavery. Supports free progressive education
Rural Workers and Agricultural Wages
Cobbett used his rural observations to argue that agricultural labourers' low wages and precarious lives demanded political attention.
Smirke Designs New Museum Building
Robert Smirke's neoclassical design shaped the enlarged British Museum building erected to replace Montagu House.
St Ronans Wall
Publication of "St Ronans Wall". Publication of "Red Gauntlet". Publication of "Quentin Durward". Publication of "Peveril of the Peak"
Tunnel Shield
Brunel works with his father on the shield system used for the Thames Tunnel.
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