1824 (original) (raw)

Events

January 22 - Ashantis crush British forces in the Gold Coast
Cimetiere de Montparnasse established
The Dutch sign the Masang Agreement temporarily ending hostilities in the Padri War
March 17 signing of the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824.
March 11 - The United States War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Ely Parker of the Seneca tribe becomes its first director.
September 16 Charles X succeeds Louis XVIII as King of France
November - Andrew Jackson receives more popular votes than John Quincy Adams in the U.S. presidential election
December 1 - U.S. presidential election, 1824: Since no candidate received a majority of the total electoral college votes in the election, the United States House of Representatives is given the task to decide the winner (as stipulated by the Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution).