early texas timeline

phillip nolan invades texas

Jan 1, 1800

he came to taxas to catch and sell wild mustangs

nolan was killed and his mustangers surrender

Mar 21, 1801

the spanish left Nacogdoches with 120 men in pursuit to find and execute nolan

father hidalgo calls for mexixos independance from spain

Sep 16, 1810

father hidalgo gave his famous speech the cry for delores

father hidalgo is executed and spain reestablishes control over texas

Mar 2, 1811

he was forced to go to court to trial his case and he was found guilty

The gutierrez-magee expedition captures Nacogdoches

Aug 8, 1812

they came with 130 men to help them

Spain reclaims Texas and most of gutierrez-magee is killed

Aug 1, 1813

spain overpowers gutierrez-magee expedition and spain reeestablishes control over texas

James long capture Nacogdoches

Jun 1, 1819

james traveled to texas and capture Nacogdoches with a few recruited men

Moses Austin leaves for Texas

Jan 1, 1820

he left for texas with a plan to colonize

Mosses Austin dies

Jan 1, 1821

on his return trip he got ill and died

Stephen f. Austin meets with governor Martinez to get permission to colonize

Aug 1, 1821

he wanted to carry on his fathers dream of bringing 300 familioes to texas

Mexico gains independence from Spain

Sep 16, 1821

they declared that spain give independance to them and they did

the old three hundred arrives

Jun 1, 1824

the three hundred families came to texas

Mexican law sets up the empresario system up

Jan 1, 1825

mexicoe establishes the empresario system and stephen f austin is the first empresario