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Lorenzo de Zavala plays a key role in the Constitutional Convention of 1836. He is unanimously elected to serve as Vice President of the
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At the end of the month, Sam Houston defeats Stephen F. Austin to become the first regularly elected President of Texas. He works to demilitarize Texas, establish peace with the Indians, and annex Texas to the United States.
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Davy Crockett arrives in Nacogdoches, Texas, to aid the revolution
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Alamo besieged for 13 days until March 6 by Mexican army under General Santa Anna; entire garrison eventually killed
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Samuel Colt patents first multi-shot revolving-cylinder revolver, enabling the firearm to be fired multiple times without reloading
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Republic of Texas declares independence from Mexico in Columbia
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The Texas Declaration of Independence was signed by members of the Convention of 1836. An ad interim government was formed for the newly created Republic of Texas.
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Samuel Colt manufactures first pistol, 34-caliber "Texas" model
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Sam Houston abandoned Gonzales in a general retreat eastward to avoid the invading Mexican army.
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Constitution of the Republic of Texas approved, legalises slavery
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James Fannin and nearly 400 Texans were executed by the Mexicans at the Goliad Massacre, under order of Santa Anna.
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Battle of San Jacinto, Texas wins independence from Mexico
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Texans under Sam Houston routed the Mexican forces of Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto. Thus, independence was won in one of the most decisive battles in history.
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Sam Houston elected President of the Republic of Texas
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Sam Houston inaugurated as 1st elected President of the Republic of Texas
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Martin Van Buren elected the 8th President of the United States
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US President Andrew Jackson and Congress recognize the Republic of Texas
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John Deere creates the first steel plough
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Charles Goodyear obtains his 1st rubber patent
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United States Exploring Expedition headed by Charles Wilkes departs for the Pacific Ocean and Antarctica
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The Texas Congress first met in Austin, the frontier site selected for the capital of the Republic.
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The Battle of Plum Creek, near present-day Lockhart, ended the boldest and most penetrating Comanche challenge to the Texas Republic.
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The Texan Santa Fe Expedition set out for New Mexico. Near Sante Fe, they were intercepted by Mexican forces and marched 2000 miles to prison in Mexico City.
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Sam Houston authorized Alexander Somervell to lead a retaliatory raid into Mexico. The resulting Somervell Expedition dissolved, however, after briefly taking the border towns of Laredo and Guerreo.
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A Mexican force of over 500 men under Rafael Vasquez invaded Texas for the first time since the revolution. They briefly occupied San Antonio, but soon headed back to the Rio Grande.
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Some 300 members of the Somervell force set out to continue raids into Mexico. Ten days and 20 miles later, the ill-fated Mier Expedition surrendered at the Mexican town of Mier.
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Under orders of Sam Houston, officials arrived in Austin to remove the records of the Republic of Texas to the city of Houston, touching off the bloodless Archives War.
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Seventeen Texans were executed in what became known as the Black Bean Episode, which resulted from the Mier Expedition, one of several raids by the Texans into Mexico.
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U. S. President James Polk followed through on a campaign platform promising to annex Texas, and signed legislation making Texas the 28th state of the United States.
