The Battle of the Alamo begins between Texans and Mexicans (Feb 23), Samuel Colt receives a patent for the Colt revolver (Feb 25), the Republic of Texas is declared, independent from Mexico (Mar 2), Arkansas is the 25th state to be admitted into the U.S.A. (Jun 15), Charles Darwin returns home from his journey around the world, using then the material acquired to develop his theory of evolution (Oct 2), Sam Houston is inaugurated as the first president of the Republic of Texas (Oct 22), Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico (Dec 28) - and all these fine people were born:

1836-0102 Mendele Mocher Sforim* writer/ of the founders of modern Yiddish and Hebrew literature - Kapyl, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire (1917/81) 1836-0110 Charles Ingalls* farmer/ carpenter/father or Laura - Cuba, NY USA (1902/66) 1836-0121 Léo Delibes* composer - Saint-Germain-du-Val, France (1891/54) 1836-0122 1836-0124 Signe Rink* (b Møller) Danish writer/ethnologist/co-founder of Greenland’s first newspaper - Paamiut, Greenland (1909/73) 1836-0127 Leopold von Sacher-Masoch* writer/journalist- Lemberg, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria (1895/59) 1836-0211 Frans Ferdinand Ahlman* translator/ lexicographer - Hauho, GD of Finland (1895/59) 1836-0218 Ramakrishna* mystic/yogi - Kamarpukur, Bengal Presidency, British India (1886/50) 1836-0224 Winslow Homer* landscape painter/printmaker - Boston, MA USA (1910/74) 1836-0301 1836-0304 Stuart Robson* actor - Annapolis, MD USA (1903/67) 1836-0305 Hubert Dilger* German-American soldier in the American Civil War/to U.S. at age 25 - Engen, Baden (1911/75) Find a Grave 1836-0310 1836-0314 Isabella Beeton* journalist/ editor/writer - London, England (1865/28) 1836-0320 1836-0331 1836-0427 Charles Bendire* (b Karl Bender) U.S Army soldier/ ornithologist/ oologist - König im Odenwald, Germany (1897/60) 1836-0507 Joseph Gurney Cannon* politician - Guilford County, North Carolina USA (1926/90) 1836-0514 Wilhelm Steinitz* chess master - Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia (1900/64) 1836-0609 Elizabeth Garrett Anderson* physician/suffragist - Whitechapel, London, England (1917/81) 1836-0619 Edward W. Wynkoop* sheriff/one of the founders of Denver, Colorado/Indian agent - Philadelphia, PA USA (1891/55) 1836-0626 Suzannah Ibsen* (b Thoresen) Norwegian translator/wife of Henrik Ibsen - Herøy, Møre og Romsdal, Sweden-Norway (1914/77) 1836-0630 1836-0708 Joseph Chamberlain* mayor/statesman - Camberwell, Surrey, England (1914/77) 1836-0805 John T. Raymond* actor - Buffalo, NY USA (1887/50) 1836-0811 Sarah Morgan Bryan Piatt* poet - Lexington, KY USA (1919/83) 1836-0911 Fitz Hugh Ludlow* journalist/ author/explorer - New York City, NY USA (1870/34) 1836-0918 William Jackson Palmer* civil engineer/soldier/ philanthropist - Leipsic, DE USA (1909/72) 1836-1006 Heinrich von Waldeyer-Hartz* anatomist - Braunschweig, Germany(1921/84) 1836-1015 James Tissot* French painter/illustrator - Nantes, July Monarchy (1902/65) 1836-1025 Henry John Cambie* Irish-Canadian surveyor/civil engineer/ railway builder - Tipperary, Ireland (1928/91) 1836-1116 Kalakaua* the last king and penultimate monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi - Honolulu, Kingdom of Hawaii (1891/54) 1836-1130 Lord Frederick Cavendish* politician - Compton Place, Sussex, England (1882/45) 1836-1218 Kawamura Sumiyoshi* 川村 純義 admiral - Kagoshima, Tokugawa Shogunate (1904/67) 1836-0 1836-0 1836-0 Updated 2025-0404 Helsinki Search for more years here