<P> After a failed attempt by France to colonize Texas in the late 17th century , Spain developed a plan to settle the region . On its southern edge , along the Medina and Nueces Rivers , Spanish Texas was bordered by the province of Coahuila . On the east , Texas bordered Louisiana . Following the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 , the United States also claimed the land west of the Sabine River , all the way to the Rio Grande . From 1812 to 1813 anti-Spanish republicans and U.S. filibusters rebelled against the Spanish Empire in what is known today as the Gutiérrez -- Magee Expedition during the Mexican War of Independence . They won battles in the beginning and captured many Texas cities from the Spanish that led to a declaration of independence of the state of Texas as part of the Mexican Republic on April 17 , 1813 . The new Texas government and army met their doom in the Battle of Medina in August 1813 , 20 miles south of San Antonio , where 1,300 of the 1,400 rebel army were killed in battle or executed shortly afterwards by royalist soldiers . It was the deadliest single battle in Texas history . 300 republican government officials in San Antonio were captured and executed by the Spanish royalists shortly after the battle . What is significant is a Spanish royalist lieutenant named Antonio López de Santa Anna fought in this battle and followed his superiors ' orders to take no prisoners . Another interesting note is two founding fathers of the Republic of Texas and future signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence in 1836 , José Antonio Navarro and José Francisco Ruiz , took part in the Gutiérrez -- Magee Expedition . Although the United States officially renounced that claim as part of the Transcontinental Treaty with Spain in 1819 , many Americans continued to believe that Texas should belong to their nation , and over the next decade the United States made several offers to purchase the region . </P>
<P> After a failed attempt by France to colonize Texas in the late 17th century , Spain developed a plan to settle the region . On its southern edge , along the Medina and Nueces Rivers , Spanish Texas was bordered by the province of Coahuila . On the east , Texas bordered Louisiana . Following the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 , the United States also claimed the land west of the Sabine River , all the way to the Rio Grande . From 1812 to 1813 anti-Spanish republicans and U.S. filibusters rebelled against the Spanish Empire in what is known today as the Gutiérrez -- Magee Expedition during the Mexican War of Independence . They won battles in the beginning and captured many Texas cities from the Spanish that led to a declaration of independence of the state of Texas as part of the Mexican Republic on April 17 , 1813 . The new Texas government and army met their doom in the Battle of Medina in August 1813 , 20 miles south of San Antonio , where 1,300 of the 1,400 rebel army were killed in battle or executed shortly afterwards by royalist soldiers . It was the deadliest single battle in Texas history . 300 republican government officials in San Antonio were captured and executed by the Spanish royalists shortly after the battle . What is significant is a Spanish royalist lieutenant named Antonio López de Santa Anna fought in this battle and followed his superiors ' orders to take no prisoners . Another interesting note is two founding fathers of the Republic of Texas and future signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence in 1836 , José Antonio Navarro and José Francisco Ruiz , took part in the Gutiérrez -- Magee Expedition . Although the United States officially renounced that claim as part of the Transcontinental Treaty with Spain in 1819 , many Americans continued to believe that Texas should belong to their nation , and over the next decade the United States made several offers to purchase the region . </P>
when did the texas declaration of independence happen
when did the texas declaration of independence happen
April 17 , 1813
April 17 , 1813