What Happened In February 1836 In History

Historical Events for February, 1836

• 23rd » Texas Revolution: The Battle of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas.
• 25th » Samuel Colt is granted a United States patent for the Colt Firearms named Colt revolver.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1836

• 17th » Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Spanish poet (d. 1870)
• 18th » Ramakrishna, Indian mystic and guru (d. 1886)
• 21st » Léo Delibes, French composer (d. 1891)
• 22nd » Mahesh Chandra Nyayratna Bhattacharyya, Indian scholar, academic, and reformer (d. 1906)
• 24th » Winslow Homer, American painter (d. 1910)
• 29th » Dickey Pearce, American baseball player and manager (d. 1908)

Famous Deaths for February 1836

• 28th » Friedrich August Grotefend, German philologist (b. 1798)

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