Historical Events In 1836

May 16   Edgar Allan Poe marries his 13-year-old cousin Virginia in the year 1836.  

May 17   Joseph Norman Lockyer, discoverer (Helium)/founder (Nature magazine) in the year 1836.  

May 18   In the year 1836 isidor Vorobchievici, composer  

May 22   On this day in history felix Mendelssohn's oratorium "St Paul" premieres in Düsseldorf  

May 22   Felix Mendelssohn's oratorium "St Paul," premieres in Dusseldorf in the year 1836.  

May 27   In the year 1836 edwin Gray Lee, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1870  

May 28   On this day in history anton Reicha, composer, dies at 66  

May 31   In the year 1836 hMS Beagle anchors in Simons Bay, Cape of Good Hope  

Jun 01   On this day in history charles Darwin returns to Capetown  

Jun 06   Antons Klemens Theodor, king of Saksen (1827-36), dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Jun 09   On this day in history elizabeth Garrett Anderson, 1st woman mayor in England (Aldeburgh)  

Jun 10   Yamaoka Tesshu, Japanese swordsman/master of kendo in the year 1836.  

Jun 14   In the year 1836 thomas Wilberforce Egan, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)  

Jun 15   In the year 1836 arkansas becomes 25th state  

Jun 15   In the year 1836 arkansas becomes the 25th state admitted to the U.S.  

Jun 16   London Working Men's Assn forms in the year 1836.  

Jun 18   In the year 1836 hMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leave South-Africa  

Jun 26   In the year 1836 claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, author/composer (Marseillaise), dies  

Jun 28   On this day in history james Madison, 4th US pres (1809-17), dies in Montpelier Va at 85  

Jul 02   Henry Eugene Davies, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894 on this day in history.  

Jul 04   On this day in history wisconsin Territory formed  

Jul 04   Wisconsin Territory forms in the year 1836.  

Jul 08   HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Saint-Helena on this day in history.  

Jul 08   Joseph Chamberlain, British minister of Commerce/Colonies on this day in history.  

Jul 11   In the year 1836 carlos Gomez, composer  

Jul 13   US patent #1 (after 9,957 unnumbered patents), for locomotive wheels in the year 1836.  

Jul 19   HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin reaches Ascension on this day in history.  

Jul 20   In the year 1836 charles Darwin climbs Green Hill on Ascension  

Jul 20   In the year 1836 thomas C Allbutt, English physiologist (Diseases of the Heart)  

Jul 21   1st Canadian RR opens, between Laprairie & St John, Quebec in the year 1836.  

Jul 21   On this day in history the first Canadian RR opens, between Laprairie & St John, Quebec  

Jul 26   On this day in history jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer, composer, dies at 45  

Jul 27   Adelaide, South Australia founded in the year 1836.  

Jul 29   Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris in the year 1836.  

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Jan 02   Queen Emma of Hawaii, Consort of King Kamehameha IV (d. 1885) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of mendele Moykher Sforim, Jewish writer (d. 1917)  

Jan 03   Sakamoto Ryoma, Japanese revolutionary (d. 1867) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 08   Fannie M Jackson, pioneer & educator, 1st US Black woman college grad was born in the year 1836.  

Jan 08   Lawrence Alma Tadema, Dutch/British painter/husband of Laura Epps was born on this day in history.  

Jan 10   Charles Ingalls, father of Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1902) was born in the year 1836.  

Jan 14   On this day in history birth of [Hugh] Judson Kilpatrick, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1881  

Jan 14   Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter (d. 1904) was born in the year 1836.  

Jan 03   On this day in history friedrich Witt, composer, dies at 65  

Jan 11   John Molson, Canadian brewer (b. 1763) died on this day in history.  

Jan 30   Betsy Ross, American seamstress (b. 1752) died on this day in history.  

Feb 22   John Clarke-Whitfeld, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Mar 06   Davy Crockett, US pioneer (Alamo), killed in battle at 49 died in the year 1836.  

Mar 27   James Fannin, Texas revolutionary (b. 1804) died in the year 1836.  

Apr 07   William Godwin, English political writer (b. 1756) died in the year 1836.  

Apr 20   Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal, dies at 75 on this day in history.