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The arrival of General Antonio López de Santa Anna's army outside San Antonio nearly caught by surprise.
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The Texas Declaration of Independece was produced over night.
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The final attack was apon from Alamo Mission in San Antonio
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During the Texan War for Independence, the Texas militiary under Sam Houston launches a surprise attack against the forces of Mexican General Santa Anna along the San Jacinto River
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The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in village of Guadalupe Hidalgo on February 2, 1848, ending the Mexican War and extending the boundaries of the United States west to the Pacific Ocean in.
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An attempt murder was being planned to kill Abraham Lincoln.
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Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation.
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The day Lincoln gets shot
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final battle of the American Civil War, being the last engagement of any significance
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General P.G.T. Beauregard, in command of the Confederate forces around Charleston Harbor, opened fire on the Union garrison holding Fort Sumter