Timeline Assignment By Fanny1410 1835 Texas Revolution Begins 1836 Texas Declares Independence 1839 Austin Becomes Capital of Texas 1846 Texas Annexed to the U.S. 1853 The First Railroad in Texas is Established 1865 Juneteenth 1869 The First African American in Texas Legislature 1873 Buffalo Soldiers Spotted in Texas 1876 Texas Constitution Adopted 1894 Oil Discovered in Corsicana