Texas

Texas History Timeline

By rita1212

  • Nolan invades Texas

    Nolan invades Texas
    Philip Nolan invaded Texas to capture and sell wild mustangs.

  • Nolan is executed

    Nolan is executed
    Spanish forces executed Philip Nolan. Soon after that, many of Nolan’s allies surrendered.

  • Hidalgo calls for Mexican independence

    Hidalgo calls for Mexican independence
    Father Miguel Hidalgo
    Father Miquel Hidalgo gave the speech “The Cry of Dolores”, calling for Mexico’s independence from Spain.

  • Hidalgo is executed

    Hidalgo is executed
    Father Miguel Hidalgo was executed and Spain had control over Mexico again.

  • The Gutierrez-Magee Expedition

    The Gutierrez-Magee Expedition
    The Gutierrez-Magee Expedition captured Nacogdoches

  • Spain reclaims Texas

    Spain reclaims Texas
    Spain reclaims Texas and most of The Gutierrez-Magee Expedition is killed.

  • Long captures Nacogdoches

    Long captures Nacogdoches
    James Long was successful at capturing Nacogdoches.

  • Moses Austin leaves for Texas

    Moses Austin leaves for Texas
    Moses Austin
    Moses Austin leaves for Texas with a plan to bring 300 families to settle in Texas.

  • The Old Three Hundred arrive

    The Old Three Hundred arrive
    The Old Three Hundred (first 300 hundred families to settle) arrive and colonize in Texas.

  • Moses Austin dies

    Moses Austin dies
    Moses Austin died from pnuemonia before he could set up a colony.

  • Stephen F. Austin learns of his father's death

    Stephen F. Austin learns of his father's death
    Austin was in Natchitoches, Louisiana, when he learned of his father's death. "This news has effected me very much, he was one of the most feeling and affectionate Fathers that ever lived. His faults I now say, and always have, were not of the heart." (Stephen F. Austin)

  • Stephen F. Austin continues his father's plan

    Stephen F. Austin continues his father's plan
    Stephen F. Austin
    Stephen F. Austin meets with Governor Martinez of Spain to get permission to follow up on his father’s plan to colonize.

  • Mexican independence

    Mexican independence
    Mexico finally gained independence from Spain.

  • Empresario system

    Empresario system
    Mexican law sets up the empresario system.

  • Stephen F. Austin runs for president

    Stephen F. Austin runs for president
    Austin felt confident he could win the election until with two weeks before the election, when on August 20, Houston entered the race. Austin received 587 votes to Sam Houston's 5,119 and Henry Smith's 743 votes.

  • Stephen F. Austin dies

    Stephen F. Austin dies
    Stephen F. Austin died from pneumonia at noon. His last words were "The independence of Texas is recognized! Don't you see it in the papers?"