Texas History Timeline

By raghadanis

  • Moses Austin

    Moses Austin
    Secures empresarial grant and "Old Three Hundred" Americans settle Texas.

  • Mexico bans

    Mexico bans
    any more immigration into Texas by settlers from the United States.

  • Texas Revolution

    Texas Revolution
    begins at the Battle of Gonzales.

  • Texas Independence

    Texas Independence
    Texans are defeated by the Mexican army at the Battle of the Alamo, but Sam Houston defeats Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto.

  • Texas in the Union

    Texas in the Union
    Texas is admitted to the Union on December 29 as the 28th state to the Union.

  • Disputes for Texas Land

    Disputes for Texas Land
    Disputes over the claim to Texas land results in the Mexican-American War.

  • Slaves Emancipate

    Slaves Emancipate
    African American slaves in Texas are emancipated on Juneteenth.

  • Peace Between the U.S and Texas

    Peace Between the U.S and Texas
    The United States government passes an ordinance to nullify the actions of the Confederate States secession on March 15, followed by a proclamation of peace between the U.S and Texas on August 20, 1866

  • Texas Constitution

    Texas Constitution
    Texas Constitution is adopted. Texas was at times a part of the United States of Mexico, an independent republic, a state within the Confederate States of America, and a state within the United States of America

  • Corsicana Oil Discovery

    Corsicana Oil Discovery
    Oil is discovered in Corsicana, Texas. In the summer of 1894, town leaders of Corsicana, Texas, hired a contractor to drill a water well on 12th Street, but the driller found oil instead.