What Happened in February 1836

Historical Events

Feb 6 HMS Beagle and Charles Darwin arrive in Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania)

Feb 7 "Sketches by Boz" (essays) published by Charles Dickens

Feb 23 Alamo besieged for 13 days until March 6 by Mexican army under General Santa Anna; entire garrison eventually killed

Feb 25 Samuel Colt patents first multi-shot revolving-cylinder revolver, enabling the firearm to be fired multiple times without reloading

Feb 25 Showman P. T. Barnum exhibits African American slave Joice Heth, claiming she was the 161 year-old nursemaid to George Washington

Feb 1 Emil Hartmann, Danish organist and composer (Towards The Light), born in Copenhagen (d. 1898)
Feb 16 Benjamin Edward Woolf, Dutch composer
Feb 17 Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish poet (d. 1870)
Feb 18 Ramakrishna [Gadadhar Chatterji], Indian mystic and yogi (preached unity of religions), born in Kamarpukur, British India (d. 1886)
Feb 21 Clement Léo Delibes, French romantic composer (Coppélia; Sylvia; Le roi l'a dit; Lakmé), born in Saint-Germain-du-Val, France (d. 1891)
Feb 22 Eduard Wachmann, composer
Feb 24 Winslow Homer, American painter (Gulfstream)
Feb 29 Dickey Pearce, American baseball shortstop (pioneer shortstop position; introduced bunt) and manager (NY Mutuals, St. Louis Brown Stockings), born in Brooklyn, NY (d. 1908)