Editing 1830s (section)

==== Texas War of Independence (Texas Revolution) ====
* [[October 2]], [[1835]] – [[Province of Tejas, Northern Mexico]], – [[Battle of Gonzales]]: Under orders from Mexican President-turned dictator, General [[Antonio López de Santa Anna]], [[Mexico|Mexican]] soldiers attempt to capture a cannon that the Mexican government had earlier provided to the settlers of [[Gonzales, Texas]] for  protection against hostile Indians, but encounter stiff resistance from a hastily assembled militia. This became known as the "Come-and-Take-it" skirmish.
* [[December 9]], [[1835]] – Texian "army" volunteers, under General Burleson, capture the town of [[San Antonio de Bejar]] from the Mexican forces occupying the town under General Martin Perfecto de Cos.
* [[December 20]], [[1835]] – A [[Texas Declaration of Independence]] is first signed at [[Goliad, Texas]].
* [[January 5]], [[1836]] – [[David Crockett]] arrives in [[Texas]].
* [[February 23]], [[1836]] – The [[Siege of the Alamo]] begins, with a Texian army under the command of Lt Colonel [[Willam B. Travis]] and volunteers under Colonel [[James Bowie]], hastily fortifying and defending the Alamo against the Mexican Army under [[General Antonio López de Santa Anna|Santa Anna]].
* [[March 1]], [[1836]] – [[Convention of 1836]]: Delegates from several Texian settlements gather in [[Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas]], to deliberate and vote on independence from [[Mexico]].
* [[March 2]] – [[Convention of 1836]]: The [[Texas Declaration of Independence]] is signed by 60 delegates and the [[Republic of Texas]] is declared.<ref>{{cite wikisource |title=Texas Declaration of Independence}}</ref> Sam Houston is elected as Commanding General of the Texian "Army".
[[File:Alamo.jpg|thumb|250px|right| March 6, 1836: The [[Battle of the Alamo]]]]
* [[March 6]], [[1836]] – The [[Battle of the Alamo]] ends the 13-day siege; approximately 200 defenders (Anglo settlers & Tejano townsfolk) die in a fierce struggle with approximately 5,000 Mexican soldiers.<ref>''The World Book Encyclopedia''. 1970. (U.S.A.) Library of Congress catalog card number 70-79247.</ref>
* [[March 17]], [[1836]] – [[Convention of 1836]]: Delegates adopt the [[Constitution of the Republic of Texas]], modeled after the [[United States Constitution]].  It allows slavery, requires [[free black]]s to petition Congress to live in the country, but prohibits import of slaves from anywhere but the United States.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Constitution of the Republic of Texas (1836)|url=http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/constitutions/text/ccGP.html|publisher=University of Texas School of Law|access-date=9 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130108073513/http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/constitutions/text/ccGP.html|archive-date=8 January 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
* [[March 27]], [[1836]] – On Palm Sunday, 342 Texian prisoners captured a week earlier are shot and killed in the [[Goliad Massacre]] along with Texian Colonel [[James Walker Fannin]] by Mexican troops in [[Goliad]] near the [[Presidio La Bahia]] during the [[Texas Revolution]].
* [[April 21]], [[1836]] – [[Battle of San Jacinto]]: [[Mexico|Mexican]] forces under [[General Santa Anna]] are defeated in a battle lasting 18 minutes by the [[San Jacinto River (Texas)|San Jacinto River, Texas]]. (General Houston is wounded during the battle, and is later relieved of command by interim President David G. Burnet. This action enables Houston to recover from his wounds.)
* [[April 22]], [[1836]] – Forces under Texian General [[Sam Houston]] capture [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[General]] [[Antonio López de Santa Anna]] who had attempted to escape during the chaos of the battle the previous day. Capturing Santa Anna guarantees Texas independence from Mexico.