* February 23 – The Alamo is surrounded by Santa Anna's army, in a 13-day ordeal.

Several of Santa Anna's officers argued that the Army of Operations should advance along the coast, so that they would be able to receive additional supplies via sea.

About 342 of the Texian troops captured during the Goliad Campaign were executed a week later on Palm Sunday, March 27, 1836, under Santa Anna's direct orders, widely known as the Goliad Massacre.

Until this episode Santa Anna's reputation had been that of a cunning and crafty man, rather than a cruel one ... together with the fall of the Alamo, branded both Santa Anna and the Mexican people with a reputation for cruelty and aroused the fury of the people of Texas, the United States, and even Great Britain and France, thus considerably promoting the success of the Texas Revolution.

Santa Anna's army, always on the heels of Houston, gave unrelenting chase.

All that impeded Santa Anna's advance were the swollen rivers, which gave Houston a chance to rest and drill his army.

It was an option, but not Houston's preferred option — he was looking for, and found, a weakness in Santa Anna's tactics.

Houston was informed of Santa Anna's unexpected move.

Numbering about 700, Santa Anna's column marched east from Harrisburg, Texas.

To the dismay of the Texans, Cos arrived sooner than expected with 540 more troops, swelling Santa Anna's army to over 1, 200 men.

Santa Anna's entire force of men were killed or captured by Sam Houston's heavily outnumbered army of Texans ; only nine Texans died.

The treaty recognized Texas ' independence and guaranteed Santa Anna's life.

However, Ben, a former American slave who acted as cook for one of Santa Anna's officers, maintained that Crockett's body was found in the barracks surrounded by " no less than sixteen Mexican corpses ", with Crockett's knife buried in one of them.

According to Petite, " every account of the Crockett surrender-execution story comes from an avowed antagonist ( either on political or military grounds ) of Santa Anna's.

Caldwell County was founded in 1848, and was named after Mathew Caldwell, a ranger captain who fought in the Battle of Plum Creek against the Comanches and against Santa Anna's armies during the Texas Revolution.

In 1854 he helped draft the Plan of Ayutla, a document calling for Santa Anna's deposition and a convention to implement a new constitution.

One of the earliest maps of Texas shows a mountain near the center of the state with the notation, " Santa Anna's Peaks.

It would become a safe-haven for San Antonio families and a staging point for counter attack when Bexar was overrun in 1842 by Santa Anna's forces under Ráfael Vásquez and Adrian Woll.

Even the sale of a relatively small strip of land angered the Mexican people, who saw Santa Anna's actions as a betrayal of their country.

On his way south, Cos met up with Santa Anna's forces at Laredo marching north to put down the rebellion.

Iturbide's enemy-turned-ally, Vicente Guerrero, turned to enemy again when he supported Santa Anna's plan.

Santa Anna's army marched toward Mexico City, winning small victories along the way.

The two leaders met on 1 February 1823 to sign Santa Anna's plan which called for the reinstatement of congress, Iturbide's abdication and his exile.

Prieto and his adviser, Portales, feared the efforts of Bolivian general Andrés de Santa Cruz to unite with Peru against Chile.

After Allied reconnaissance discovered the Japanese airfield construction efforts on Guadalcanal, its capture was added to the plan and the Santa Cruz operation was ( eventually ) dropped.

His Heroic efforts was the impetus to push this bill through, which was supported by many indigenous tribes, stemmed from the removal of Tongva ancestors at Playa Vista, Santa Monica, California, where over 800 bodies and counting were removed from their burial site.

La Cienega is an Area of Critical Environmental Concern and has been a focus of recent efforts to create an open space corridor between Santa Fe and the Rio Grande.

Although no Santa trains ran in 2011 as volunteer efforts were put into completing the extension to Lintley in time for the 2012 season, they will run again in December 2012 on two successive weekends, 15th, 16th, 22nd, 23rd.

The difficulty of governing the new areas from the territorial capital at Santa Fe, NM led to efforts as early as 1856 to organize a new territory out of the southern portion.

In 1806, Wilkinson warned Zebulon Pike, undertaking Pike's Expedition, to prevent Lisa's efforts to make business connections to Santa Fe.

It was through his personal friendship with the then Chilean president Domingo Santa María that Palma was able to recover an estimated 10, 000 books from Chilean hands, as well as many other works which were recovered through his own personal efforts.

The New Zealand mud snail has infested watersheds in the Santa Monica Mountains, posing serious threats to native species and complicating efforts to improve stream-water quality for the endangered steelhead trout.

On May 3, 1535, Hernán Cortés arrived in the bay by La Paz and named it Santa Cruz ; he attempted to start a colony but abandoned his efforts after several years due to logistical problems.

The hugely successful event was put on by coordinated efforts with Santa Barbara City Fire, Santa Barbara County Fire, Montecito Fire, Carpenteria / Summerland Fire departments.

As part of his efforts to improve the accuracy of the calendar, Bianchini was commissioned by Pope Clement XI to construct an important meridian line in the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri ( the Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels and the Martyrs ) in Rome, a device for calculating the position of the sun and stars.

In December 1822, Antonio López de Santa Anna and Guadalupe Victoria signed the Plan de Casa Mata on February 1, 1823, as a start of their efforts to overthrow Emperor Agustín de Iturbide.

In March 2010, the Los Angeles Times reported the New Zealand mud snail had infested watersheds in the Santa Monica Mountains, complicating efforts to improve stream-water quality for the steelheads.

Adams ' efforts at vulcanization failed, but he noticed that Santa Anna liked to chew the chicle, which the ancient Mayans had done.

The détente efforts portrayed have included one-on-one meetings, group meetings and friendly competitions, such as the annual November Santa Claus championships of Celle, Germany.

They were practiced only in private black gatherings until the 1950s, when efforts of some scholars studying the Peruvian community, such as Nicomedes Santa Cruz, Victoria Santa Cruz and Jose Durand, compiled songs and dances after struggling with racism and poor recognition.

By the 1960s, Volunteers of America was well known for its thrift stores and annual fundraising efforts like the Sidewalk Santa campaign in New York City.

Finally, through the efforts of Stephen F. Austin and Sam Houston, Almonte, accompanied by Texas Vice-President Lorenzo de Zavala and Bailey Hardeman was sent along with Santa Anna to Washington, D. C., where they had several meetings with U. S. President Andrew Jackson.

After many efforts and trips by community leaders to Santa Bárbara, the community was given the title of Municipality on May 15, 1927, initially encompassing the communities of Las Vueltas, La Reina, El Encanto, Las Loras, Zambrano and El Triunfo.

The monetary contribution would come from the Bulington Northern Santa Fe Foundation as a donation to the American Red Cross relief efforts, while the transportation assistance is currently being organized by the Association of American Railroads, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Federal Railroad Administration and the other railroads that serve the area.

The monetary contribution came from the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Foundation as a donation to the American Red Cross relief efforts, while the transportation assistance was organized by the Association of American Railroads, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Federal Railroad Administration, as well as other railroads that serve the area.