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
World Leaders in 1836
Andrew Jackson
US President & General
William Lamb
British Prime Minister
Famous People in 1836
Charles Dickens
Novelist
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
William Schwenck GilbertWould 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
- Jul 5 English engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel marries Mary Elizabeth Horsley
- Aug 20 English novelist (Vanity Fair) William Makepeace Thackeray (25) marries Isabella Gethin Shawe (20)
Aaron Burr
Betsy Ross
Davy Crockett
James Madison
Stephen F. Austin