Houston

City · 1836 CE · in North America

Capital of Republic of Texas (1837–1839).

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• Coburg (c. 1836 CE): Capital of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1836–1839).
• Tacna (c. 1836 CE): Capital of Peru-Bolivian Confederation (1836–1839).
• Gotha (c. 1836 CE): Capital of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1836–1839).
• Piratini (c. 1836 CE): Capital of Riograndense Republic (1836–1845).
• Caçapava do Sul (c. 1836 CE): Capital of Riograndense Republic (1836–1845).
• Ha'il (c. 1836 CE): Capital of Emirate of Jabal Shammar (1836–1921).
• Washington-on-the-Brazos (c. 1836–1845 CE): Capital of Republic of Texas (1836–1845).
• Austin (1835 CE): Capital of Republic of Texas (1839–1845).
• Paraná (c. 1834 CE): Capital of Argentine Confederation (1834–1861).
• Pietermaritzburg (1839 CE): Capital of Natalia Republic (1840–1843).

Around the same time and place

• Abraham Lincoln (1809 CE – 1865 CE): 16th President of the United States, who led the Union through the Civil War, issued the Emancipation Proclamation and was assassinated in 1865.
• Spanish treasure fleet (1566–1790 CE): Convoys of the Flota de Indias sailed from Seville (later Cádiz) to Veracruz, Cartagena and Portobelo, gathered at Havana, and returned via the Florida Straits and the Azores laden with American silver and gold.
• Louisiana Purchase (1803 CE): The United States bought the vast Louisiana territory from Napoleonic France, roughly doubling the size of the country.
• Cry of Dolores (1810 CE): Priest Miguel Hidalgo called his parishioners to revolt against Spanish rule on 16 September 1810, beginning the Mexican War of Independence.
• Mexican War of Independence (1810–1821 CE): Armed conflict that ended Spanish rule in New Spain and established an independent Mexico in 1821.
• Trail of Tears (Cherokee removal) (1838–1839 CE): The United States forcibly removed the Cherokee Nation from its homeland in the Southeast to Indian Territory (Oklahoma); thousands died on the march, part of the wider removal of the Five Civilized Tribes.
• Mexican–American War (1846–1848 CE): War in which the United States defeated Mexico and occupied Mexico City, forcing the cession of about half of Mexico's territory.
• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848 CE): Signed on 2 February 1848 at Guadalupe Hidalgo, north of Mexico City, the treaty ended the Mexican–American War. Mexico ceded about half of its territory, including California and much of the American Southwest, to the United States.

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