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Texas Timeline
This is a timeline about Texas events happening in the dates of March 16 to January 8. 1840-1865. -
March 19, 1840
Peace talks between the Comanches and the Texas government turn into a fight at the Council House in San Antonio. -
February 11, 1842
1842 February 11 The crew of the San Antonio stages the republic's first, and only, mutiny -
March 2, 1842
March 2 Robert Potter, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, is murdered in the Regulator-Moderator War. -
April 20, 1842
April 20 Germans form a society to aid German immigration to Texas. -
September 18, 1842
September 18 Forty-two people are massacred by Indians at the Battle of Salado Creek. -
December 31, 1842
December 31 The Archives War: Austin citizens keep the state's papers from being moved to Houston. -
March 25, 1843
March 25 The prisoners of the Mier Expedition draw white and black beans from a pot; the 17 who draw black beans are executed by the Mexicans. -
December 28, 1843
December 28 Rebecca Cummings, who is engaged to William Travis when he goes away to the Alamo fight, marries another man, David Portis -
August 15, 1844
August 15 President Houston calls out the militia to put down the Regulator-Moderator War. -
February 1, 1845
1845 February 1 Baylor University is founded. -
February 19, 1846
1846 February 19 The Republic of Texas is officially declared at an end. -
April 25, 1846
April 25 A border skirmish near Brownsville marks the beginning of the U.S. war with Mexico. -
May 8. 1846
May 8 The Battle of Palo Alto, the first major fight of the Mexican War, results in a U.S. victory. -
May 9, 1846
May 9 Gen. Zachary Taylor defeats the Mexicans at Resaca de Ia Palma -
May 12, 1846
May 12 Norris Cuney, one of the most prominent black men in Texas, is born a slave in Waller County. -
September 12, 1846
September 21 Ranger Capt. Robert Gillespie dies leading a charge on the Bishop's Palace in Monterrey during the Mexican War. -
January 19, 1847
1847 January 19 Nuns of the Ursuline order arrive in Texas. -
April 18, 1847
April 18 Gen. Winfield Scott and Santa Anna battle at Sierra Gorda. The American victors capture Santa Anna's wooden leg -
February 2, 1848
1848 February 2 The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed, ending the Mexican-American War. -
February 5, 1848
February 5 Belle Starr, the Texas bandit queen, is born in Missouri. -
June 6, 1849
1849 June 6 Fort Worth is founded. -
August 11, 1849
August 11 Gov. George Wood sends three companies of Rangers to Corpus Christi to guard settlers from Goliad to the Rio Grande against Indian attacks. -
October 1, 1849
October 1 William Sansom becomes the first prisoner at the Huntsville state prison. -
February 10, 1850
1850 February 10 Texas's first railroad, the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado, is chartered. -
November 25, 1850
November 25 Texas accepts the Compromise of 1850, and gets $10 million in exchange for giving up a claim that stretches all the way to California.
