Editing 1824 (section)

=== April–June ===
[[File:Lord Byron on his Death-bed c. 1826.jpg|thumb|April 19: Death of [[Lord Byron]]]]
* [[April 7]] –  The [[Mechanics' institute|Mechanics' Institution]] is established in [[Manchester]], England at the Bridgewater Arms hotel, as part of a national movement for the education of working men. The institute is the precursor to two Universities in the city: the [[University of Manchester]] and the [[Metropolitan University of Manchester]] (MMU).<ref name=bi>{{cite web|url=https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/bicentenary/|website=manchester.ac.uk|author=Anon|year=2024|title=Celebrating our bicentenary: 200 years of education and innovation|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815205524/https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/bicentenary/|archivedate=2023-08-15}}</ref><ref name=umist>{{cite web|url=https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/history-heritage/history/umist/|website=manchester.ac.uk|title=History of UMIST|author=Anon|year=2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924010004/https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/history-heritage/history/umist/|archivedate=2014-09-24}}</ref><ref name=mmu>{{cite web|url=https://www.mmu.ac.uk/about-us/history|website=mmu.ac.uk|title=Our history and heritage|author=Anon|year=2024|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403145944/https://www2.mmu.ac.uk/about-us/history/|archivedate=2019-04-03}}</ref>
* [[April 9]] – The first permanent settlers arrive to construct the new city of [[Tallahassee, Florida]], selected to be the capital of the [[Florida Territory]] newly acquired from the Kingdom of Spain; the area has been selected because it is roughly equidistant from the territory's main cities, [[Pensacola, Florida|Pensacola]] and [[St. Augustine, Florida|St. Augustine]].<ref>Paul E. Hoffman, ''Florida's Frontiers'' (Indiana University Press, 2002) p298</ref>
* [[April 19]] – [[Lord Byron]] (George Gordon Byron), the British poet, dies at the age of 36 in the Greek city of [[Missolonghi]], where he had taken ill while making plans to liberate the Greeks from Ottoman rule, "not in combat, but of a fever caught in the unhealthy conditions at Missolonghi... exacerbated, it is generally agreed, by the over-zealous actions of his doctors, who [[bloodletting|bled]] him excessively."<ref>[[Edward John Trelawny]], ''Records of Shelley, Byron and the Author'' (Penguin, 2013)</ref>
* [[April 30]] – The [[April Revolt]] (''La Abrilada'') in [[United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves|Portugal]] begins when [[Miguel I of Portugal|Prince Miguel]] acts against his [[Liberal Revolution of 1820|Liberal]] opponents in defiance of his father [[John VI of Portugal|John VI]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Nova Enciclopédia Larousse vol. 1|last=Bigotte de Carvalho|first=Maria Irene|publisher=Círculo de Leitores|year=1997|page=29|isbn=972-42-1477-X|oclc=959016748}}</ref>
* [[May 7]] – [[Ludwig van Beethoven]]'s ''[[Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven)|Ninth Symphony]]'' (the "Choral") premieres at the [[Theater am Kärntnertor]] in Vienna. The deaf composer has to be turned around on the stage to witness the enthusiastic audience reaction.<ref>Albrecht, Theodor, ''Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony: Rehearsing and Performing its 1824 Premiere'', {{ISBN| 9781837651054}} (Boydell Press, 2024)</ref>
* [[May 24]] – [[First Anglo-Burmese War]]: The British take [[Yangon|Rangoon]], capital of the Kingdom of Burma (now Yangon, Myanmar), in a surprise attack.<ref>{{cite book |title=A History of Burma |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofburma00htin |url-access=registration |pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofburma00htin/page/212 212], 214–215 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=New York and London |year=1967 |author=Maung Htin Aung |author-link=Htin Aung}}</ref> 
* [[June 16]] – The [[Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals]] is established in Great Britain.{{cite web |last1=Sheppard |first1=F H W |title=Jermyn Street Pages 271-284 Survey of London: Volumes 29 and 30, St James Westminster, Part 1. Originally published by London County Council, London, 1960. |url=https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vols29-30/pt1/pp271-284 |website=British History Online |access-date=12 August 2020}}