Day by Day Archive Month February
| Ground broken for new Capitol (1882) |
| Composer of state song dies (1971) |
| United States and Mexico sign Rio Grande Rectification Treaty (1933) |
| Ursuline Academy founded in Dallas (1874) |
| Cotton comes to the Rio Grande valley (1830) |
| María Coronel becomes "the Woman in Blue" (1620) |
| Teenage idol Buddy Holly dies in plane crash (1959) |
| Republic authorizes mercantile firm to issue money (1841) |
| Coastal brewery serves up a cold one (1896) |
| La Bahía becomes Goliad (1829) |
| Republic of Texas authorizes ill-fated Peters colony (1841) |
| Hero from Rio Grande valley dies in Vietnam (1968) |
| Commission established to plan Central National Road (1844) |
| Snakebite pioneer succumbs (1955) |
| The Republic of Texas passes legislation regarding free African Americans (1840) |
| First Czech newspaper in Texas (1879) |
| Virginia Point enlivened by railroad bridge to Galveston Island (1860) |
| Frenchman, considered a troublemaker by the Spanish, dies in prison (1756) |
| Seguin incorporates (1853) |
| Cowboy, author, and detective born on Texas coast (1855) |
| Transfer of command misfires in Republic of Texas army (1837) |
| Last Franciscan in early Texas relinquishes missions (1830) |
| Violence presages end of notorious red-light district (1887) |
| Brewster County exposes "dummy town" (1910) |
| NAACP leader born in Round Rock (1902) |
| Renowned jazz saxophonist dies (1939) |
| Texas pays beef bill, twelve years late (1854) |
| French castaway reaches Natchitoches (1721) |
| "Madam Candelaria" dies at age 113 (1899) |
| Legislature confirms South Texas land grants (1852) |
| Texas marines mutiny in old New Orleans (1842) |
| Legislature passes bill to pay for governor's "chicken salad and punch" (1915) |
| First railroad in Texas chartered (1850) |
| Inventor of the electric typewriter born (1888) |
| Arctic cold stiffens Tulia (1899) |
| Sixty-one die as steamboat burns (1869) |
| "Lone Wolf," Ranger legend, dies (1977) |
| Spanish language newspaper debuts in San Antonio (1913) |
| First class of army aerial navigators arrives in San Marcos (1943) |
| Railroad crew founds Valentine, Texas (1882) |
| Spanish nobleman calls for settlement of Texas (1729) |
| Philanthropists wed on Valentine's Day (1904) |
| Lumberman predicts big future for El Paso (1880) |
| Texas rancher murdered by Mexican troops (1914) |
| Texas adopts constitution (1876) |
| Lone survivor of Bonilla expedition found (1599) |
| First archbishop of San Antonio consecrated (1927) |
| Longoria given hero's burial (1949) |
| Hydraulic dredge Comstock catches fire (1913) |
| Art museum chartered at crossroads city (1930) |
| LULAC founded (1929) |
| Secessionist fire-eater dies (1874) |
| Frenchman flies first plane in Texas (1910) |
| Heroic Texas woman graduates from flight-nurse school (1943) |
| First black Texas Catholic bishop installed (1988) |
| Texas Congress is history; Texas Legislature up and running (1846) |
| Indian captive reunited with husband (1838) |
| Governor Edmund Davis imposes martial law in Walker County (1871) |
| Black legislator wins disputed election (1874) |
| Baptist missionary licensed to preach (1875) |
| Roy Bean stages a prize fight (1896) |
| WASPs arrive at Sweetwater Army Air Field (1943) |
| New county seat given new portmanteau name (1902) |
| Feds regulate "hot" oil (1935) |
| Mexican soldier changes sides, joins Texans (1836) |
| United States renounces claims to Texas (1819) |
| Legislature establishes Gillespie County (1848) |
| Secession referendum passes by landslide (1861) |
| Marines raise flag on Iwo Jima (1945) |
| Rangers sent to Wiley College in response to student demonstrations (1969) |
| Future Texas leader born in Sweden (1861) |
| Travis pens his famous letter from the Alamo (1836) |
| First Catholic bishop of Galveston born in France (1800) |
| Alamo City lures Trinity University from Waxahachie (1942) |
| Colt patents the "gun that won the West" (1836) |
| Texas farm workers begin 420-mile march to Austin (1977) |
| Black activist seeks admission to segregated university (1946) |
| Clint and Jeff Smith captured by Indians (1871) |
| Future governor born on farm (1917) |
| South Texas separatists proclaim Territory of the Rio Grande (1850) |
| Gillespie County matriarch dies (1907) |
| Cowgirls get organized (1948) |
| Anson Mills names El Paso (1859) |
| Dr Pepper goes private (1984) |
| West Texas town declares itself "Leap Year Capital of the World" (1988) |
