1836 Calendar
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1836 Historical Event(s)
February 25, 1836
– Samuel Colt is granted a United States patent for the Colt revolver.
March 1, 1836
– A convention of delegates from 57 Texas communities convenes in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to deliberate independence from Mexico.
March 5, 1836
– Samuel Colt makes the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber.
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 20, 1836
– U.S. Congress passes an act creating the Wisconsin Territory.
May 14, 1836
– The Treaties of Velasco are signed in Velasco, Texas.
May 15, 1836
– Francis Baily observes “Baily’s beads” during an annular eclipse.
July 29, 1836
– Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
September 1, 1836
– Narcissa Whitman, one of the first English-speaking white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington.
December 28, 1836
– Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico.
Who Were Born On 1836?
January 6, 1836
– Ludwig Schüler, German politician (d. 1930)
January 10, 1836
– Charles Ingalls, father of Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. 1902)
January 14, 1836
– Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter (d. 1904)
February 24, 1836
– Winslow Homer, American artist (d. 1910)
March 5, 1836
– Charles Goodnight, American cattle rancher (d. 1929)
March 20, 1836
– Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American politician (d. 1886)
May 28, 1836
– Alexander Mitscherlich, German chemist (d. 1918)
July 9, 1836
– Camille of Renesse-Breidbach, Belgian nobleman and entrepreneur (d. 1904)
September 7, 1836
– August Toepler, German physicist (d. 1912)
November 8, 1836
– Milton Bradley, American game manufacturer (d. 1911)