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GIVING
1598 - April 30 - Thanksgiving is held near present-day El Paso by Juan de Oñate, the members of his expedition and natives of the region. -
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TEXAS FROM 1600- 2000
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1682 - First Spanish mission,
1682 - First Spanish mission, Corpus Christi de la Isleta, is established a few miles from present-day El Paso -
March 19, 1687
March 19, 1687 - La Salle is killed by several of his own men at an unknown East Texas location. -
KARANKAWA INDIANS
January 1688 - Colonists at Fort St. Louis not felled by Indians, disease, poisonous snakes and malnutrition are finished off by Karankawa Indians -
Spanish Gen. Alonso de León's
1689 - April 2 - Spanish Gen. Alonso de León's expedition finds the remains of Fort St. Louis. Fearing French intentions to lay claim to Spanish territory, the Spanish begin establishing missions and settlements in East Texas -
1690 - May - First East Texas mission
1690 - May - First East Texas mission under construction, San Francisco de los Tejas, near present-day Weches, Houston Co. The mission is closed in 1693. -
1716-1789 -- Throughout the 18th Century,
1716-1789 -- Throughout the 18th Century, Spain established Catholic missions in Texas, and the towns of San Antonio, Goliad and Nacogdoches -
1745 - Missions at san Antonio
1745 - Missions at San Antonio are producing thousands of pounds of cotton annually. -
1779 - Group of settlers led by Antonio Gil Ybarbo
1779 - Group of settlers led by Antonio Gil Ybarbo (sometimes spelled Ibarvo or Y'barvo) establishes a civilian community near an abandoned mission site; the new town is called Nacogdoches. -
1812 -August 8 - About 130-men strong
1812 -August 8 - About 130-men strong, the Gutierrez-Magee Expedition crossed the Sabine from Louisiana in a rebel movement against Spanish rule in Texas. -
1814 - June- Moses Austin dies
1814 - June- Moses Austin dies, his son, Stephen F. Austin, receives authority to continue the colonizing effort -
1826 - Dec. 21 - The Declaration of Independence
1826 - Dec. 21 - The Declaration of Independence of the republic of Fredonia is signed at Nacogdoches. -
1829 - October - First of several large groups
1829 - October - First of several large groups of Irish immigrants arrive to settle in South Texas. -
1830 - April 6
1830 - April 6 - Mexican government stops legal immigration into Texas from the United States except in special cases. Relations between Anglo settlers and the Mexican government deteriorate. -
1865 - May 13
1865 - May 13 - The Battle of Palmito Ranch is fought near Brownsville, after the official end of the Civil War, because word of the war's end at Appomattox on April 9 has not yet reached troops in Texas. -
1898 - May 16
1898 - May 16 - Teddy Roosevelt arrives in San Antonio to recruit and train "Rough Riders" for the First Volunteer Cavalry to fight in the Spanish-American War in Cuba. -
1900 - Sept. 8
1900 - Sept. 8 - The "Great Hurricane," destroys much of Galveston and kills 6,000 people there. -
1901 - Jan. 10
1901 - Jan. 10 - Oil found by mining engineer Capt. A.F. Lucas at Spindletop near Beaumont catapults Texas into the petroleum age -
Texas voters
1916 - Texas voters able to directly elect US senators.. -
World War I.
1917-1918 - World War I. -
Large-scale agricultural
1920 - Large-scale agricultural irrigation begins in the High Plains. -
June 26-29
1928 - June 26-29 - The Democratic National Convention is held in Houston, the first nominating convention held in a Southern city since 1860 -
1929- FEB.17
1929 - Feb. 17 - The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) is founded in Corpus Christi. -
1949 - Aug. 24
1949 - Aug. 24 - The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston admits its first black student. -
Gov. George W. Bush
2000 - Former Texas Gov. George W. Bush elected President of the United States
