1836 in the United States
- 1836 in the United States
Exceptionally, this page covers not only the history of the United States of America, but also that of the Republic of Texas in 1836.
Events
* February 3 - United States Whig Party holds its first convention in Albany, New York.
* February 23 - The siege of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas.
* February 24 - Samuel Colt receives a patent for the Colt revolver
* March 1 - Convention of delegates from 57 Texas communities convenes in Washington-on-the-Brazos to deliberate independence from Mexico
* March 2 - Declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico.
* March 5 - Samuel Colt makes the first pistol (.34-caliber).
* March 6 - After a 13-day siege by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the 189 Texas volunteers defending the Alamo are defeated and the fort taken.
* March 27 - Texas Revolution: Goliad massacre - Antonio López de Santa Anna orders the Mexican army to kill about 400 Texans at Goliad, Texas
* March 31 - Marshall College, named for John Marshall, opens in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. It later merges with Franklin College to become Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
* April 20 - U.S. Congress passes act creating the Wisconsin Territory
* April 21 - Texas Revolution: Battle of San Jacinto - Republic of Texas forces under Sam Houston defeat troops under Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna. (Santa Anna and hundreds of his troops are taken prisoner along the San Jacinto River the next day.)
* June 15 - Arkansas is admitted as the 25th U.S. state.
* July 11 - President Andrew Jackson issues the Specie Circular, beginning the failure of the land speculation economy that would lead to the Panic of 1837.
* September 1 - Narcissa Whitman, one of the first white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington.
* September 5 - Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.
* September 8 - Transcendental Club founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts
* December 10 - Emory College, the forerunner of Emory University, is chartered in Oxford, Georgia.
* December 20 - Sudden freeze kills many travelers in Illinois.
* Henry R. Campbell builds the first 4-4-0, a steam locomotive type that will soon become the most common on all railroads of the United States.
* American Temperance Union established.
See also
* 1835 in the United States
* 1836
* 1836 in Canada
* 1836 in Mexico
* 1837 in the United States
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