Significant Events
- Feb 23 Alamo besieged for 13 days until March 6 by Mexican army under General Santa Anna; entire garrison eventually killed
- Mar 6 Battle of the Alamo: After 13 days of fighting 1,500-3,000 Mexican soldiers overwhelm the Texan defenders, killing 182-257 Texans including William Travis, Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett
- Dec 28 Spain recognizes independence of Mexico
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
William Schwenck GilbertWorld Leaders in 1836
Andrew Jackson
US President & General
William Lamb
British Prime Minister
Famous People in 1836
Charles Dickens
Novelist
Would You Believe?
US Showman Phineas Taylor Barnum exhibits African American slave Joice Heth, claiming she was 161 year-old nursemaid to George Washington
On February 25, 1836
Famous Weddings
- Jan 6 Author Harriet Beecher (24) weds educator Calvin Ellis Stowe (33) in Cincinnati, Ohio
- Apr 2 English novelist and social critic Charles Dickens (24) marries Catherine Thomson Hogarth (20)
- May 16 US writer Edgar Allan Poe (26) marries his 13-year-old cousin Virginia Clemm
Aaron Burr
Betsy Ross
Davy Crockett
James Madison
Stephen F. Austin