Famous birthdays, deaths and events of 1836
Birthdays
- January 2 - Queen Emma of Hawaii, Consort of King Kamehameha IV (d. 1885)
- January 2 - Mendele Moykher Sforim, Jewish writer (d. 1917)
- January 3 - Sakamoto Ryoma, Japanese revolutionary (d. 1867)
- January 8 - Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Dutch artist (d. 1912)
- January 10 - Charles Ingalls, father of Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1902)
- January 14 - Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter (d. 1904)
- January 16 - King Francis II of the Two Sicilies, (d. 1894)
- January 27 - Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer (d. 1895)
- February 17 - Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish poet (d. 1870)
- February 18 - Sri Ramakrishna, Bengali saint
- February 21 - Léo Delibes, French composer (d. 1891)
- February 24 - Winslow Homer, American artist (d. 1910)
- March 2 - Henry Billings Brown, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1913)
- March 5 - Charles Goodnight, American cattle rancher (d. 1929)
- March 20 - Ferris Jacobs, Jr.
- March 20 - Sir Edward Poynter, British painter (d. 1919)
- March 28 - Frederick Pabst, American brewer (d. 1904)
- May 7 - Joseph Gurney Cannon, American politician (d. 1926)
- May 17 - Wilhelm Steinitz, Austrian chess player (d. 1900)
- May 17 - Virginie Loveling, Belgian writer and poet (d. 1923)
- May 24 - Joseph Rowntree, British social reformer (d. 1925)
- May 27 - Jay Gould, American financier (d. 1892)
- May 28 - Alexander Mitscherlich, German chemist (d. 1918)
- June 16 - Wesley Merritt, American soldier (d. 1910)
- July 8 - Joseph Chamberlain, British politician (d. 1914)
- July 9 - Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1908)
- July 9 - Camille de Renesse, Belgian count (d. 1904)
- August 11 - Warren Brown, American politician (d. 1919)
- August 22 - Archibald MacNeal Willard, American artist (d. 1918)
- August 23 - Marie Henriette of Austria, Queen of the Belgians (d. 1902)
- August 25 - Bret Harte, American writer (d. 1902)
- September 5 - Justiniano Borgoño, President of Peru (d. 1921)
- September 7 - August Toepler, German physicist (d. 1912)
- September 10 - Joseph Wheeler, American general (d. 1906)
- September 11 - Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American author (d. 1870)
- September 28 - Thomas Crapper, English inventor (d. 1910)
- October 4 - Juliette Adam, French writer (d. 1936)
- October 15 - James Tissot, French artist (d. 1902)
- November 4 - Henry J. Lutcher, American businessman (d. 1912)
- November 8 - Milton Bradley, American game manufacturer (d. 1911)
- November 11 - Thomas Bailey Aldrich, American poet and novelist (d. 1907)
- November 16 - David Kalakaua of Hawaii, Hawaiian king (d. 1891)
- November 18 - Sir William S. Gilbert, British dramatist (d. 1911)
- November 18 - Cesare Lombroso, Italian psychiatrist and founder of criminology (d. 1909)
- November 30 - Lord Frederick Cavendish, British politician (d. 1882)
- December 13 - Franz von Lenbach, German painter (d. 1904)
Deaths
- January 11 - John Molson, Canadian brewer (b. 1763)
- January 30 - Betsy Ross, American seamstress (b. 1752)
- March 6 - Davy Crockett, American frontiersman (b. 1786)
- March 6 - William Barret Travis, American lawyer from South Carolina and soldier (b. 1809)
- March 6 - James Butler Bonham, American lawyer from South Carolina and soldier (b. 1807)
- March 6 - Jim Bowie, American pioneer and soldier (b. 1796)
- March 27 - James Fannin, Texas revolutionary (b. 1804)
- April 7 - William Godwin, English political writer (b. 1756)
- June 10 - André-Marie Ampère, French physicist (b. 1775)
- June 23 - James Mill, Scottish philosopher and historian
- June 26 - Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, French composer (La Marseillaise) (b. 1760)
- June 28 - James Madison, 4th President of the United States (b. 1751)
- August 16 - Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician (b. 1755)
- August 21 - Claude-Louis Navier, French physicist (b. 1785)
- September 5 - Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian playwright (b. 1790)
- September 12 - Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German writer (b. 1801)
- September 14 - Aaron Burr, Vice President of the United States (b. 1756)
- September 17 - Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist (b. 1748)
- October 17 - Orest Kiprensky, Russian painter (b. 1782)
- November 5 - Karel Hynek Mácha, Czech poet (b. 1810)
- November 6 - King Charles X of France, (b. 1757)
- November 12 - Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentine military leader and politician (b. 1773)
- November 16 - Christian Hendrik Persoon, Dutch mycologist (b. 1761)
- November 26 - John MacAdam, British road builder (b. 1756)
- December 27 - Stephen F. Austin, American pioneer (b. 1793)
Events
- February 23 - The Battle of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas.
- February 25 - Samuel Colt receives an American patent for the Colt revolver.
- February 25 - US Showman Phineas Taylor Barnum exhibits African American slave Joice Heth.
- March 1 - A convention of delegates from 57 Texas communities convenes in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to deliberate independence from Mexico.
- March 2 - Texas Revolution: Declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico.
- March 5 - Samuel Colt makes the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber.
- March 6 - Texas Revolution: Battle of the Alamo
- March 27 - Texas Revolution: Goliad massacre
- March 27 - Kirtland Temple in Ohio is dedicated in an 8 hour long service led by Joseph Smith, Jr. and Sidney Rigdon.
- April 20 - U.S. Congress passes an act creating the Wisconsin Territory.
- April 21 - Texas Revolution: The Battle of San Jacinto – Republic of Texas forces under Sam Houston defeat troops under Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
- April 22 - Texas Revolution: A day after the Battle of San Jacinto forces under Texas General Sam Houston capture Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
- May 7 - The settlement of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico is elevated to the royal status of villa by the government of Spain.
- May 15 - Francis Baily observes "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse.
- May 16 - Edgar Allan Poe marries his 13-year-old cousin Virginia.
- June 15 - Arkansas is admitted as the 25th U.S. state.
- June 16 - The formation of the London Working Men's Association gives rise to the Chartist Movement.
- July 29 - Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
- August 30 - The city of Houston is founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen
- September 1 - Narcissa Whitman, one of the first white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington.
- September 5 - Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
- October 22 - Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first President of the Republic of Texas.
- December 10 - Emory College (now Emory University) is chartered in Oxford, Georgia.
- December 14 - The Toledo War unofficially ends.
- December 27 - The worst ever avalanche in England occurs at Lewes, Sussex, killing 8 people.
- December 28 - South Australia and Adelaide are founded.
- December 28 - Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico.
|
|
|
|
