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  • Jan 1, 1519

    16th Century Early European Exploration Settlement

    16th Century Early European Exploration Settlement
    Spanish explorer Alonso Alvarez de Pineda maps the Texas Coast line.
  • Period: Apr 13, 1519 to

    16th- 19th Century

  • Jan 1, 1528

    16th Century Eatly European Eploration Settlement

    16th Century Eatly European Eploration Settlement
    Alvar Nunez Caheza de Vaca ship wrecked near Galveston begin exploration
  • Jan 1, 1541

    16th Century Early European Eploration Settlement

    16th Century Early European Eploration Settlement
    Francisco Vazquez de Coronado crosses the Texas pan handle in search of the seven sities of Cibola
  • Jan 1, 1554

    16th century early european exploration settlement

    16th century early european exploration settlement
    Coronado dies. He is one of the first white men to explore Texas, and leader of one of 20 Spanish explorations of the area.

  • 16th Century Early European Eploration Settlement.

    16th Century Early European Eploration Settlement.
    Thanksgiving is held near present-day El Paso by Juan de Oñate, the members of his expedition and natives of the region.

  • 17th Century

    17th Century
    Jumano Indians requested Spanish missionaries from New Mexico to travel to the vicinity of present-day San Angelo and instruct the Jumanos about Christianity.

  • 17th Century

    17th Century
    French explorer Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, looking for the mouth of the Mississippi River, lands in Texas by mistake. He establishes a colony, Fort St. Louis, on Garcitas Creek in present-day Victoria County.

  • 17th Century

    17th Century
    La Salle is killed by several of his own men at an unknown East Texas location

  • 17th Century

    17th Century
    Colonists at Fort St. Louis not felled by Indians, disease, poisonous snakes and malnutrition are finished off by Karankawa Indians

  • 17th Century

    • 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.

  • 17th Century

    17th Century
    First East Texas mission under construction, San Francisco de los Tejas, near present-day Weches, Houston Co. The mission is closed in 1693.

  • 18th Century

    18th Century
    Throughout the 18th Century, Spain established Catholic missions in Texas, and the towns of San Antonio, Goliad and Nacogdoches.

  • 18th Century

    18th Century
    Spanish build a presidio, Nuestra Señora de los Dolores de los Tejas, to protect the East Texas missions.

  • 18th Century

    18th Century
    San Antonio de Valero mission, known as the Alamo was the chapel, is founded in San Antonio.

  • 18th Century

    18th Century
    San José y San Miguel de Aguayo mission founded near San Antonio de Valero.

  • 18th Century

    18th Century
    • 3 East Texas missions moved to San Antonio because of economic troubles, and named Nuestra Señora de la Purisima Concepción de Acuna, San Francisco de la Espada and San Juan Capistrano.
    • March 7 - 55e Canary Islanders arrive in San Antonio to establish a civilian settlement, San Fernando de Béxar.
    • Aug. 1 - First election held in Texas, voters choose officials of the municipal government of San Fernando.

  • 18th Century

    18th Century
    Missions at San Antonio are producing thousands of pounds of cotton annually.

  • 18th Century

    18th Century
    Santa Cruz de San Sabá mission near present-day Menard destroyed and eight residents killed by Comanches and their allies.

  • 18th century

    18th century
    Spanish troops on a retaliatory raid are defeated by Indian residents of a large encampment at Spanish Fort in present-day Montague County.

  • 18th Century

    18th Century
    Spanish troops on a retaliatory raid are defeated by Indian residents of a large encampment at Spanish Fort in present-day Montague County

  • 18th Century

    18th Century
    Texas' first recorded hurricane strikes near Galveston

  • 18th Century

    18th Century
    • 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.

  • 19th Century

    19th Century
    Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costillo and several hundred of his parishioners seize the prison at Dolores, Mexico, beginning Mexico's struggle for independence from Spain.

  • 19th Century

    19th Century
    About 130-men strong, the Gutierrez-Magee Expedition crossed the Sabine from Louisiana in a rebel movement against Spanish rule in Texas.

  • 17th Century

    17th Century
    Spanish mission, Corpus Christi de la Isleta, is established a few miles from present-day El Paso.