Texas, Texas, who has Texas By lesley.g Mar 1, 1800 philip nolan invades tx Jan 11, 1801 nolan is killed and his mustangers surrender Sep 16, 1810 father migual hidalgo calls for mexico's independece from spain Jan 22, 1811 fr. hidalgo is executed and spain reestabilishes controll over texas Oct 12, 1812 the gutierrez-magee expedition captures nacogdoches Feb 12, 1813 spain reclaims texas and most of the guiterrez-magee expedition is killed Jun 12, 1819 james long is captured by nacogdoches Oct 12, 1820 moses austin leaves for texas Aug 12, 1821 stephen f. austin meets with gov martinez to get permission to colonize Sep 12, 1821 mexico gains independence from spain Oct 12, 1821 moses austin dies Oct 12, 1821 the old 300 arrive in texas Oct 12, 1823 mexico law sets up the empresario system