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1836



February 23 – The Battle of the Alamo begins with an American settler army surrounded by the Mexican Army under Santa Anna.


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March 6 – The Battle of the Alamo ends; 182 Texan settler soldiers die in a struggle with approximately 5,000 Mexican soldiers.

Of note, this is where the phrase,"Remember the Alamo!" comes from, also, Davy Crockett was among the settlers. Yes, that Davy Crockett.

1835

September 7 – Charles Darwin arrives at the Galápagos Islands aboard HMS Beagle.

1834

Slavery is abolished in the British Empire by the Slavery Abolition Act 1833.

Well ahead of the Americans where racism is still very prevalent to this day. - See Donald Trump and his supporters

1833

- Dubai got independence from the United Kingdom

- The city of Chicago is established at the estuary of the Chicago River by 350 settlers.

- Future United States President Benjamin Harrison is born in Ohio. From this date until the death of Former U.S. President James Madison on June 28 1836, there are a total of 18 Presidents of the United States (2 former, 1 current, and 15 known future) living; which is more than any other time period in U.S. history.

- American Anti-Slavery Society founded which was an abolitionist society founded by Devin Derry and Arthur Tappan. Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave, was a key leader of this society who often spoke at its meetings. William Wells Brown was a freed slave who often spoke at meetings. By 1838, the society had 1,350 local charters with around 250,000 members.

1831



United States: Nat Turner's slave rebellion breaks out in Southampton County, Virginia.

1830 - the lawnmower was invented by Edwin Budding.

1829



In the United States, William Burt obtains the first patent for a form of typewriter, the typographer.

1828
The Dutch Caspard van Houten invents disolvable cocoa powder. Yay for the Dutch!

Also on May 8 Jean Henri Dunant, Swiss founder of the Red Cross, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1910) is born.

1827



20,000 attend Ludwig Van Beethoven's burial in Vienna

1826

The Eggnog Riot breaks out at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York during the early morning hours, but is squelched by Christmas chapel service.





The Eggnog Riot, sometimes known as the Grog Mutiny, was a riot that took place at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, on 24–25 December 1826. It was caused by a drunken Christmas Day party in the North Barracks of the academy. Two days prior to the incident, a large quantity of whiskey was smuggled into the academy to make eggnog for the party, giving the riot its name. The riot eventually involved more than one-third of the cadets by the time it ceased on Christmas morning. A subsequent investigation by academy officials resulted in the implication of seventy cadets and the court-martialing of twenty of them and one enlisted soldier. Among the participants in the riot—though he was not court-martialed—was future Confederate States President Jefferson Davis.

1825

The Miramichi Fire, a forest fire, breaks out in New Brunswick (Canada).



My home province which is still mostly woods. Currently there's a forest fire going on today in Bouctouche New Brunswick

- It ranks among the three largest forest fires ever recorded in North America.

- To escape the blaze many residents took refuge with livestock and wildlife in the Miramichi River - about 160 people died in and around Newcastle, including prisoners in the Newcastle Jail. Elsewhere, the totals were likely higher, given the number of lumbermen in the forests at the time (about 3000)

1824

Another Canadian moment:



Washing machine patented by Noah Cushing of Quebec (Lower Canada at the time)

"In 1824, the Patent Act was made law in the Province of Lower Canada. An act is a law decided upon by the government. The first patent to be given under this new law was to a man named Noah Cushing. Cushing had invented a machine to be used for the washing and “fulling” of woolen cloth. The fulling process involved applying moisture, heat, friction and pressure to woolen fabric. This process created the fabric known as felt."

1823

R J Tyers patents roller skates



Robert John Tyers of London patented a skate called the Rolito with five wheels in a single row on the bottom of a shoe or boot. The Rolito was unable to follow a curved path, unlike the in-line skates of today.

1822
January 7 – The first group of freed slaves from the United States arrive to the west coast of Africa, founding Monrovia (nowadays capital of Liberia) on April 25.

Also: (date unknown but very important) Coffee is no longer banned in Sweden.

1821

Emperor Napoleon dies in exile on Saint Helena of stomach cancer.

1820

George IV of the United Kingdom ascends the throne on the death at Windsor Castle of his father George III (after 59 years on the throne), ending the period known as the British Regency. There will be a gap of 21 years before the title Prince of Wales is next used.

George III:



George III's life and with it his reign, which were longer than any other British monarch before him. Currently the third longest behind Victoria and the longest and current Elizabeth II.

In the later part of his life, George III had recurrent, and eventually permanent, mental illness. Although it has since been suggested that he had the blood disease porphyria, the cause of his illness remains unknown. After a final relapse in 1810, a regency was established, and George III's eldest son, George, Prince of Wales, ruled as Prince Regent. On George III's death, the Prince Regent succeeded his father as George IV.

1819

The Panic of 1819, the first major peacetime financial crisis in the United States, begins.

1818

49th parallel becomes British North America/U.S. border from Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains



Which is most of the Canada/US border

1817

At Rome, New York, construction on the Erie Canal begins.