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1836 Calendar

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•  February 23, 1836 – The Battle of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas.
•  March 2, 1836 – Texas Revolution: Declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico.
•  March 27, 1836 – Texas Revolution: Goliad massacre – Antonio López de Santa Anna orders the Mexican army to kill about 400 Texas POWs at Goliad, Texas.
•  April 21, 1836 – 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, 1836 – 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 14, 1836 – The Treaties of Velasco are signed in Velasco, Texas.
•  June 16, 1836 – The formation of the London Working Men’s Association gives rise to the Chartist Movement.
•  August 30, 1836 – The city of Houston is founded by Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen
•  September 5, 1836 – Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
•  December 28, 1836 – Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico.

•  February 29, 1836 – Dickey Pearce, American baseball player and manager (d. 1908)
•  March 2, 1836 – Henry Billings Brown, American jurist (d. 1913)
•  May 17, 1836 – Wilhelm Steinitz, Austrian chess player (d. 1900)
•  May 28, 1836 – Alexander Mitscherlich, German chemist (d. 1918)
•  August 11, 1836 – Warren Brown, American politician (d. 1919)
•  August 22, 1836 – Archibald MacNeal Willard, American artist (d. 1918)
•  August 25, 1836 – Bret Harte, American writer (d. 1902)
•  September 10, 1836 – Joseph Wheeler, American general (d. 1906)
•  October 15, 1836 – James Tissot, French artist (d. 1902)
•  November 11, 1836 – Thomas Bailey Aldrich, American poet and novelist (d. 1907)