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1718
Spain concentrates its power in Texas at San Antonio -
may
San Antonio de Valero mission, known as the Alamo was the chapel, is founded in San Antonio. -
1749
Presidio and missions built at Goliad to protect Texas Coast -
sept.
A hurricane wrecks the fleet of pirate Jean Lafitte in Galveston. -
1821
Mexico gains independence from Spain -
1833
Texas petitions for separation from Coahuilla -
1834
General Santa Anna becomes dictator of Mexico and changes peaceful laws. -
1835
First shots of Texas revolution fired in Gonzales -
1836
Seige of Alamo begins -
1836
Texas, Mexico peace treaty signed -
1839
Austin becomes state capital -
1842
Mexican General Woll captures San Antonio -
st. louis
Southern route of the Butterfield Overland Mail crosses Texas on its way between St. Louis, Mo., and the West Coast. Service discontinued in March 1861 at the outbreak of the Civil War. 1859 -
aug.18-19
Hurricane destroys or damages every house in the port of Indianola, finishing the job started by another storm 11 years earlier. Indianola is never rebuilt. -
1900
Population expands greatly -
sept.
The "GREAT HURRICANE'' destroys much of Galveston and kills 6,000 people there -
1920
Lt. Benjamin D. Foulois makes first military air flight in a Wright brothers plane at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio. -
1963
President Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas -
1970's
Oil becomes big business in Texas -
my b day!!
my birthday! -
2000
George W. Bush is elected President of the United States -
april
Thanksgiving is held near present-day El Paso by Juan de Oñate, the members of his expedition and natives of the region
