Notable Historical Events - 1836
1836 Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
Jan 5 |
Davy Crockett arrives in Texas, just in time for the Alamo |
Jan 12 |
Battle of Wetumka, Fla |
Jan 12 |
HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reach Sydney Australia |
Feb 3 |
Whig Party holds its 1st national convention (Albany NY) |
Feb 6 |
HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reach Diemen's Land (Tasmania) |
Feb 7 |
"Sketches by Boz" (essays) published by Charles Dickens |
Feb 17 |
HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leaves Tasmania |
Feb 22 |
Dutch garrison evacuates fort Du Bus New Guinea |
Feb 23 |
Alamo besieged for 13 days until 6th March by Mexican army under General Santa Anna; entire garrison eventually killed |
Feb 25 |
Samuel Colt patents 1st revolving barrel multishot firearm |
Feb 25 |
US Showman Phineas Taylor Barnum exhibits African American slave Joice Heth. |
Feb 29 |
Giacomo Meyerbeers opera "Les Huguenots," premieres in Paris |
Mar 2 |
Republic of Texas declares independence from Mexico |
Mar 5 |
Samuel Colt manufactures 1st pistol, 34-caliber "Texas" model |
Mar 6 |
Battle of the Alamo: after 13 days of fighting during Texas Revolution between 1,500 and 3,000 Mexicans overwhelmed the Texians at the Alamo. Between 182 and 257 Texians died, including William Travis, Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett. |
Mar 6 |
HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin reach King George's Sound, Australia |
Mar 14 |
HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leaves Australia |
Mar 16 |
Texas approves a constitution |
Mar 17 |
Texas abolishes slavery |
Mar 23 |
Coin Press invented by Franklin Beale |
Mar 27 |
1st Mormon temple dedicated (Kirtland, Ohio) |
Apr 1 |
Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Cocos Islands |
Apr 14 |
Congress forms Territory of Wisconsin |
Apr 19 |
Nikolai Gogol's "Revisor" premieres in St Petersburg |
Apr 20 |
Territory of Wisconsin created |
Apr 21 |
Battle of San Jacinto, in which Texas wins independence from Mexico |
May 7 |
The settlement of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, is elevated to the royal status of villa by the government of Spain. |
May 9 |
HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin departs Port Louis, Mauritius |
May 15 |
Francis Baily observes "Baily's Beads" during annular solar eclipse |
May 22 |
Felix Mendelssohn's oratorium "St Paul" premieres in Dusseldorf |
May 31 |
HMS Beagle anchors in Simons Bay, Cape of Good Hope |
Jun 1 |
Charles Darwin returns to Capetown |
Jun 15 |
Arkansas becomes 25th state of the Union |
Jun 16 |
London Working Men's Association forms |
Jun 18 |
HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leave South-Africa |
Jul 1 |
US President Andrew Jackson announces to Congress bequest by James Smithson of 100,000 gold sovereigns to found institution in Washington. |
Jul 4 |
Wisconsin Territory forms |
Jul 8 |
HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Saint-Helena |
Jul 13 |
US patent #1 (after 9,957 unnumbered patents), for locomotive wheels |
Jul 19 |
HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Ascension |
Jul 20 |
Charles Darwin climbs Green Hill on Ascension |
Jul 21 |
1st Canadian RR opens, between Laprairie & St John, Quebec |
Jul 27 |
Adelaide, South Australia, founded |
Jul 29 |
Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. |
Jul 30 |
First English language newspaper published in Hawaii |
Aug 1 |
HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin returns to Bahia Brazil |
Aug 17 |
British parliament accept registration of birth/marriage/death |
Aug 17 |
HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leave South-America for last time |
Aug 19 |
HMS Beagle anchors at Angra Azores |
Aug 30 |
The city of Houston is founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen |
Aug 31 |
HMS Beagle anchors in Postage Praia, Cape Verde Islands |
Sep 1 |
Reconstruction begins on Synagogue of Rabbi Judah Hasid in Jerusalem |
Sep 1 |
Narcissa Whitman, one of the first white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington. |
Sep 5 |
Sam Houston elected president of Republic of Texas |
Sep 25 |
HMS Beagle anchors at St Michael |
Oct 2 |
Darwin returns to England aboard HMS Beagle (after 5 years) |
Oct 12 |
18" of snow falls in Bridgewater, NY |
Oct 22 |
Sam Houston inaugurated as 1st elected pres of Republic of Texas |
Oct 24 |
A Phillips patents match |
Nov 10 |
Louis Napoleon banished to America |
Nov 11 |
Chile declares war on Bolivia & Peru |
Dec 4 |
Whig party holds its 1st national convention, Harrisburg, Pa |
Dec 7 |
Martin Van Buren elected 8th president |
Dec 10 |
Emory College (now Emory University) is chartered in Oxford, Georgia. |
Dec 14 |
The Toledo War unofficially ends. |
Dec 15 |
Patent Office burns in Wash, DC |
Dec 27 |
Worst English avalanche kills 8 of 15 buried (Lewes Sussex) |
Dec 28 |
Spain recognizes independence of Mexico |
Dec 30 |
Lehman-theater in St Petersburg catches fire; 100s die |
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