22 March 1824 National Gallery founded by Melvis · March 22, 2023 It came into being when the British government bought 38 paintings from the heirs of John Julius Angerstein, an insurance broker and patron of the arts, in 1824. Parliament had agreed £57000 expenditure for the purchase of these works of art.
15 September 1830 William Huskisson first person killed by train. Stephenson’s Rocket September 15, 2018