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1836 3/6/1836 The Alamo falls to the overwhelming forces of General Santa Anna, to end the dramatic 13-day siege.
1836 3/10/1836 Delegates arrive at Washington-on-the-Brazos to work on the Texas Declaration of Independence and Constitution. Sam Carson arrives late to sign the Declaration, and a week later he loses by only six votes the distinction of becoming the President of Texas, but was elected Secretary of State in a later vote.
1836 3/11/1836 Sam Houston assumes command of the army at Gonzales.
1836 3/12/1836 Texan Captain Amon B. King and his men are massacred at the Battle of Refugio, which precedes the massacre of Fannin at Goliad.
1836 3/13/1836 Gonzales is burned as the Runaway Scrape begins, keeping it from the Mexican army.
1836 3/17/1836 The institution of slavery is abolished in Texas.
1836 3/19/1836 James Walker Fannin and his men lose the Battle of Coleto Creek, "the Battle of the Prairie."
1836 3/22/1836 The Texas Navy seizes the 'Durango,' an American mercantile brig.
1836 3/22/1836 Republic of Texas president David G. Burnet and his cabinet arrive at Harrisburg, a town that is only for three weeks the capital of Texas.
1836 3/27/1836 James Fannin and 400 Texans, prisoners from Coleto Creek, are executed at Goliad.
1836 3/29/1836 San Felipe, home to the Texas conventions of 1832 and 1833, is burned to prevent its falling into the hands of the Mexican army.
1836 4/4/1836 Sarah Ann Horn is captured by the Comanche Indians.
1836 4/15/1836 Sam Houston brings his army toward San Jacinto to confront Santa Anna.
1836 4/19/1836 Sam Houston appeals for help to fight the war.
1836 4/21/1836 Texas wins its independence from Mexico at the Battle of San Jacinto, when General Sam Houston defeats the Mexican Army under General Santa Anna.
1836 5/5/1836 Colonel Mirabeau B. Lamar is named the Secretary of War to the new Republic of Texas.
1836 5/8/1836 The Texas capital, the cabinet, and General Santa Anna move to Velasco.
1836 5/14/1836 General Santa Anna of Mexico and presidents David Burnett sign the Treaty of Velasco, recognizing the end of the Texas Revolution and the new independence of Texas.
1836 5/19/1836 Comanche Warriors raid Fort Parker and capture Cynthia Ann Parker, who will be their prisoner for the next quarter century.
1836 6/3/1836 The bodies of Colonel Fannin and his 320 men, which were defeated at the Battle of Coleto (Goliad), are buried.
1836 6/3/1836 Land-based Texas Rangers capture Mexican ships, which earn them the nickname "Horse Marines."
1836 6/4/1836 16 Texas Rangers capture 3 Mexican ships in the Bay of Copano, each one loaded with thousands of dollars worth of arms and equipment.
1836 6/5/1836 General Sam Houston arrives at San Augustine after undergoing treatment in New Orleans for an injury incurred at the Battle of San Jacinto.
1836 6/9/1836 Mexican General Santa Anna sends Texas president David Burnett a formal protest against treatment he is receiving as a prisoner of war.