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Cynthia Ann Parker is taken captive by Native Americans in a raid on Fort Parker.
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Sam Houston beats out Stephen F. Austin to become the first President of the Republic of Texas.
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Austin dies of pneumonia a few weeks after being elected the Texas Sectretary of State at 43.
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Texas is recognized as an independent nation by the U.S.A. government.
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Mirabeau B. Lamar takes over as the President of the Republic of Texas.
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Austin is chosen as the permanent Texan capital nearby to Waterloo, and Houston becomes just a town. Lamar and his Vice President arrive in October.
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A fight for Texan hostages erupts and 7 Texans and 35 Comanches die.
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The battle between Comanches and Texans ends in a single Texan loss and the end of a great Comanche challenge.
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Sam Houston serves his 2nd term as a President of the Republic of Texas.
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An expedition to better relations with New Mexico begins. It ends in complete failure, with many dying in either Mexican prisons or the desert and none making it to Santa Fe.
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Texan soldiers attacked the town of Mier, but were beaten badly through Mexican reinforcements after two days, on December 26.
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A discrepancy about moving historical documents from Austin to Houston sparked a skirmish that ended in the documents remaining in Austin.
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After a Texan loss, the Mexicans decided to execute every tenth men, decided by pulling beans out of a pot: whoever's was black, died.
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Anson Jones becomes the 4th and final President of the Republic of Texas.
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German immigrants begin arriving in Texas in large numbers.
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Texas is annexed to the U.S.A. as the 28th state.
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German Immigrants come to Texas in fewer numbers from the October-April rush before.
