Page 2: Historical Events In 1836

Mar 05   Mexico attacks Alamo.   

Mar 05   Samuel Colt manufactures inaugural pistol, 34-caliber "Texas" model.   

Mar 06   3000 Mexicans beat 182 Texans at the Alamo, after 13 day fight.   

Mar 06   Davy Crockett, US pioneer (Alamo), killed in battle at 49   

Mar 06   Frontiersman Davy Crocket dies as the Alamo falls to Mexican troops, ending a 13-day siege in San Antonio, TX.   

Mar 06   HMS Beagle/Darwin reaches King George's Sound, Australia   

Mar 06   The seige at the Alamo, Texas, ends after 12 days with only a handul of survivors.   

Mar 08   Matthew Calbraith Butler, Major General (Confederate Army)   

Mar 14   HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leaves Australia   

Mar 15   Henrique Alves de Mesquita, composer.   

Mar 16   Andrew S Hallidie, inventor (cable car).   

Mar 16   Texas approves a constitution.   

Mar 17   Texas abolishes slavery.   

Mar 21   Jesus Monasterio, composer   

Mar 23   Coin Press invented by Franklin Beale   

Mar 27   1st Mormon temple dedicated (Kirtland Ohio).   

Mar 30   Karl Freiherr von Stumm-Halberg, German industrialist/politician.   

Apr 01   Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Cocos Islands.   

Apr 04   Jerome Hopkins, composer.   

Apr 14   Congress forms Territory of Wisconsin.   

Apr 19   Nikolai Gogol's "Revisor," premieres in St Petersburg.   

Apr 20   Johan I Jozef, monarch of Liechtenstein/fieldmarshal, dies at 75.   

Apr 20   Territory of Wisconsin created.   

Apr 21   In this year, Battle of San Jacinto, in which Texas claims independence from Mexico   

Apr 21   In this year, Battle of San Jacinto, in which Texas claims independence from M‚xico   

Apr 24   Jeltje de Bosch Kemper, Dutch feminist.   

Apr 26   Erminnie Adelle Platt, US, ethnologist (Iriquois-English Dictionary).   

May 06   Christian Ignatius Latrobe, composer, dies at 78   

May 07   Norbert Burgmuller, composer, dies at 26.   

May 07   The settlement of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico is elevated to the royal status of villa by the government of Spain   

May 08   Bryan Morel Thomas, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1905.   

May 09   HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin departs Port Louis, Mauritius.   

May 14   James Patrick Major, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1877   

May 15   Francis Baily observes "Baily's Beads" during annular solar eclipse   

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Jan 02   Queen emma of hawaii: Consort of king kamehameha iv    

Jan 02   Mendele moykher sforim: Jewish writer   

Jan 03   Sakamoto ryoma: Japanese revolutionary    

Jan 08   Fannie m jackson: Pioneer & educator, 1st us black woman college grad   

Jan 08   Lawrence alma tadema: Dutch/british painter/husband of laura epps   

Jan 10   Charles ingalls: Father of laura ingalls wilder    

Jan 14   [hugh] judson kilpatrick: Mjr gen (union volunteers), died in 1881   

Jan 14   Henri fantin-latour: French painter   

Jan 03   Friedrich witt: Composer,    

Jan 11   John molson: Canadian brewer (b. 1763)   

Jan 30   Betsy ross: American seamstress (b. 1752)   

Feb 22   John clarke-whitfeld: Composer,    

Mar 06   Davy crockett: Us pioneer (alamo), killed in battle at 49   

Mar 27   James fannin: Texas revolutionary (b. 1804)   

Apr 07   William godwin: English political writer (b. 1756)   

Apr 20   Johan i jozef: Monarch of liechtenstein/fieldmarshal,