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). [edit] Events of 1836 [edit] January–March [edit] April–June [edit] July–September [edit] October–December [edit] Undated [edit] Births [edit] 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
- 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.
[edit] 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)
[edit] Deaths [edit] 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)
- 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)
[edit] 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 11 – Proclaimed Rio-Grandense Republic, in South America
- 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 24 – Jacob Marley, fictional character (b. 1779)
- December 27 – Stephen F. Austin, American pioneer (b. 1793)
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