1836

1836 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar	1836; MDCCCXXXVI
Ab urbe condita	2589
Armenian calendar	1285; ԹՎ ՌՄՁԵ
Assyrian calendar	6586
Balinese saka calendar	1757–1758
Bengali calendar	1243
Berber calendar	2786
British Regnal year	6 Will. 4 – 7 Will. 4
Buddhist calendar	2380
Burmese calendar	1198
Byzantine calendar	7344–7345
Chinese calendar	乙未年 (Wood Goat); 4533 or 4326; — to —; 丙申年 (Fire Monkey); 4534 or 4327
Coptic calendar	1552–1553
Discordian calendar	3002
Ethiopian calendar	1828–1829
Hebrew calendar	5596–5597
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	1892–1893
- Shaka Samvat	1757–1758
- Kali Yuga	4936–4937
Holocene calendar	11836
Igbo calendar	836–837
Iranian calendar	1214–1215
Islamic calendar	1251–1252
Japanese calendar	Tenpō 7; (天保７年)
Javanese calendar	1763–1764
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 12 days
Korean calendar	4169
Minguo calendar	76 before ROC; 民前76年
Nanakshahi calendar	368
Thai solar calendar	2378–2379
Tibetan calendar	阴木羊年; (female Wood-Goat); 1962 or 1581 or 809; — to —; 阳火猴年; (male Fire-Monkey); 1963 or 1582 or 810

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	18th century; 19th century ; 20th century;
Decades:	1810s; 1820s; 1830s ; 1840s; 1850s;
Years:	1833; 1834; 1835; 1836 ; 1837; 1838; 1839;

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Year 1836 (MDCCCXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar).

Events of 1836

January – March

January 5 – Davy Crockett arrives in Texas.
January 12
- Battle of Wetumka, Florida.
- HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin reaches Sydney.
January 18 – Dade County, Florida, is formed.
February 23 – The Alamo is surrounded by Santa Anna's army, in a 13-day ordeal.
February 25 – Samuel Colt receives an American patent for the Colt revolver, the first revolving barrel multishot firearm.
March 1
- Antonio García Gutiérrez's play El Trovador is performed for the first time in Madrid, Spain.
- A Convention of delegates from 57 Texas communities gathers in Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas, to deliberate independence from Mexico.
March 6 – The Battle of the Alamo ends; 189 Texans are slaughtered by about 1,600 Mexicans.
March 17 – Texas abolishes the slave trade.

April – June

April 20 – The Territory of Wisconsin is created.
April 21 – Battle of San Jacinto: Mexican forces under General Santa Anna are defeated at San Jacinto, Texas.
April 22 – Texas Revolution: A day after the Battle of San Jacinto, forces under Texas General Sam Houston capture Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
May 7 – The settlement of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico is elevated to the royal status of villa by the government of Spain.

May 15 – Francis Baily, during an eclipse of the sun, observes the phenomenon named after him as Baily's beads.
May 19 – Fort Parker massacre: Among those captured by Native Americans is 9-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker; she later gives birth to a son named Quanah, who becomes the last chief of the Comanche.
June 15 – Arkansas is the 25th state admitted into the United States of America.

July – September

July 13 – The first numbered U.S. patent #1 (after filing 9,957 unnumbered patents) is granted, for locomotive wheels.
July 20 – Charles Darwin climbs Green Hill on Ascension Island.
July 21 – The first Canadian railroad opens, between Laprairie and St. John, Quebec.
July 27 – Adelaide, South Australia is founded.
July 30 – The first English newspaper is published in Hawaii.
August 17 – The HMS Beagle with Charles Darwin leaves South America, headed back to England.
August 30 – The city of Houston, Texas is founded.
September 1 – Rebuilding begins at the Synagogue of Rabbi Judah Hasid in Jerusalem.
September 5 – Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.

October – December

October 2 – Charles Darwin returns to Britain aboard the HMS Beagle with biological data he will later use to develop his theory of evolution.
October 22 – Sam Houston is inaugurated as first elected President of the Republic of Texas.
October 24 – A. Phillips patents the match.
December 4 – Whig Party holds its first national convention, in Harrisburg, PA.
December 7 – U.S. presidential election, 1836: Martin Van Buren defeats William Henry Harrison.
December 15 – The U.S. Patent Office (USPTO) burns in Washington, DC.
December 26 – The colony of South Australia is officially proclaimed (now celebrated in the state of South Australia as Proclamation Day).
December 27 – An avalanche at Lewes Sussex, England kills 8 of 15 buried.
December 28 – Spain recognizes the independence of Mexico.
December 30 – In Saint Petersburg, the Lehman Theater is caught on fire; 800 people died.

