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Today in Texas History 1837 - The steamship Columbia arrived in New Orleans. The voyage was the first recorded for Morgan Lines. The company was the first to provide steamship service to Texas. 1862 - John Austin Wharton was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in the Confederate Army. He was the a captain of Company B, eighth Texas ...
From Cabeza de Vaca's ship-wreck in 1528 through the Texas Revolution to present day—almost 500 years of recorded history—a myriad of significant events in Texas history have occurred. These events are arranged by day of the year to allow the reader to see into the past on any specific day. Now Available!
Oct 2, 2024 · Texas history is responsible for generating some of the most widely recognized symbols and mottos that embody a spirit of liberty and defiance of tyranny. One of special prominence among these symbols was a flag hastily made by two young ladies that bore the immortally defiant words “Come and Take It” and was flown as the first shots of the Texas Revolution rang out on October 2, 1835.
- Matt Stringer
Events in Texas History. Events 1 - 100 of 265. 1528-11-06 Shipwrecked Spanish conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca becomes the first known European to set foot in Texas; 1685-02-18 Fort St. Louis is established by a Frenchman at Matagorda Bay thus forming the basis for France's claim to Texas.
Misc. History 1793 - The Louvre Museum, in Paris, opened to the public for the first time. 1887 - Doc Holliday died at the age of 35. The gun fighting dentist died from tuberculosis in a sanitarium in Glenwood Springs, CO. 1933 - The Civil Works Administration was created by executive order by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The ...
Nov 11, 2024 · The Munday Library at St. Edward's University in Austin, that is, where the Texas Craft Brewing Collections keeps artifacts from the state's illustrious craft beer history for the public to view ...
Dec 29, 2023 · The Republic was nine years old, founded in 1836 after Anglo-American settlers in Mexican Texas declared their independence. Under President Antonio López de Santa Anna , Mexico had adopted a new “centralist” constitution known as the Siete Leyes, or Seven Laws, that curtailed the more liberal Mexican Constitution of 1824 and invested Santa Anna with much more power.
