Data for 1824

1810BeethovenSimón Bolivar is proclaimed dictator of Peru (Feb 10), the United States War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs (Mar 11), the first permanent settlers arrive to construct the new city of Tallahassee, Florida’s new state capital (Apr 9), Beethoven’s 9th Symphony premieres in Vienna (May 7), Joseph Aspdin patents Portland cement (Oct 21), Peruvian forces defeat the Spanish who by and by lose all of South America (Dec 9) – and all these fine people were born:

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