Chronology |
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| Apr 1836 |
Battle of San Jacinto |
| Oct 1836 |
Sam Houston becomes President, Republic of Texas |
| Dec 1836 |
Texas Congress sets Rió Grande as
southwestern boundary |
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| mid 1837 |
Texan army furloughed; militia strengthened |
| Dec 1837 |
Federalists revolt in northern Mexico |
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| Apr 1838 |
French blockade coast of Mexico; Mexico declares war on
France (the "Pastry War") |
| Jun 1838 |
Houston authorizes limited trade from Northern Mexico |
| Nov 1838 |
Fortress San Juan de Úlloa falls to French |
| Dec 1838 |
Mirabeau B. Lamar becomes President, Republic of Texas |
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| Mar 1839 |
French end their war with Mexico |
| Mar-May |
The Córdova-Flores Incident |
| Jul 1839 |
Defeated Federalist army retreats to Texas;
Cherokees expelled from east Texas |
| Sep 1839 |
Federalist army with Texan volunteers enters Mexico,
is repulsed by Gen. Arista at Monterey |
| Oct 1839 |
Texas capital moved to Austin |
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| Jan 1840 |
Federalist army retreats across Rió Grande,
forms the Republic of the Río Grande, capital Laredo |
| Feb 1840 |
Free Negroes to leave within 2 years |
| Mar 1840 |
Council House Fight, 35 Comanches, 7 Texans killed |
| Mar 1840 |
Federalist army defeated at Santa Rita de Morelos |
| Jun 1840 |
Yucatán rebels against Centralists |
| Jun 1840 |
Lamar calls for volunteer frontier regiment |
| Aug 1840 |
Comanches raid Victoria, Linnville, coast |
| Sep 1840 |
Re-equipped Federalist army with Texan volunteers
again enters Mexico, capitulates at Saltillo, Texans betrayed |
| Sep 1840 |
Texan peace offers to Mexico end |
| Nov 1840 |
Federalists capitulate, Mexican civil war ends
in the north |
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| Jan 1841 |
Expanded militia and Minute Men replace Texan army |
| Jun 1841 |
Santa Fé Expedition leaves Austin for New Mexico |
| Sep 1841 |
Santa Fé Expedition in bondage in New Mexico |
| Oct 1841 |
Santa Anna provisional president of Mexico |
| Dec 1841 |
Sam Houston becomes President for 2nd term |
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| Jan 1842 |
News of ships being built for Mexican navy |
| Mar 1842 |
Mexican General Vasquez raids Goliad, Refugio and
San Antonio, withdraws; Texas mobilizes
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