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Texas Important Dates


Important Dates in Texas History

  • 1682 Spaniards founded the first permanent settlement near present-day El Paso. Catholic missions soon followed in east Texas.

  • 1821 Texas became part of the new nation of Mexico. Stephen F. Austin brought the first Anglo-American colonists to Texas. They settled the Austin Colony in south central Texas. Several other empresarios soon brought other colonists.

  • 1836 Texas declared independence from Mexico after a military confrontation. Municipalities were soon organized into counties. The Republic of Texas existed until 1845.

  • 1845 United State acquired Texas as the 28th state.

  • 1846 - 1848 Mexico declared war on the United States in an effort to reclaim Texas and other territory claimed by both countries. Over 6,000 Texas citizens served in the Mexican-American War. Mexico gave up its claim to Texas.

  • 1850 Texas relinquished its claims to Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, and Oklahoma.

  • 1861 - 1865 Texas seceded from the Union during the Civil War. In 1870 it was readmitted to the Union.

  • 1870's Most Indians were removed to the Indian Territory in present-day eastern Oklahoma. Some escaped to Mexico.

  • 1901 The oil boom attracted many new residents.

  • 1987 The oil boom collapsed.

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