| |
Date |
Event(s) |
| 1 | 1772 | - 1772: The first partition of Poland - Prussia, Austria and Russia annexed one-quarter of Poland's territory
|
| 2 | 1776 | - 1776: Tadeusz Kosciuszko a 30 year old military engineer wins a decisive victory for the American Revolution over the British in the battle of the Saratogo
|
| 3 | 1779 | - 1779: Casimir Pulaski, a brigadier general in George Washington's Continental Army, dies in the battle at Savannah.
|
| 4 | 1791 | - 1791: Polish parliament votes Constitution
|
| 5 | 1793 | - 1793: Prussia and Russia seize additional territory in western and eastern Poland
|
| 6 | 1795 | - 1795: The third partition of Poland by Prussia, Austria and Russia
|
| 7 | 1818 | - 1818: Polish veterans who had served under Napoleon sail up the Trinity River and found the military camp of Champ d'Asileqv north of Galveston, near what is now Liberty, Texas.
|
| 8 | 1836 | - 2 Mar 1836: The Texas Declaration of Independence is adopted at Washington-on-the-Brazos.
- 22 Oct 1836: Sam Houston is inaugurated president of the republic
|
| 9 | 1845 | - 29 Dec 1845: Texas enters the union as the 28th state
|
| 10 | 1846 | - 1846: Polish uprising in Austrian partition of Poland fails.
|
| 11 | 1850 | - 1850: Texas's first railroad, the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado, is chartered.
|
| 12 | 1854 | - 1854: One hundred Polish families arrive in Galveston, an event marking the start of major Polish immigration to Texas. The first organized settlement of Polish immigrants in America is founded at Panna Maria in Karnes County, Texas
|
| 13 | 1861 | - 12 Apr 1861: The United States Civil War begins
|
| 14 | 1863 | - 1863: Unsuccessful Polish rebellion against Russia
- 1 Jan 1863: The Confederates win the Battle of Galveston.
|
| 15 | 1865 | - 14 Apr 1865: Abraham Lincoln is assassinated
- May 1865: The Civil War ends
- 19 Jun 1865: Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger arrives in Galveston with word that slavery has been abolished.
- 18 Dec 1865: The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified; slavery is abolished.
|
| 16 | 1866 | - 19 Sep 1866: Texas cotton planters meet and organize the Waverly Emigration Society.
|
| 17 | 1867 | - 23 Apr 1867: Meyer Levy and twenty-nine Polish families arrive in Galveston and head to New Waverly, Texas.
|
| 18 | 1875 | - 1875: Joseph Bartula becomes the first Polish immigrant to settle in Bremond, Texas
|
Abt 1765 -