The Runaway Scrape was the 1836 escape of Texas residents from the encroaching Mexican Army of Operations under the command of Antonio López de Santa Anna during the Texas Revolution. Civilian evacuations began on the Gulf Coast in January after the vanguard of the Mexican army crossed the Rio Grande to quell the insurrection of American colonists and Tejanos (Mexicans born in Texas). Weeks later, news of the Battle of the Alamo and the Goliad massacre created a state of panic. Sam Houston was the Texas commander-in-chief of raw recruits who had little or no combat experience. Fleeing civilians moved in tandem with Houston's troops for protection, as he sought a safe training camp for his soldiers. The pursuing Mexican army had orders to execute all rebel combatants, and it cut a swath of destruction in its search for them. After a mere three weeks training near the Brazos River, the Texas troops finally parted ways with the civilians, who were given a military escort to safety. Houston turned his army southeast and engaged the Mexican army at the April 21 Battle of San Jacinto that resulted in Santa Anna's surrender.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

900:

A debt was pardoned by the Datu of Tondo on the island of Luzon, as inscribed on the Laguna Copperplate Inscription, the earliest known written document found in the Philippines. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laguna_Copperplate_Inscription

1509:

Henry VIII became King of England, following the death of his father Henry VII, eventually becoming a significant figure in the history of the English monarchy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII_of_England

1863:

After the Ottoman Empire exiled him from Baghdad, Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith, began his twelve-day stay in the Garden of Ridván where he declared his mission as "He whom God shall make manifest". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%27u%27ll%C3%A1h

1914:

Mexican Revolution: The United States detained a German steamer carrying materiel for the Mexican federal government. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ypiranga_incident

1970:

In response to a long-running dispute over wheat production quotas, the Principality of Hutt River proclaimed its secession from Western Australia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Hutt_River

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

macroeconomics: The study of the entire economy in terms of the total amount of goods and services produced, total income earned, the level of employment of productive resources, and the general behavior of prices. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/macroeconomics

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

The purpose and cause of the incarnation was that He might illuminate the world by His wisdom and excite it to the love of Himself.   --Peter Abelard https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Peter_Abelard