Year by year · 19th century

1836

1836 in world history: 17 events, 15 births, 12 deaths, 1 work, 7 states founded and 2 that came to an end. 1,084 recorded states existed that year.

Events

  1. 23 February

    Siege of the Alamo begins

    Santa Anna's Mexican army surrounded the Texian garrison in the Alamo mission at San Antonio. After thirteen days the defenders, including Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett, were killed in the final assault.

  2. 25 February

    Samuel Colt patents his revolver

    Colt received a US patent for a revolving-cylinder pistol. His first company failed, but orders during the Mexican-American War made Colt revolvers famous worldwide.

  3. 1 March

    Texas convention assembles at Washington-on-the-Brazos

    Delegates from across Texas met in a half-built hall to decide the province's future while the Alamo was under siege. The next day they declared independence from Mexico.

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  4. 2 March

    Texas declares independence from Mexico

    Delegates at Washington-on-the-Brazos adopted a declaration of independence, creating the Republic of Texas. Victory at San Jacinto in April secured it, and Texas joined the United States in 1845.

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  5. 6 March

    The Alamo falls to Santa Anna

    Mexican troops stormed the mission at dawn after a 13-day siege, killing nearly all of its roughly 200 defenders, including Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett. 'Remember the Alamo' became the Texan battle cry.

  6. 21 April

    Texans defeat Santa Anna at San Jacinto

    Sam Houston's army surprised the Mexican camp and won in about eighteen minutes. Santa Anna was captured the next day and forced to order his troops out of Texas, securing its independence.

  7. 29 July

    The Arc de Triomphe is inaugurated in Paris

    Commissioned by Napoleon in 1806 to honour his armies, the Arc de Triomphe was finally inaugurated under King Louis-Philippe. Since 1921 it has sheltered France's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

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  8. 22 October

    Sam Houston becomes the first president of the Republic of Texas

    Sam Houston, victor of San Jacinto, was inaugurated as the first elected president of the Republic of Texas at Columbia. Texas remained an independent republic until joining the United States in 1845.

    United States

  9. Battle

    Battle of San Jacinto

    The Battle of San Jacinto was fought on 21 April 1836 near present-day Houston and decided the Texas Revolution.

  10. Battle

    Battle of Gawakuke

    The Battle of Gawakuke was fought in 1836 in northern Hausaland, where the forces of the Sokoto Caliphate under Sultan Muhammad Bello defeated a coalition of the Hausa states of Gobir and Katsina-Maradi that had risen against the caliphate.

  11. Battle

    Battle of Seival

    The Battle of Seival was fought on 10 September 1836 near Bagé in Rio Grande do Sul, where rebel forces under Antônio de Sousa Neto defeated an imperial column.

  12. Battle

    Battle of Vegkop

    The Battle of Vegkop was fought on 16 October 1836 in the present-day Free State, South Africa, between Voortrekkers under Andries Potgieter and an Ndebele army sent by Mzilikazi.

  13. Crisis

    Vixen affair

    The Vixen affair was a diplomatic crisis of 1836 between Britain and Russia.

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Wars and longer events

Born in 1836 15

Died in 1836 12

Works 1

States founded 7

States that came to an end 2

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