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This is a timeline of the Texas Revolution, spanning the time from the earliest independence movements of the area of Texas, over the declaration of independence from Spain, up to the secession of the Republic of Texas from Mexico. The first shot of the Texas Revolution was fired at the Battle of Gonzales on October 2, 1835. This marked the ...
The San Jacinto Monument is a memorial to the men who died during the Texas Revolution. Although no new fighting techniques were introduced during the Texas Revolution, [317] casualty figures were quite unusual for the time. Generally, in 19th-century warfare, the number of wounded outnumbered those killed by a factor of two or three.
The Oilers made it to the AFC championships in 1978 and 1979, but were defeated both times by the Pittsburgh Steelers. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] The Houston Oilers failed to post a winning record between 1981 and 1987, a drought that ended when the Houston Oilers acquired quarterback Warren Moon in 1987.
Texas Declares Independence. Austin and Tanner map of Texas in 1836 Detail of the Republic of Texas from the Lizars map of Mexico and Guatemala, circa 1836. March 2 – The Texas Declaration of Independence is signed by 58 delegates at an assembly at Washington-on-the-Brazos and the Republic of Texas is declared. [1]
In 2002, the Titans were moved to the newly created AFC South division, as part of a major divisional realignment caused by the league's return to the Titans' former city. Despite starting the season 1–4 the Titans finished the season 11–5 and made it to the AFC Championship Game but lost to the Oakland Raiders 41–24.
Of these, approximately 1,100–1,500 were residents of Texas, with an average date of emigration of 1830. [22] Note 1 ] Half of the men were married. Roughly 51% of them came from the Department of the Brazos, an area in central Texas which consisted of the colonies established by Stephen F. Austin and Green DeWitt , as well as some of the ...
Tennessee has made a point of honoring the Oilers' heritage over the last few years, ... But the Titans were once the Houston Oilers, a member of the AFL and then the NFL from 1960 to 1996 ...
In June 1845, President James K. Polk sent General Zachary Taylor to Texas, and by October, 3,500 Americans were on the Nueces River, prepared to defend Texas from a Mexican invasion. On November 10, 1845, [ 125 ] Polk ordered General Taylor and his forces south to the Rio Grande, into disputed territory that Mexicans claimed as their own.