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March 1 – At the Convention of 1836, delegates from 57 Texas communities convene in Washington-on-the-Brazos to deliberate independence from Mexico. March 2 – At the Convention of 1836, the Republic of Texas declares independence from Mexico. March 6 – The Battle of the Alamo ends; 189 Texans are slaughtered by about 1,600 Mexicans.
1836 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1836th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 836th year of the 2nd millennium, the 36th year of the 19th century, and the 7th year of the 1830s decade. As of the start of 1836, the ...
1836 – Texas Revolution: Battle of the Alamo: After a thirteen-day siege by an army of 3,000 Mexican troops, the 187 Texas volunteers, including frontiersman Davy Crockett and colonel Jim Bowie, defending the Alamo are killed and the fort is captured. 1857 – The Supreme Court of the United States rules 7–2 in the Dred Scott v.
The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was a pivotal event and military engagement in the Texas Revolution.Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna reclaimed the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar (modern-day San Antonio, Texas, United States).
The Abolition Riot of 1836 took place in Boston, Massachusetts in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. In August 1836, Eliza Small and Polly Ann Bates, two enslaved women from Baltimore who had run away, were arrested in Boston and brought before Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw. The judge ordered them freed because of a problem with the arrest ...
The lynching of Francis McIntosh was the killing of a free Black man, a boatman, by a white mob after he was arrested in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 28, 1836. [1] He had fatally stabbed one policeman and injured a second.
What to know about Wichita's aviation history Philippine National Police official among victims in collision A Philippine National Police official was aboard the doomed passenger plane, the agency ...
First cemetery is established as "City Cemetery". It stills stands today as Founders Memorial Cemetery. 1837. January 1: Twelve people live in town, and there is a single log cabin. [2] Mid January: Laura arrives, the first steamboat in Houston, sometime around January 21. [2] [4] April 16: Thomas William Ward begins construction on the capitol ...