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| 1824 |
| | | Beethoven's ninth symphony (the Choral, because of its finale, setting Schiller's Ode to Joy) has its first performance in Vienna | |
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| 1824 |
| | | Italian composer Gioacchino Rossini moves to Paris, where he becomes director of the Théatre Italien | |
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| 1824 |
| | | The King’s Free School is established in a small Gothic building near the pond, with George IV as a major subscriber | |
|  | Print of the King's School in Kew when newly built
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| 1824 |
| | | The reactionary Charles X succeeds to the throne of France on the death of his brother Louis XVIII | |
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| 1824 |
| | | Leading only one half of the ruling Republican party, John Quincy Adams wins the US presidential election | |
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| 1824 |
| | | After the surrender of the Spanish army to Antonio José de Sucre at Ayacucho, Peru is finally liberated | |
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| 1824 |
| | | George IV lays the foundation stone for a school on the north east side of Kew Green and gives £300 on condition that the school be called the King’s Free School. Later Queen Victoria permits the school to be called The Queen’s School. | |
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| 1824 |
| | | The Cambridge Park estate is divided and Meadowbank is built in the southern part. | |
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| 1824 |
| | | 12-year-old Charles Dickens works in London in Warren's boot-blacking factory | |
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| c. 1825 |
| | | Plans are made for a horse-drawn railroad into the East India Docks, but it is not built | |
|  | Proposed horse-drawn railroad, c.1825
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