Events in year of 1836
- 01-05Davy Crockett arrives in Texas, just in time for the Alamo
- 01-12Battle of Wetumka, Florida
- 01-12HMS Beagle / Charles Darwin reach Sydney Australia
- 02-03Whig Party holds its 1st national convention (Albany NY)
- 02-07"Sketches by Boz" (essays) published by Charles Dickens
- 02-17HMS Beagle / Charles Darwin leaves Tasmania
- 02-22Dutch garrison evacuates fort Du Bus New Guinea
- 02-23Alamo besieged by Santa Anna; entire garrison eventually killed
- 02-243,000 Mexicans attack 182 Texans at Alamo, lasts 13 days
- 02-25Samuel Colt patents 1st revolving barrel multishot firearm
- 02-29Giacomo Meyerbeers opera "Les Huguenots, " premieres in Paris
- 03-02Republic of Texas declares independence from Mexico
- 03-05Mexico attacks Alamo
- 03-05Samuel Colt manufactures 1st pistol, 34-caliber "Texas" model
- 03-063,000 Mexicans beat 182 Texans at the Alamo, after 13 day fight
- 03-14HMS Beagle / Charles Darwin leaves Australia
- 03-16Texas approves a constitution
- 03-17Texas abolishes slavery
- 03-23Coin Press invented by Franklin Beale
- 03-271st Mormon temple dedicated (Kirtland Ohio)
- 04-01Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Cocos Islands
- 04-14Congress forms Territory of Wisconsin
- 04-20Territory of Wisconsin created
- 05-09HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin departs Port Louis, Mauritius
- 05-31HMS Beagle anchors in Simons Bay, Cape of Good Hope
- 06-01Charles Darwin returns to Cape Town
- 06-15Arkansas becomes 25th state
- 06-18HMS Beagle / Charles Darwin leave South-Africa
- 07-04Wisconsin Territory forms
- 07-08HMS Beagle / Charles Darwin reaches Saint-Helena
People born in year of 1836
- 01-08Fannie M Jackson: Pioneer and educator, 1st US Black woman college graduate
- 01-08Lawrence Alma Tadema: Dutch / British painter / husband of Laura Epps
- 01-14[Hugh] Judson Kilpatrick: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1881
- 01-17Jose Silvestre de los Dolores White Lafitte: Composer
- 01-27Leopold von Sacher-Masoch: Austrian writer (masochism)
- 01-29Benjamin Franklin Potts: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1887
- 01-29James Meech Warner: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1897
- 01-31Henryk Szulc: Composer
- 02-16Benjamin Edward Woolf: Dutch composer
- 02-18Ramakrishna: Hooghly Bengal, India -- Hindu Saint (preached unity of religions)
- 02-18Swami Ramakrishna [Gadadhar Chatterji]: Indian mystic / hindu leader
- 02-21Clement-Philibert-Leo Delibes: Composer
- 02-21Emil Hartmann: Composer
- 02-22Eduard Wachmann: Composer
- 02-24Winslow Homer: United States -- Painter (Gulfstream)
- 03-08Matthew Calbraith Butler: Major General (Confederate Army)
- 03-15Henrique Alves de Mesquita: Composer
- 03-16Andrew S Hallidie: Inventor (cable car)
- 03-21Jesus Monasterio: Composer
- 03-30Karl Freiherr von Stumm-Halberg: German industrialist / politician
- 04-04Jerome Hopkins: Composer
- 04-24Jeltje de Bosch Kemper: Dutch feminist
- 04-26Erminnie Adelle Platt: United States -- Ethnologist (Iriquois-English Dictionary)
- 05-08Bryan Morel Thomas: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1905
- 05-14James Patrick Major: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1877
- 05-17Joseph Norman Lockyer: Discoverer (Helium) / founder (Nature magazine)
- 05-18Isidor Vorobchievici: Composer
- 05-18Wilhelm Steinitz: Austria -- World chess champion (1866-94)
- 05-27Edwin Gray Lee: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1870
- 05-27Jay Gould: US railroad executive and financier
People died in year of 1836
- 01-03Friedrich Witt: Composer, dies at 65
- 02-22John Clarke-Whitfeld: Composer, dies at 65
- 03-06Davy Crockett: US pioneer (Alamo), killed in battle at 49
- 04-20Johan I Jozef: Monarch of Liechtenstein / Field Marshal, dies at 75
- 05-06Christian Ignatius Latrobe: Composer, dies at 78
- 05-07Norbert Burgmuller: Composer, dies at 26
- 05-28Anton Reicha: Composer, dies at 66
