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Apr 14, 1492
Columbus
Christopher Columbus discovered North America in1492 -
Apr 14, 1519
Alvarez
Spanish explorer Alonso Alvarez de Pineda maps Texas coastline -
Apr 14, 1541
Vazquez
Francisco Vazquez de Coronado crosses the Texas Panhandle in search of the seven cities of Cibola. -
Jumano Indians
Jumano Indians requested spanish missionaries from New Mexico
to travel to the vicinity of present day San Angelo and instruct the
Jumanos about Christianity -
La Salle
La Salle is killed by several of his own men at an unknown east texas location.