Undated

The first printed literature in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic is produced by Justin Perkins, an American Presbyterian missionary.
The New Board brokerage group is founded in New York City.
Parliament passes a law making census data available to the public (a boon for genealogists and historians).
James Peter Allaire's company, the Howell Works, is at its peak.
George Catlin ends his 6-year tour of 50 tribes in the Dakota Territory.
Chatsworth Head found near Tamassos on Cyprus.

Births

January – June

January 2 – Mendele Moykher Sforim, Russian Yiddish writer (d. 1917)
January 10 – Charles Phillip Ingalls, Pioneer father of author Laura Ingalls Wilder (d. June 8, 1902)
January 14 – Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter (d. 1904)
January 27 – Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, Austrian writer (d. 1895)
February 16 – Robert Halpin, Irish mariner and cable layer (d. 1894)
February 18 – Ramakrishna Paramhansa, Bengali religious leader (d. 1886)
February 21 – Léo Delibes, French composer (d. 1891)
February 24 – Winslow Homer, American painter. 1910)
March 12 – Isabella Beeton, British cook and expert on household management (d. 1865)
March 20
- Ferris Jacobs, Jr., American politician (d. 1886)
- Sir Edward Poynter, French-born artist (d. 1919)
April 27 – Major Charles Bendire, U.S. Army captain and ornithologist (d. 1897)
May 27 – Jay Gould, American financier (d. 1892)
May 28 – Alexander Mitscherlich, German chemist (d. 1918)
May 31 – Jules Chéret, French printmaker (d. 1932)
May 23 – Touch the Clouds, native American chieftain of Teton Lakota Sioux.

July – December

July 8 – Joseph Chamberlain, British politician (d. 1914)
July 9 – Camille de Renesse, Belgian Count (d. 1904)
August 13 – Bishop Nikolai of Japan, Russian Orthodox priest (d. 1912)
August 25 – Bret Harte, American writer (d. 1902)
September 7 – Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1908)
September 11 – Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American author (d. 1870)
September 17 – William Jackson Palmer, founder of Colorado Springs, Colorado (d. 1909)
September 26 – Thomas Crapper, plumber, inventor (d. 1910)
October 15 – James Tissot, French artist (d. 1902)
November 11 – Thomas Bailey Aldrich, American poet and novelist (d. 1907)
November 18 – W. S. Gilbert, British playwright and librettist best known for his collaborations with Arthur Sullivan (d. 1911)
December 24 – Jacob Marley, fictional character

Deaths

January – June

January 1 – Bernhard Meyer, German physician and ornithologist (b. 1767)
January 11 – John Molson, Canadian entrepreneur (b. 1763)
January 30 – Betsy Ross, Made the first American flag (b. 1752)
January 31 – John Cheyne (physician), British physician, surgeon and author (b. 1777)
March 6 (at the Alamo)
- Davy Crockett, American frontiersman, Congressman and soldier (b. 1786)
- William Barret Travis Texan revolutionary (b. 1809)
- James Bowie Texan revolutionary (b. 1796)
March 16 – Nathaniel Bowditch, American Mathematician (b. 1773)
March 27 – James Fannin, Texas Revolutionary (b. 1804)
April 29 – Simon Kenton, Frontiersman; American Revolutionary Militia General (b. 1755)
June 10 – André-Marie Ampère, physicist (b. 1775)
June 28 – James Madison, 4th President of the United States (b. 1751)

July – December

August 21 – Claude-Louis Navier, French engineer and physicist (b. 1785)
August 26 – Jeremiah Colegrove, Continental Army officer (b. 1758)
September 5 – Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian playwright (b. 1790)
September 12 – Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German playwright (b. 1801)
September 14 – Aaron Burr, Vice President of the United States (b. 1756)
September 17 – Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist (b. 1748)
November 5 – Karel Hynek Mácha, Czech poet (b. 1810)
November 6 – King Charles X of France (b. 1757)
November 16 – Christian Hendrik Persoon, Dutch mycologist (b. 1761)
December 27 – Stephen F. Austin, American pioneer (b. 1793)