- 06-06Antons Klemens Theodor: King of Saksen (1827-36), dies at 80
- 06-26Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle: Author / Composer (Marseillaise)
- 06-28James Madison: 4th US President (1809-17), dies at 85 in Montpelier, Virginia
- 07-26Jose Melchor Gomiz y Colomer: Composer, dies at 45
- 09-12Grabbe: Writer, dies at 34
- 09-14Aaron Burr: 3rd VP
- 09-14Vincenzo Lavigna: Composer, dies at 60
- 09-19Carl Friedrich Ebers: Composer, dies at 66
- 09-21John Stafford Smith: Composer, dies at 86
- 10-10Jacob-Joseph-Balthasar Martinn: Composer, dies at 61
- 10-16Friedrich Theodor Frohlich: Composer, dies at 33
- 11-06Charles X: King of France (1824-30), dies at 79
- 11-27Carle [Antoine CH] Vernet: French Painter / lithographer
- 12-04Daniel Read: Composer, dies at 79
- 12-12Giuseppe Farinelli: Composer, dies at 67
- 12-26Hans Georg Nageli: Composer, dies at 63
- 12-27Stephen Fuller Austin: Founder of state of Texas, dies at 43
- 12-29Johann Baptist Schenk: Composer, dies at 83
Events in year of 1837
- 01-22Earthquake in southern Syria kills thousands
- 01-26Michigan admitted as 26th US state
- 02-081st VP chosen by Senate, Richard Johnson (Van Buren admin)
- 02-11American Physiological Society organizes in Boston
- 02-13Riot in New York over high price of flour
- 02-251st US electric printing press patented by Thomas Davenport
- 03-03Congress increases Supreme Court membership from 7 to 9
- 03-03US President Andrew Jackson and Congress recognizes Republic of Texas
- 03-04City of Chicago incorporates
- 03-04Martin Van Buren inaugrated as 8th President
- 03-04Weekly Advocate changes its name to the Colored American
- 03-24Canada gives blacks the right to vote
- 04-19Cheyney University forms as the Institute for Colored Youth
- 05-09"Sherrod" burns in Mississippi River below Natchez Miss; 175 dies
- 05-17Royal Decides installs the Weapon of Belgium firm (ly)
- 05-31Astor Hotel opens in NYC, it later becomes the Waldorf-Astoria
- 06-131st Mormon missionaries to British Isles leave Kirtland, Ohio
- 06-17Charles Goodyear obtains his 1st rubber patent
- 06-18Spain gets new Constitution
- 06-20England issues its 1st stamp, 1P Queen Victoria
- 06-20Queen Victoria at 18 ascends British throne following death of uncle King William IV Ruled for 63 years ending in 1901
- 07-13Queen Victoria is 1st monarch to live in present Buckingham Palace
- 07-27US Mint opens in Charlotte, North Carolina
- 08-28Pharmacists John Lea and William Perrins manufactures Worcester Sauce
- 09-06Oberlin Collegiate Institute of Ohio goes co-ed (4 women, 30 men)
- 09-21Charles Tiffany founded his jewelry and china stores
- 10-01Treaty with Winnebago Indians
- 10-09Steamboat "Home" sinks off Okracoke NC killing 100
- 10-31Collision of river boat Monmouth and Trement on Miss; 300 die
- 11-08Mount Holyoke Seminary in Mass-1st US college founded for women
People born in year of 1837
- 01-02Mili Alexeyevich Balakirev: Nizhny-Novgorod, Russia -- Composer (Tamara)
- 01-04Casimiro de Abreu: Brazil -- Poet (Camoes e o jau)
- 01-12Adolf Jensen: Composer
- 01-12Carlos Troyer: Composer
- 01-16James Phillip Simms: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1887
- 01-19William Williams Keen: Surgeon (brain)
- 02-05Dwight Lyman Moody: United States -- Evangelist (Student Volunteer Movement)
- 02-07James Augustus Henry Murray: Scotland, United Kingdom -- Created Oxford Dictionary
- 02-13Valentin de Zubiaurre y Unionbarrenechea: Composer
- 02-17Francis Jay Herron: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1902
- 02-17Sam[uel] van Houten: Dutch (lib) Minister (child labor laws)
- 02-26Charles Woeste: Belgian count / Minister of Justice
- 03-01Ion Creanga: Romanian fairy tale author (Amintiti the Copilarie)
- 03-01William Dean Howells: United States -- Novelist / critic / editor (Atlantic)
- 03-07Henry Draper: Virginia, United States -- Astro-spectro-photographer (Moon, Jupiter)
