Chronology
| Pre-19th Century |
| 1492 | Columbus “discovers” America |
| 1520 | Cortes subdues Mexican Emperor Montezuma |
| 1691 | Spanish explore San Antonio area of |
| North America |
| 1718 | San Antonio de Valero Mission (the ”Alamo”) |
| founded |
| 1773 | San Antonio becomes the capital of Spanish |
| Texas |
| 19th Century |
| 1821 | Mexico gains Independence from Spain |
| 1823 | Mexicans offer first empresario grant to Stephen |
| Austin |
| 1824 | Mexican Constitution of 1824 provides for a |
| democratically elected national [federalist] |
| government of Mexico to oversee state |
| governments with local control |
| 1826 | Fredonian Rebellion of Hayden Edwards; Rose |
| returns to Texas |
| 1827 | Crockett first elected to Congress |
| 1827 | Houston elected Governor of Tennessee |
| 1827 | Bowie’s Sandbar Duel |
| 1827 | Bowie arrives in Texas |
| 1828 | Mexican Centralists replace Federalist |
| government of Mexico (and Texas) |
| 1828 | Andrew Jackson elected 7th president |
| of US; known to covet Texas |
| 1829 | Sam Houston: marriage, breakup and |
| resignation as Governor |
| 1829 | Crockett re-elected to Congress |
| 1830 | Mexico passes anti-American laws |
| 1830 | Bowie gets Mexican citizenship and |
| marries Ursala Veramendi, daughter |
| of Mexican Vice-Governor of Coahuila |
| y Texas |
| 1831 | Crockett defeated for Congress |
| 1831 | Santa Anna elected President of Mexico |
| 1832 |
| January | Santa Anna begins revolt against |
| Centralists, claiming to support the |
| return of the 1824 Constitution |
| May | Travis arrested in Anahuac |
| August | Bowie and the Battle of Nacogdoches |
| October | 1st Texas Convention |
| 1833 |
| April | 2nd Texas Convention |
| October | Stephen Austin to Mexico City with |
| Petition for reforms; arrested and |
| imprisoned for sedition two months later |
| November | Crockett wins third term for Congress |
| 1834 |
| April | Santa Anna assumes supreme authority, |
| repudiates Constitution of 1824 |
| 1835 |
| January | Santa Anna sends soldiers to Anahuac |
| to reinforce customs office |
| June | Travis disarms Mexican garrison in |
| Anahuac |
| July | Bowie seizes Nacogdoches armory |
| September | Santa Anna sends brother-in-law, |
| General Mártin Perfecto de Cós, |
| to disarm the Texans and arrest dissidents; |
| Texans seize garrison at Goliad |
| September | Austin released from prison and |
| returns to Texas |
| October 2 | Gonzales’ “Come & Get It” cannon fires |
| first shot of Texas Revolution |
| October 12 | Austin elected Commander-in-Chief of |
| volunteers and leads march to San |
| Antonio and the Alamo |
| October 24 | Beginning of the Texan’s siege of |
| San Antonio and the Alamo |
| October 28 | At Concepcion, Bowie wins first true |
| confrontation of the Revolution |
| November | 3rd Texas Convention: Sam Houston |
| appointed Commander-in-Chief of |
| Regular Army; Travis elected as delegate |
| from San Felipe to Convention, which |
| creates provisional government |
| with a Governor and Executive Council |
| November | Crockett loses Congressional seat: |
| they might go to hell and I will go to Texas. |
| December 11 | Cós surrenders Alamo to Texans |
| December 19 | Travis appointed Lt Colonel of Legion |
| of Cavalry to lead permanent volunteers |
| 1836 |
| January 17 | Bowie ordered to destroy Alamo |
| January 19 | Bowie arrives at Alamo |
| January 23 | Governor orders Travis to save Alamo |
| January 26 | Santa Anna begins march to Alamo |
| February 3 | Travis arrives at Alamo |
| February 8 | Crockett arrives at Alamo |
| February 12 | Santa Anna reaches the Rio Grande |
| February 16 | Santa Anna crosses the Rio Grande |
| into Texas |
| February 22 | Santa Anna reaches outskirts of San |
| Antonio |
| February 23 | 13 day Siege of the Alamo begins; Red |
| Flag signals no prisoners will be taken |
| March 1 | 32 Gonzales volunteers cross Mexican |
| lines to arrive at Alamo |
| March 2 | Independence from Mexico declared at |
| 4th Texas Convention |
| March 3 | Houston appointed Commander-in-Chief |
| of all Texas troops with absolute authority |
| March 6 | Fall of the Alamo |
| March 13 | Houston abandons Gonzales and burns it |
| to the ground; the Runaway Scrape begins |
| March 27 | Massacre at Goliad |
| April 21 | Battle of San Jacinto and Independence |
| 1846 |
| 1846 | Texas becomes the 28th state of the |
| United States of America |