1836
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Events
- Communist League founded in London.
- Twenty-two year old Hong Huoxiu, future Heavenly King of the Taiping fails Chinese Mardarinate (civil service)examination for the first time.
- Karl Marx transfers to the University of Berlin Faculty of Law.
- Battle of the Alamo. Texas gains independence from Mexico.
- Robben Island becomes a leper colony, which it remains until 1931.