Texas timeline By student051 May 12, 1500 About 30,000 Native Americans live in Texas area click here for Native Americans Dec 8, 1600 Native Americans population is 1,000,000 click here for Native American Dec 12, 1607 First permanent English settlement, Jamestown, Virginia click here for Jamestown Feb 5, 1619 First African slaves land at Jamestown, Virginia click here for African slave Apr 27, 1682 First French settlers arrive in Arkansas click here for Russia May 13, 1682 Peter the Great becomes ruler of Russia click here for Russia Sep 12, 1689 Frist public school is found in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania click here for public school Dec 8, 1690 Frist East Texas mission is established click here for East Texas May 13, 1718 San Antonio de Bexar fort is established click here for San Antonio May 13, 1772 San Antonio becomes capital click here for San Antonio May 13, 1803 U.S. buys Louisiana Purchase from France for $ 15 million click here for Louisiana May 13, 1814 British capture Washington, D.C. click here for Washington D.C. Apr 6, 1830 Mexican congress passes laws click here for Mexico Mar 6, 1836 Alamo falls click here for Alamo May 13, 1839 Austin becomes capital click here for Austin May 13, 1841 Settlers begin to move west over Oregon trail click here for May 13, 1845 U.S. Congress votes to annex Texas click here for Annex May 14, 1845 Great Famine begins in Ireland; about 750,000 people die click here for ireland May 14, 1850 Abraham Lincoln is elected President click here for Abraham Lincoln Jul 26, 1863 Sam Houston dies click here for Sam Houston Apr 12, 1865 Confederate troops fire on frot Sumter click here for Cofederate Apr 14, 1865 Lincoln is assassinated click here for Abraham Lincoln May 14, 1945 Admiral Chester Nimitz of Texas accepts Jaqpanese surrender click here for Japan May 14, 1991 The Soviet Union is Dissolved click here for Union May 14, 1995 Yitzhak Rabin, prime minister of Israel, is assassinated click here for yitzhak