- 03-12Felix Alexandre Guilmant: Composer
- 03-14Charles Ammi Cutter: US librarian (Expansive classification)
- 03-18Grover Cleveland [Stephen]: New Jersey, United States -- 22nd / 24th President (1885-89, 93-97)
- 03-19Robert Daniel Johnston: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1919
- 03-23Joseph Wieniawski: Composer
- 03-24Philips: Count of Flanders Belgium
- 03-31Robert Ross McBurney: 1st paid Secretary of the YMCA
- 04-03John Burroughs: Writer / nature enthusiast (Burroughs Medal namesake)
- 04-05Algernon Charles Swinburne: England, United Kingdom -- Poet (Atalanta in Calydon)
- 04-11Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth: Colonel (Union Army), died in 1861
- 04-15Horace Porter: Bvt Brigadier General (Union Army), died in 1921
- 04-17John Pierpont Morgan: US banker / CEO (US Steel)
- 04-21Fredrik Bajer: Denmark -- Politican / feminist / pacifist (Nobel 1908)
- 04-24Friedrich von Holstein: German diplomat (die graue Eminenz)
- 04-25William Charles Levey: Composer
People died in year of 1837
- 01-20John Soane: English Architect (Book of Designs), dies at 84
- 01-29Aleksandr Pushkin: Poet / Novelist (Golden Cockeral), killed in a duel
- 02-10Alexander S Pushkin: Writer, dies at 37
- 03-13Nikita P Panin: Russian diplomat / Minister of Foreign Affairs, dies at 66
- 03-26Joseph Lincke: Composer, dies at 53
- 03-29Maria Fitzherbert: Morganatic Wife of King George IV
- 03-31John Constable: English Painter / water colors painter, dies at 60
- 04-17Edouard viscount de Walckiers: Very wealthy slave trader
- 05-05Niccolo Antonio Zingarelli: Italian Composer / bandmaster, dies at 85
- 05-31Joseph Grimaldi: Greatest clown (king of pantomime), dies at 57
- 06-16Valentino Fioravanti: Composer, dies at 72
- 06-19Aleksander A Bestoezjev-Marlinsky: Russian writer, dies in battle
- 06-20Giovanni Furno: Composer, dies at 89
- 06-20William IV: King of England
- 07-24Charles Hodges: English / Dutch portrait Painter
- 07-28John Ross: Composer, dies at 73
- 08-01Walter Geikie: Painter
- 09-23Richard John Samuel Stevens: Composer, dies at 80
- 10-05Hortense de Beauharnais: French Queen of the Netherlands (1806-10), dies at 54
- 10-06Jean-Francois Le Sueur: Composer, dies at 77
- 10-09Charles Fourier: French utopian socialist (Harmony universal)
- 10-11Samuel Wesley: Composer (Exultate Deo), dies at 71
- 10-12Frederica Louisa Wilhelmina: Queen of the Netherlands, dies at 62
- 10-17Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Austrian composer, dies at 58
- 11-04Jean-Louis M Alibert: French dermatologist, dies at 69
- 11-07Elijah P Lovejoy: Publisher, murdered by pro-slavery mob at 34
- 12-26Martinus van Marum: Chemist / physicist (giant salamander), dies at 87
Events in year of 1838
- 01-011st official horse race in South Australia-Adelaide
- 01-06Samuel Morse made 1st public demonstration of telegraph
- 01-081st telegraph message sent using dots and dashes (NJ)
- 01-08Rebellion at Amherstburg, Ontario breaks out
- 01-26Tennessee becomes 1st state to prohibit alcohol
- 02-16Kentucky passes law permitting women to attend school under conditions
- 02-25London pedestrian walks 20 miles backward then forward in 8 hours
- 03-03Rebellion at Pelee Island, Ontario Canada
- 03-08US mint in New Orleans begins operation (producing dimes)
- 04-08Steamship "Great Western" maiden voyage (Bristol England to NYC)
- 04-09National Galley opens in London
- 04-22English steamship "Sirius" docks in NYC after Atlantic crossing
- 04-23English steamship "Great Western" crossing Atlantic docks in New York City
- 04-27Fire destroys half of Charleston
- 04-30Nicaragua declares independence from Central American federation
- 06-11Iowa Territory is organized
- 06-12Hopkins Observatory, dedicated in Williamstown, Massachusetts
- 06-12Iowa Territory forms
- 07-07Central American federation is dissolved
- 07-08Arabs attack Jewish community of Safed
- 08-01Emancipation of British slaves on Bahamas
