1811 - 1859 (48 years)
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Date |
Event(s) |
| 1 | 1812 | - 1812: Gutierrez-Magee Expedition
Fighting Spanish rule in Texas
- 1812: Magee-Gutierrez Expedition
Expedition crossed the Sabine from Louisiana in a rebel movement against Spanish rule in Texas
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| 2 | 1817 | - 1817—1820: Jean Laffite
Pirate Jean Laffite occupied Galveston Island
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| 3 | 1821 | - 24 Aug 1821: Mexican Independence
Mexico obtains independence from Spanish rule
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| 4 | 1826 | - 21 Dec 1826—31 Jan 1827: Fredonia Rebellion
Declaration of Independence of the republic of Fredonia is signed at Nacogdoches; Rebellion led by Haden Edwards
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| 5 | 1829 | - Oct 1829: Irish Immigration
First Irish immigrants arrive in South Texas
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| 6 | 1830 | - 6 Apr 1830: Emigration becomes illegal
Mexican government stops legal immigration into Texas
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| 7 | 1835 | - 1835: Battle of Gonzales
Texians fight for Independence from Mexico
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| 8 | 1836 | - 1836—1845: Texas Republic
Texas is a country
- 2 Mar 1836: Texas Independence
Texas declares independence from Mexico
- 6 Mar 1836—9 Mar 1836: Battle of the Alamo
Texians fight at the Alamo for Independence from Mexico
- 27 Mar 1836: Goliad Massacre
Commander James Fanning and 350 Texan prisoners are executed at Goliad by order of Santa Anna
- 21 Apr 1836: Battle of San Jacinto
Texians fight for Independence from Mexico - Santa Anna captured
- 19 May 1836: Fort Parker Massacre
A large party of Native Americans (Comanches, Kiowas, Caddos, and Wichitas) attacked the inhabitants of Fort Parker killing many and taking as captives Cynthia Ann Parker, er brother John Richard Parker, Rachel Plummer, her son James Pratt Plummer, and Elizabeth Duty Kellogg
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| 9 | 1842 | - 1842: German Immigration - Adelsverein
German nobles organized the Adelsverein, banding together to buy land in central Texas to enable German settlement
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| 10 | 1846 | - 19 Feb 1846: Texas statehood
Texas becomes the 45th state of the United States of America (admitted as a slave-holding state)
- 25 Apr 1846: Mexican-American War begins
Thornton Affair, battle between Mexican cavalry and an American patrol
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| 11 | 1848 | - 2 Feb 1848: Mexican-American War ends
Signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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| 12 | 1851 | - 19 Aug 1851: Czech Immigration
Jozef Šilar leads immigrants to the rich farmland of Central Texas
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