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| Born : | 09/14/1836 | Abraham PC Van Karnebeek, Dutch Foreign Minister (Liberal, 1918-27) |
| Born : | 03/16/1836 | Andrew S Hallidie, inventor (cable car) |
| Born : | 08/22/1836 | Archibald M Willard, US, artist (Spirit of '76) |
| Born : | 01/29/1836 | Benjamin Franklin Potts, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1887 |
| Born : | 08/25/1836 | Bret Harte, US, author (Outcasts of Poker Flat) |
| Born : | 05/08/1836 | Bryan Morel Thomas, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1905 |
| Born : | 08/11/1836 | Cato M Guldberg, Norwegian mathematician |
| Born : | 12/15/1836 | Edmond Picard, French/Belgian lawyer/writer (La forge Roussel) |
| Born : | 05/27/1836 | Edwin Gray Lee, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1870 |
| Born : | 04/26/1836 | Erminnie Adelle Platt, US, ethnologist (Iriquois-English Dictionary) |
| Born : | 08/07/1836 | Evander McIvor Law, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1920 |
| Born : | 01/08/1836 | Fannie M Jackson, pioneer & educator, 1st US Black woman college grad |
| Born : | 11/06/1836 | Francis Ellingwood Abbot, Boston, theologian (Scientific Theism) |
| Born : | 10/05/1836 | George Washington Gordon, Brig Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1911 |
| Born : | 12/27/1836 | Henricus Oort, theologist (Leidse translation) |
| Born : | 09/07/1836 | Henry Campbell-Bannerman, British PM (L) (1905-08) |
| Born : | 07/02/1836 | Henry Eugene Davies, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1894 |
| Born : | 01/29/1836 | James Meech Warner, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897 |
| Born : | 05/14/1836 | James Patrick Major, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1877 |
| Born : | 12/11/1836 | Jan Boissevain, Dutch politician/ship owner |
| Born : | 05/27/1836 | Jay Gould, US railroad executive, financier |
| Born : | 09/13/1836 | John McCausland, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1927 |
| Born : | 11/20/1836 | John Thomas Croxton, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1874 |
| Born : | 07/08/1836 | Joseph Chamberlain, British minister of Handel/Cologne |
| Born : | 05/17/1836 | Joseph Norman Lockyer, discovered Helium/founded Nature magazine |
| Born : | 09/10/1836 | Joseph Wheeler II, Maj Gen (Confederacy/Cavalry/Army of Tennessee) |
| Born : | 03/30/1836 | Karl Freiherr von Stumm-Halberg, German industrialist/politician |
| Born : | 02/21/1836 | L‚o Delibes, Saint-Germain-du-Val France, ballet composer (Copp‚lia) |
| Born : | 03/08/1836 | Matthew Calbraith Butler, Major General (Confederate Army) |
| Born : | 11/18/1836 | M ximo G¢mez, BanŒ, general (Cuba) |
| Born : | 11/15/1836 | Pierce Manning Butler Young, Mjr Gen (Confederate Army), died in 1896 |
| Born : | 02/18/1836 | Ramakrishna, Hindu saint; preached unity of all religions |
| Born : | 11/11/1836 | Thomas Bailey Aldrich, US, author/editor (Story of a Bad Boy) |
| Born : | 10/15/1836 | Thomas Lafayette Rosser, Mjr General (Confederate Army), died in 1910 |
| Born : | 06/14/1836 | Thomas Wilberforce Egan, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) |
| Born : | 08/14/1836 | Walter Besant, writer/philanthropist (Rebel Queen) |
| Born : | 05/18/1836 | Wilhelm Steinitz, Austria, world chess champion (1866-94) |
| Born : | 11/18/1836 | William Schwenck Gilbert, London, composer (Gilbert & Sullivan) |
| Born : | 02/24/1836 | Winslow Homer, US, painter (Gulfstream) |
| Born : | 06/10/1836 | Yamaoka Tesshu, Japanese swordsman/master of kendo |
