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1835 11/13/1835 The 54 delegates present at the San Felipe Consultation sign the Plan of Provisional Government. Other delegates will sign it later.
1835 11/14/1835 Having taken steps toward independence, from which there can be no turning back, the San Felipe Consultation adjourns.
1835 11/17/1835 A bill that would move the seat of government to Washington-on-the-Brazos is vetoed by Governor Smith. However, the council passes the bill over his veto by a unanimous vote.
1835 11/24/1835 Texas Rangers are recognized by Texas State Government.
1835 11/25/1835 The Texas Navy is created.
1835 11/26/1835 Captain James Bowie and a small party attacked a band of 200 Mexicans who had ventured too close to San Antonio. The enemy soon abandoned their pack animals and fled. But the packs have turned out to be only filled with bundles of grass, not silver bars as Bowie had hoped.
1835 11/27/1835 Governor Smith has approved two ordinances of the Council of the Provisional Government. One grants letters of marque and reprisal; the other establishes a Navy
1835 11/28/1835 General Sam Houston, headquartered at San Felipe, urges an immediate organization of the army, as provided in a plan adopted by the San Felipe Consultation.
1835 12/4/1835 Ben Milam and his 300 men storm the Bexar to drive out the Mexican Army.
1835 12/6/1835 At daylight Mexicans open fire on the San Antonio streets below from the rooftops of the city. This shelling continues throughout the day.
1835 12/7/1835 Ben Milam, commander of the Texas forces in San Antonio, is killed by Mexican General Cos' artillery fire.
1835 12/11/1835 Mexicans surrender San Antonio to Texan forces after two month Siege of Bexar.
1835 12/17/1835 A provisional Post Office Department is established by the Committee of Vigilance at Austin's colony. John Rice Jones, a former United States postmaster, is placed at the head of the Department.
1835 12/20/1835 Texan garrison at Goliad declares independence from Mexico.
1835 12/25/1835 Four companies of volunteers from Georgia arrive at Velasco to come to the aid of the cause of Texas Independence.
1835 12/30/1835 The new municipality of Harrisburg is created.
1836 1/5/1836 Davy Crockett arrives in Texas in time to join the fight at the Alamo.
1836 2/8/1836 David Crockett and a number of his "Tennessee boys" arrive at the Alamo.
1836 2/11/1836 Col. James Neill leaves the Alamo, and Col. Travis takes command.
1836 2/17/1836 Mexican General Jose Urrea's soldiers decimate Texas forces near San Patricio.
1836 2/23/1836 Colonel William Barret Travis sends for additional troops to defend Alamo, hoping for reinforcements.
1836 2/29/1836 William Oury is sent out from the Alamo with a plea for help from General Houston.
1836 3/1/1836 32 brave men from Gonzales fight their way into the Alamo, but no further volunteers arrive.
1836 3/2/1836 The Texas Declaration of Independence is adopted at Washington-on-the-Brazos.
1836 3/3/1836 Lewis 'Moses' Rose chooses to leave the Alamo before the battle, rather than stay and fight, and is the only male survivor.
1836 3/4/1836 Sam Houston is elected commander-in-chief of the Texas army.
1836 3/5/1836 Samuel Colt manufacturers his first pistol, a .34 caliber 'Texas' model.