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Jan 1, 1451
Christopher Columbus 1415
Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy the same year as Queen Isabella. -
Jan 1, 1492
Christopher Columbus 1492
Columbus found the Carribean Islands. -
Jan 1, 1519
Alonso Alvarez de Pineda 1519
A Spanish explorer named Alonso Alvarez de Pineda maps the coastline of Texas. -
Jan 1, 1519
Hernan Cortez 1519
Cortez heard about the riches in the new world. He came to Mexico ready to fight the Aztecs and conqured Tenochtitlan( with the help of neighboring tribes. -
Jan 1, 1527
Narvaez 1527
The Naravez expedition was a disaster from the start. Naravez and half of his men landed in Floida and started going inland while the other half sailed the coast. After a year their supplies got estinguished and they set sail Florida. -
Jan 1, 1528
Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca 1528
Cabeza de Vaca and his crew are shipwrecked near Galveston. -
Jan 1, 1539
Henando De Soto and Luis Moscoso Alvarado 1539
Henando De Soto teamed up with Luis Moscoso Alvarado. In 1538 they both set out for Florida. -
Oct 1, 1541
Fransisco Vazquez De Coranado 1541
Looking for Gran Quivira, Coranado crosses the Texas Panhandle. -
Jan 1, 1542
Henando De Soto and Luis Moscoso Alvarado 1542
They cross the Mississippi River. Soon Afterward Hernando De Soto dies and Moscoso takes the lead. -
La Salle 1685
Looking for the mouth of the Mississippi River, French explorer, Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur De La Salle lands in Texas. -
The Alamo
The San Antonio de Valero mission is founded( the Chapel in this building is Known as The Alamo). -
Mexico's Independence
Mexico gains its independence from Spain.