- 08-181st US marine expedition
- 08-23Mt Holyoke Female Seminary (South Hadley, Massachusetts) 1st graduating class
- 09-03Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery disguised as a sailor
- 09-05Central Museum opens in Utrecht Netherlands
- 09-18Anti-Corn Law League established by Richard Cobden
- 09-19Ephraim Morris patents railroad brake
- 09-24Anti-Corn-Law League forms to repeal English Corn Law
- 10-01Civil Code enforced (- Jan 1, 1992)
- 11-05Honduras declares independence of Central American Federation
People born in year of 1838
- 01-01William Hugh Young: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
- 02-06Henry Irving [John H Brodribb]: England, United Kingdom -- Knighted 1895 / actor (Hamlet)
- 02-12Charles Carroll Walcott: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1898
- 02-14Margaret Knight: Inventor "the female Thomas Edison"
- 02-16Henry Adams: Boston, Massachusetts -- Historian, writer (Education of Henry Adams)
- 02-18Ernst Mach: Chirlitz-Turas, Austria -- Physicist / philosopher / psychologist
- 02-20James Barbour Terrill: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
- 02-22Pierre Jules Cesar Janssen: Discoverer of hydrogen in Sun
- 02-23Gilbert Moxley Sorrel: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1901
- 02-24Thomas Benton Smith: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1923
- 02-26Wendelin Weissheimer: Composer
- 03-02David Duffle Wood: Composer
- 03-03George W Hill: US astronomer (Moon orbit)
- 03-04Paul Lacome: Composer
- 03-12William Perkin: Inventor (1st artificial dye)
- 03-15Alice Cunningham Fletcher: Ethnologist (Stranger in Her Native Land)
- 03-18Jan B Stobbaerts: Flemish painter
- 03-18Randal Cremer: Britain -- Trade unionist, pacifist (Nobel 1903)
- 04-05Alpheus Hyatt: United States -- Invertebrate paleontologist
- 04-11Joseph Leopold Rockel: Composer
- 04-12John Shaw Billings: United States -- Librarian / army Physician
- 04-16Karel Bendl: Composer
- 04-23Alfred J Verwee: Flemish painter
- 04-28Tobias M Carel Asser: Holland, Netherlands -- Advocate of world law (Nobel 1911)
- 05-06Alfred Humphreys Pease: Composer
- 05-10James: 1st Viscount Bryce, historian / Statesman
- 05-24Paul Laband: German lawyer
- 05-28Basil Wilson Duke: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1916
- 05-31Henry Sidgwick: English philosopher (Wife at University)
- 06-04Servaas Daems [Peeter Klein]: Flemish writer (Lute & Flute)
People died in year of 1838
- 01-13Ferdinand Reis: Composer, dies at 53
- 01-20Pierre-Louis Hus-Desforges: Composer, dies at 64
- 01-23Arnold A Buyskes: Dutch Vice-Admiral / colonial director, dies at 67
- 01-30Osceola: Chief of Seminole indians, dies in jail
- 02-01Abraham de Veer: Dutch Governor-General of Suriname (1822-28), dies at 71
- 02-05Philippe Libon: Composer, dies at 62
- 02-22Friedrich Johann Eck: Composer, dies at 70
- 03-16Nathaniel Bowditch: Astronomer / navigation expert, dies at 64
- 03-22Hendrik Fagel: Dutch / English baron, dies at 73
- 03-24Thomas Attwood: Composer, dies at 72
- 04-06Jose B de Andrada e Silva: Premier of Brazil (1822-23), dies at 74
- 04-11Pieter L Uys: South African pioneer (Great Pull), murdered at 40
- 04-17J Schopenhauer: Writer, dies at 71
- 05-28Thomas Busby: Composer
- 07-10Willem Earl van Hogendorp: Dutch colonial governor, dies at about 43
- 07-17John Whites: Hydraulic engineer, dies at 82
- 07-19Frederic Nicolas Duvernoy: Composer, dies at 72
- 07-28Bernhard Henrik Crusell: Composer, dies at 62
- 07-29Jonathan Huntington: Composer, dies at 66
- 08-21A v Chamisso: Writer, dies at 57
- 09-01William Clark: 2nd lt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies at 68
- 09-07Joseph Panny: Composer, dies at 43
- 09-08Pietro Rovelli: Composer, dies at 45
- 10-04Eleanore Sophia Maria Westenholz: Composer, dies at 79
- 10-19Henry Fagel: Baron / court clerk of States-General / diplomat, dies at 73
- 11-24Karl Ludwig Hellwig: Composer, dies at 65