What Happened In September 1836 - Historical Events 1836 September

Historical Events for September, 1836

1st » Narcissa Whitman, one of the first English-speaking white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrives at Walla Walla, Washington.
5th » Sam Houston is elected as the first president of the Republic of Texas.

5th » Justiniano Borgoño, Peruvian soldier and politician, 57th President of Peru (d. 1921)
7th » Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Scottish merchant and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1908)
7th » August Toepler, German physicist and academic (d. 1912)
10th » Joseph Wheeler, American general and politician (d. 1906)
11th » Fitz Hugh Ludlow, American journalist, author, and explorer (d. 1870)
28th » Thomas Crapper, English plumber, invented the ballcock (d. 1910)

5th » Ferdinand Raimund, Austrian actor and playwright (b. 1790)
14th » Aaron Burr, American colonel and politician, 3rd Vice President of the United States (b. 1756)
17th » Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist and author (b. 1748)