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| Battle of Alamo, The Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de |  |
| 24th Feb Alamo, The General Anna has the defender's bodies burned as an example to the rebellious Texans
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| 24th Feb Alamo, The Mexicans storm a Spanish mission slaughtering all 187 Texan defenders
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| 24th Feb Alamo, The Demands surrender but receives canon shot & orders his artillery destroy the mission
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| 24th Feb Alamo, The The defenders are massacarred within 1 hour
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| 24th Feb Alomo, The Travis & Bowie retreat to the Alamo despite orders by General Houston to withdraw
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| Battle of Alamo, The Bowie, Jim |  |
| 24th Feb Alamo, The Killed during the Battle of the Alamo
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| 24th Feb Alamo, The Killed in battle during a 12 day siege which helps defeat the Mexican Army
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| Battle of Alamo, The Crocket, Davy | |
| 24th Feb Alamo, The Killed in battle during a 12 day siege which helps defeat the Mexican Army
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| Battle of Jacinto Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de | |
| 21st April Jacinto Defeated by General sam houston & taken prisoner
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| Battle of Jacinto Houston, Sam | |
| 21st April Jacinto Inflicts a crushing defeat on the Mexicans & takes General Santa Anna prisoner
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| Battle of Luchana Espartero |  |
| Luchana Defeats the Carlists at Luchana
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| Birth Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett |  |
| Birth of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
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| Birth Campbell-Bannerman, Henry | |
| 7th Sep Glasgow Birth of Henry Campbell-Bannerman, son of the Lord Provost of Glasgow
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| Birth Enomoto, Takeaki |  |
| Birth of Takeaki Enomoto
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| Birth Harte, Bret | |
| 20th Aug New York Birth of Bret Harte
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| Buren Buren, Martin van | |
| 7th Dec Washington Known as the "little magician" for his political manipulation
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| Civil War Mexico Burnet, David | |
| Texas Appointed President of Texas
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| Texas Tries to win independence for Texas from Mexico
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| Commander Brudenell, James Thomas | |
| Appointed Commander of the 11th Hussars
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| Commander Espartero | |
| Appointed Commander-in-Chief
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| Composition Meyerbeer, Giacomo |  |
| 29th Feb Composes, "Les Huguenots"
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| Coup d'Etat Fialin, Jean-Gilbert-Victor |  |
| Strasbourg Propagandist during the failed attempt by Louis-Napoleon to regain the throne
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| Coup d'Etat Napoleon III | |
| Strasbourg Stages a failed Coup d'etat at Strasbourg
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| Death SieyŠs, Emmanuel Joseph | |
| 20th June Death of Emmanuel Joseph SieyŠs
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| Death McAdam, John Loudon | |
| 26th Nov Death of John Loudon McAdam
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| Death Bowie, Jim | |
| 24th Feb Alamo, The Death of Jim Bowie, killed during the battle of the Alamo
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| Death Crocket, Davy | |
| 24th Feb Alamo, The Death of Davy Crocket, killed at the battle of the Alamo
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| Drama Gogol, Nikolai Vasilyevich |  |
| "The Inspector-General", a satire on provincial officials
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| Exile Louis Phillipe | |
| 30th Oct Paris Exiles Louis Napoleon to America for leading a garrison to against the Government
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| Exile of Louis Phillipe Louis Phillipe | |
| 30th Oct Paris Exiles Louis Napoleon to America for leading a garrison to against the Government
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| Field Marshal Radetzky, Johann Joseph Wenzel Anton |  |
| Vienna Appointed Field Marshal
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| Independence Houston, Sam | |
| Houston The capital of Texas is named after Sam Houston
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| Texas The new President of Texas helps win Texan independence from Mexico
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| Invasion of Texas Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de | |
| 24th Feb Texas Leads an invasion of Texas after USAsettlers decalare independence
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| Marriage Victoria | |
| London Meets Prince Albert through his father, brother of Victoria's uncle Leopold
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| Minister Kriezis, Antonios |  |
| Appointed Minister of the Navy
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| Pardon Louis Phillipe | |
| 30th Oct Paris Pardons Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte
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| Performance Les Huguenots Meyerbeer, Giacomo | |
| 29th Feb Paris "Les Huguenots" is performed for the 1st time
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| Publication Palacky, Frantisek |  |
| Publication of, "History of the Czech Nation"
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| Publication Hugo, Victor | |
| Visits the battlefields of Dol & writes "Quatre-Vingt-Treize"
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| Publication Darwin, Charles Robert | |
| Publication of, "Notebooks on the Transmutation of Species"
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| Publication Lermontov, Michael | |
| Publication of, "Sashka"
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| Publication Pushkin, Alexander | |
| Publication of, "The Captain's Daughter"
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| Publication Emerson, Ralph Waldo | |
| Publication of, "Nature"
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| Rebellion Garibaldi, Guisseppe |  |
| Rio Grande Supports the state of Rio Grande do Sul against the Brazilian central Government
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| Republic of Texas Austin, Stephen Fuller | |
| Appointed Secretary of State of the independent Republic of Texas
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| Secretary Austin, Stephen Fuller | |
| Appointed Secretary of State of the independent Republic of Texas
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| Succession Ferdinand I | |
| Bohemia Succeeds as King of Bohemia
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| Succession Frederick Augustus II | |
| Saxony Succeeds as King of Saxony
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| Texan Republic Houston, Sam | |
| 22nd Oct Texas Sworn in as President of Texas, the newly created Texan Republic
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| Vice President Lamar, Mirabeau Buonaparte | |
| Huston Appointed Vice President of the Republic of Texas
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