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By jonathangayton
  • Apr 13, 1519

    16th Century,Early European Exploration and Settlement

    16th Century,Early European Exploration and Settlement
    Alonso Alvarez De Pineda was a spanish explorer maps
  • Apr 15, 1528

    Early European Exploration and Settlement

    Early European Exploration and Settlement
    Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca shipwrecked near Galveston begin exploration
  • Apr 13, 1541

    Early European Exploration and Settlement

    Early European Exploration and Settlement
    Francisco Vázquez de Coronado crosses the Texas Panhandle in search of in search of the seven cities of Cibola.

  • Early European Exploration and Settlement

    Early European Exploration and 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
    First Spanish mission, Corpus Christi de la Isleta, is established a few miles from present-day El Paso.

  • 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

    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.

  • 17thn century

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

  • 18th Century

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

  • 18 century

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

  • 1716-1789

    1716-1789
    Throughout the 18th Century, Spain established Catholic missions in Texas, and the towns of San Antonio, Goliad and Nacogdoches.

  • 17 century

    17 century
    San José y San Miguel de Aguayo mission founded near San Antonio de Valero.

  • 18 century

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

  • 18 century

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

  • 18 century

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

  • 18 century

    18 century
    Texas' first recorded hurricane strikes near Galveston.

  • 18 century

    18 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.

  • 19 century

    19 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.

  • 19 century

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

  • 18 century

    18 century
    Moses Austin dies, his son, Stephen F. Austin, receives authority to continue the colonizing effort.

  • 18 century

    18 century
    A hurricane wrecks the fleet of pirate Jean Lafitte in Galveston.

  • 1817-1820

    1817-1820
    1817-1820 - Jean Laffite occupied Galveston Island and used it as a base for his smuggling and privateering.

  • 1821

    1821
    The Mexican government gives Austin permission to settle 300 families in Texas.

  • 1822

    1822
    Jared E. Groce arrives on the banks of the Brazos to set up a home. Among his belongings is a supply of cottonseed - the first in Texas.

  • 18 century

    18 century
    Stephen F. Austin received a grant from the Mexican government and began colonization in the region of the Brazos River. Mexican officials approve Austin's plan to bring three hundred families into his colony. This group becomes known as the "Old Three Hundred."

  • 1824

    1824
    Richard King, founder of the King Ranch, is born in New York

  • 1952

    1952
    Henry Cohen, founder of the Galveston Plan to settle European Jews, dies in Houston.

  • waco

    waco
    A terrible tornado rips through Waco.