| Born : | 01/14/1836 | [Hugh] Judson Kilpatrick, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1881 |
| Died : | 09/14/1836 | Aaron Burr, 3rd VP, dies |
| Died : | 06/10/1836 | Andr‚ M Ampre, French mathematician/physicist (Amp), dies |
| Died : | 11/27/1836 | Carle [Antoine CH] Vernet, French painter/lithographer, dies |
| Died : | 11/06/1836 | Charles X, King of France (1824-30), dies |
| Died : | 06/26/1836 | Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, author/composer (Marseillaise), dies |
| Died : | 03/06/1836 | Davy Crockett, US pioneer (Alamo), dies |
| Died : | 02/24/1836 | D niel Berzsenyi, Hungarians poet, dies |
| Died : | 06/28/1836 | James Madison, 4th US pres (1809-17), dies in Montpelier Va at 85 |
| Died : | 02/02/1836 | M Laetitia Bonaparte-Ramolino ("Madame Mre"), dies at 85 |
| Died : | 12/27/1836 | Stephen Fuller Austin, founder of state Texas, dies |
| Interest: | 11/12/1836 | [Ang] Commemoration of Charles Simeon, priest |
| Interest: | 07/17/1836 | [Ang] Commemoration of William White, bishop of Pennsylvania |
| Interest: | 01/02/1836 | [RC] Commemoration of St Gaspar del Bufalo, Italian priest |
| Special : | 02/07/1836 | "Sketches by Boz" (essays) published by Charles Dickens |
| Special : | 07/21/1836 | 1st Canadian RR opens, between Laprairie & St John, Qu‚bec |
| Special : | 07/30/1836 | 1st English newspaper published in Hawaii |
| Special : | 03/27/1836 | 1st Mormon temple dedicated (Kirtland Ohio) |
| Special : | 02/24/1836 | 3,000 Mexicans attack 182 Texans at Alamo, lasts 13 days |
| Special : | 03/06/1836 | 3,000 Mexicans beat 182 Texans at the Alamo, after 13 day fight |
| Special : | 10/24/1836 | A Phillips patents match |
| Special : | 07/27/1836 | Adelaide, South Australia founded |
| Special : | 02/23/1836 | Alamo besieged by Santa Anna; entire garrison eventually killed |
| Special : | 06/15/1836 | Arkansas becomes 25th state |
| Special : | 04/21/1836 | Battle of San Jacinto, in which Texas wins independence from M‚xico |
| Special : | 01/12/1836 | Battle of Wetumka, Fla |
| Special : | 10/02/1836 | Darwin returns to England aboard HMS Beagle |
| Special : | 01/05/1836 | Davy Crockett arrives in Texas, just in time for the Alamo |
| Special : | 05/15/1836 | Francis Baily observes "Baily's Beads" during annular solar eclipse |
| Special : | 12/30/1836 | Lehman-theater in St Petersburg catches fire; 100 die |
| Special : | 11/10/1836 | Louis Napoleon banished to America |
| Special : | 12/07/1836 | Martin Van Buren elected 8th president |
| Special : | 03/05/1836 | Mexico attacks Alamo |
| Special : | 12/15/1836 | Patent Office burns in Wash, DC |
| Special : | 09/01/1836 | Reconstruction begins on Synagogue of Rabbi Judah Hasid in Jerusalem |
| Special : | 02/29/1836 | Rossini's opera "Les Huguenots" premiers in Paris |
| Special : | 09/05/1836 | Sam Houston elected president of Republic of Texas |
| Special : | 10/22/1836 | Sam Houston inaugurated as 1st elected pres of Republic of Texas |
| Special : | 02/25/1836 | Samuel Colt patents 1st revolving barrel multishot firearm |
| Special : | 04/20/1836 | Territory of Wisconsin created |
| Special : | 03/02/1836 | Texas declares independence from Mexico |
| Special : | 07/13/1836 | US patent #1 (after 9,957 unnumbered patents), for locomotive wheels |
| Special : | 02/03/1836 | Whig Party holds its 1st national convention, Albany NY |
| Special : | 12/04/1836 | Whig party holds its 1st national convention, Harrisburg, Pa |
| Special : | 07/04/1836 | Wisconsin Territory formed |
| Special : | 12/27/1836 | Worst English avalanche kills 8 of 15 buried (Lewes Sussex) |
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