Rulers:
• Andrew Jackson, 7th President of the United States (1829-1837)
• Charles XIV John, King of Sweden and Norway (1818-1844)
Events:
• Alte Pinakothek established in Munich.
• National Library of Medicine founded in Bethesda.
Births:
• Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912)
• Blau, Édouard (1836-1906)
• Delibes, Léo (1836-1891)
• Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904)
• Homer, Winslow (1836-1910)
• Metternich, Pauline von (1836-1921)
• Tissot, James (1836-1902)
Deaths:
• Godwin, William (1756-1836)
• Madison, James (1751-1836)
• Ramolino Bonaparte, Maria Letizia (1750-1836)
Literature:
• Dickens, Charles (1812-1870): Sketches by Boz (1836)
• Dickens, Charles (1812-1870): Sunday Under Three Heads (1836)
• Dickens, Charles (1812-1870): The Pickwick Papers (1836)
Art:
• Constable, John (1776-1837): Cenotaph to the Memory of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1833-36)
• Corot, Camille (1796-1875): Avignon vue de Villeneuve-lès-Avignon (1836)
• Corot, Camille (1796-1875): Florence. Vue prise des jardins Boboli (1835-40)
• Corot, Camille (1796-1875): Le Palais des Papes à Avignon (1836)