Stephen F. Austin: The Father of Texas History

Stephen Fuller Austin

An American-born empresario (colonization agent) and politician. Taking over his father Moses Austin's enterprise, he obtained colonization permits from the Mexican government to bring American settlers into Texas. By 1825, he had settled the initial 300 families known as the "Old Three Hundred," laying the foundation for Anglophone Texas, which earned him the title "Father of Texas" in later generations.

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Year	Stephen Fuller Austin
1793	Birth of Stephen Fuller Austin (Period: November 3, 1793, Location: Around Austinville (present-day Wythe County, Virginia))
1814	Taking Office as a Member of the Missouri Territorial Legislature (Stephen F. Austin, Age: 20 years old, Period: 1814–1820, Location: Missouri Territory)
1821	Austin's Negotiations with the Mexican Government for Colonization Authorization (Age: 27 years old, Period: 1821–1823, Location: San Antonio / Mexico City) Inheriting His Father Moses Austin's Colonization Plan (Age: 27 years old, Period: 1821, Location: Missouri / Texas) Leading the First Group of Settlers to Texas (Age: 27 years old, Period: 1821–1825, Location: Brazos and Colorado River Basins, Present-day Texas)
1823	Skull Creek Massacre (Age: 29 years old, Period: February 23, 1823, Location: Near the Mouth of the Colorado River, Around Present-day Brazoria County, Texas)
1825	Settlement of the Old Three Hundred (Age: 31 years old, Period: c. 1825, Location: Mexican Texas, Brazos River Basin)
1826	Fredonian Rebellion (Age: 32 years old, Period: 1826–1827, Location: Nacogdoches, Mexican Texas) Assistance in Suppressing the Fredonian Rebellion (Age: 32 years old, Period: 1826–1827, Location: Nacogdoches, Texas)
1833	Demands for Texas Autonomy (Age: 39 years old, Period: 1833, Location: San Felipe de Austin / Mexico City)
1834	Imprisonment in Mexico (Age: 40 years old, Period: 1834–1835, Location: Mexico City) Imprisonment by the Mexican Government (Age: 40 years old, Period: 1834–1835, Location: Mexico City)
1835	Texas Revolution (Age: 41 years old, Period: 1835–1836, Location: Mexican Texas) Siege of Béxar (Age: 41 years old, Period: October 12 – December 11, 1835, Location: Béxar (Present-day San Antonio), Texas) Diplomatic Envoy for the Texas Independence Movement (Age: 42 years old, Period: December 1835 – 1836, Location: United States, New Orleans, etc.)
1836	Texas Declaration of Independence (Age: 42 years old, Period: March 2, 1836, Location: Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas) Receiving the Report of the Battle of San Jacinto (Age: 42 years old, Period: June 10, 1836, Location: New Orleans, Louisiana) 1836 Texas Presidential Election (Stephen F. Austin, Age: 42 years old, Period: September 1836, Location: Republic of Texas) Candidacy for President of the Republic of Texas (Age: 42 years old, Period: September 1836, Location: Republic of Texas) Candidacy for President of the Republic of Texas (Stephen F. Austin, Age: 42 years old, Period: September 1836, Location: Republic of Texas) Taking Office as Secretary of State of the Republic of Texas (Stephen F. Austin, Age: 42 years old, Period: October 22 – December 27, 1836, Location: Republic of Texas) Death of Stephen Fuller Austin (Age: 43 years old, Period: December 27, 1836)
Unknown	Marriage (Stephen F. Austin, None, Period: Never married, Location: N/A)

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The Randolph Family	Peyton Randolph John Randolph of Roanoke Edmund Jennings Randolph Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. John Randolph
The Harrison Family	Benjamin Harrison V Carter Henry Harrison I William Henry Harrison Carter Bassett Harrison Benjamin Harrison IV
Wars with Indigenous Peoples and Territorial Expansion	Andrew Jackson William Henry Harrison John Sevier Isaac Shelby Tecumseh William Weatherford Pushmataha Osceola Sequoyah
Texas annexation	James Knox Polk John Tyler Zachary Taylor Winfield Scott Samuel Houston Stephen Fuller Austin

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