What happened in 1836

28 events　World 1, North America 14, Europe 7, Asia 1, Latin America 3, Oceania 2

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Highlights of 1836

World1

  • Dec 26The Crown colony of South Australia is officially proclaimed (subsequently celebrated in the state of South Australia as Proclamation Day).

North America14

  • Jan 5Former U.S. Representative Davy Crockett of Tennessee arrives in Texas to join the Texan fight for independence from Mexico.
  • Jan 12Will County, Illinois, is formed.
  • Feb 23Texas Revolution: The Battle of the Alamo begins, with an American settler army surrounded by the Mexican Army, under Santa Anna.
  • Mar 1Texas Revolution – Convention of 1836: Delegates from many Texas communities gather in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to deliberate independence from Mexico.
  • Mar 2Texas Revolution – Convention of 1836: The Texas Declaration of Independence is signed by 60 delegates, and the Republic of Texas is declared.
  • Mar 6Texas Revolution: The Battle of the Alamo ends. At least 182 Texan settler soldiers die in a struggle against more than 2,000 Mexican soldiers.
  • Mar 17Texas Revolution – Convention of 1836: Delegates adopt the Constitution of the Republic of Texas, modeled after the United States Constitution. It allows slavery, requires free blacks to petition Congress to live in the country, but prohibits the slave trade.
  • Apr 20The Wisconsin Territory is created; the first capital is Belmont.
  • Apr 21Texas Revolution – Battle of San Jacinto: Mexican forces under General Antonio López de Santa Anna are defeated at San Jacinto, Texas.
  • Apr 22Texas Revolution: Forces under Texas General Sam Houston capture Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
  • May 19Fort Parker massacre: Among those captured by Native Americans is 9-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker. She later gives birth to a son named Quanah, who becomes the last chief of the Comanche.
  • Aug 30The settlement of Houston, Texas is founded.
  • Dec 71836 United States presidential election: Martin Van Buren defeats William Henry Harrison, and three other Whig candidates, marking the most recent time a Democrat is elected to succeed a two-term Democratic U.S. president.
  • Dec 15The United States Patent Office burns in Washington, D.C.

Europe7

  • JanMarch 31 (dated April) – The first monthly part of Charles Dickens's The Pickwick Papers ("The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club..., edited by Boz") is published in London.
  • Feb 29Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera, Les Huguenots is performed for the first time in Paris, France.
  • Mar 29Richard Wagner's opera Das Liebesverbot is performed for the first time, in Magdeburg.
  • Jul 29The Arc de Triomphe, is dedicated in Paris, France.
  • Aug 17The Marriage Act in the United Kingdom establishes civil marriage and registration systems that permit marriages in nonconformist chapels, and a Registrar General of Births, Marriages, and Deaths.
  • Nov 28The University of London is established by Royal Charter, with University College London and King's College London named as the first affiliated colleges.
  • Eugène Schneider and his brother Adolphe Schneider purchase a bankrupt ironworks near the town of Le Creusot, in the Burgundy region of France, and found the steelworks and engineering company Schneider Frères & Cie.

Asia1

  • Jan 1Hill Street Academy is named Colombo Academy and acquired by the Government, establishing the first public school in Sri Lanka.

Latin America3

  • Mar 27Texas Revolution – Goliad massacre: 342 Texan prisoners are shot and killed, along with Texan General James Walker Fannin, by Mexican troops in Goliad, near the Presidio La Bahía.
  • May 14Texas Revolution: The Treaties of Velasco are signed, between Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna and the Republic of Texas. In exchange for his freedom and the guarantee of free passage back to Mexico, General Santa Anna gives his recognition to the independence of Texas. The Mexican government refuses to ratify the treaties.
  • Sep 11The Riograndense Republic is proclaimed in South America.

Oceania2

  • Jul 27The settlement of Adelaide, South Australia, is founded.
  • Dec 28The Colony of South Australia is founded by Captain John Hindmarsh.