Timeline of the Republic of Texas

This is a timeline of the Republic of Texas, spanning the time from the Texas Declaration of Independence from Mexico on March 2, 1836, up to the transfer of power to the State of Texas on February 19, 1846.

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

Thomas Gamaliel Bradford 's 1838 map of the Republic of Texas, showing the Nueces River as its southern boundary

A different version of Bradford's 1838 map, showing the Rio Grande as Texas's southern boundary

John Arrowsmith 's 1841 Map of Texas