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| 1836 |
| | | The inhabitants of the Mexican province of Texas declare their independence as a new republic | |
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| 1836 |
| | | 200 Texans, among them Davy Crockett, hold out for twelve days in San Antonio before being killed in the Alamo by a Mexican army | |
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| 1836 |
| | | Hendrik Potgieter sets off with some 200 Boers and their cattle at the start of the Great Trek to the north | |
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| 1836 |
| | | Pugin publishes his most famous book, Contrasts, a polemical comparison showing the 'present decay of taste' compared to medieval architecture | |
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| 1836 |
| | | Sarah and Angelina Grimké join the abolitionist crusade, each publishing a powerful anti-slavery pamphlet in the same year | |
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| 1836 |
| | | 24-year-old Charles Dickens begins monthly publication of his first work of fiction, Pickwick Papers (published in book form in 1837) | |
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| 1836 |
| | | A site is selected for Adelaide and emigration begins from Britain to south Australia | |
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| 1836 |
| | | The Inspector General, a farce by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol satirising Russian offialdom, has tsar Nicholas I in the audience for the premiere | |
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| 1836 |
| | | Sam Houston destroys a Mexican army near the San Jacinto river, completing the seizure of Texas from Mexico | |
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| 1836 |
| | | The Tolpuddle Martyrs are brought back to England from Australia after public protest leads to their sentences being remitted | |
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