Stephen F. Austin Dies – Today In Southern History
27 December 1836
On this date in 1836…
Texas pioneer and impresario Stephen F. Austin died at West Columbia, Texas after a lengthy illness resulting from his imprisonment in Mexico.
Other Years:
1761 – Creek Indians led by a chief known as “The Mortar” attacked several English in the “Long Canes” area of South Carolina killing 14 settlers.
1845 – Dr. Crawford Williamson Long used anesthesia for childbirth for the first time, the delivery of his own child in Jefferson, Georgia.
1860 – South Carolina troops seized Castle Pinckney and Fort Moultrie in Charleston Harbor. The U.S. Revenue Cutter William Aiken surrendered to South Carolina authorities.
1900 – Kentucky native and prohibitionist, Carrie Nation staged her first raid on a saloon at the Carey Hotel in Wichita, Kansas breaking every liquor bottle she could find.
1965 – The International Swimming Hall of Fame was dedicated in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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I agree totally. Santa Anna was never known for his compassion or subtlety. It might be said started the Texas Independence movement himself. He was definitely the prime motivator
You might say that Mr. Austin was murdered by the Mexicans. He went on a peace mission and was thrown in jail under condition that any reasonable person would cancer as bound to cause one health to deteriorate. I may be wrong, but that sounds like murder, but I don't believe I'm wrong.