Texas Timeline

Indian tribes including the Caddos, Lipans, Apaches and Karankawas, settled the land

 1519-1685 Spain rules

1685-1690 France rules

1690-1821 Spain rules

1810 Klaus Stein is born in Kentucky

1815 Francesca Castillo is born in San Antonio de Bexar, Texas

1816 Miss Emily is born on West coast of Africa

1821-1836 Mexico rules
1821 Stephen F. Austin's 1^st Colony “The Old Three Hundred” is settled with families from U.S.

1825 Klaus Stein and his parents join Austin's Colony

1826 Miss Emily is kidnapped by English slaver and sold in New Orleans to Mr. North

1827 Mexico declines Pres. John Quincy Adams' offer of $1 million to purchase Texas 

1829 Mexico declines Pres. Andrew Jackson's offer of $5 million to purchase Texas

1830 Mexican government prohibits further U.S. immigration into Texas, increases tariffs on U.S. Goods, and demands all slaves be freed

1832 Klaus Stein marries Francesca Castillo

1832 Oct. Delegates petition for Texas to become a separate state within Mexico

1833 Aug. Mia Stein is born in San Antonio de Bexar

1834 Mexicans imprison Texas cotton plantation owners who refuse to distribute crop to Mexico instead of exporting to Europe. Santa Anna orders disbandment of Texas militias.

1835 2 Oct. Texians win victory at Battle of Gonzales

5 Oct Texians win victory at Goliad

Dec. General Cos, Santa Anna's brother-in-law, surrenders to Texians at Alamo.

1836 23 February With Santa Anna's army approaching San Antonio, residents flee, including Klaus, Francesca, Mia, and Emmett

2 March Texas declares its independence from Mexico

6 March 1,500 Mexican troops kill 200 Texians at the Alamo

11 March The Runaway Scrape: 5,000 Texians flee country

27 March The Goliad Massacre: Mexicans kill 342 Texians

21 April Battle of San Jacinto: Texas secures its independence and becomes a Republic

August The Allen brothers create Houston Texas, naming it after General Sam Houston

1837 Klaus and Francesca settle in Houston with family

1837 Miss Emily moves to Houston with her master, Mr. North

1840 Texas' Capital is moved from Houston to Austin

1844 Captain Biggs returns to Houston

1845 Texas joins United States as the 28th state

1845 Mia's mother, Francesca, dies

1850 March “The Herbalist's Apprentice” begins