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10,000 BCE
10,00 B.C.
Proto-Indians live at the Gault site. -
1500 BCE
1500 B.C.
Coastal American Indians make knives and scrapers from stone. -
100
A.D. 100
American Indians living near Galveston Bay begin making pottery. -
Nov 10, 1000
A.D. 1000
The Caddos grow many kinds of crops in East TX. -
Nov 10, 1519
1519
Alonso Alvarez de Pineda maps the TX coast. -
Nov 10, 1528
A.D. 1528
Europeans arrive in TX and encounter the Karankawas. -
Jan 1, 1541
1541
Explorer Francisco Vasquez de Coronado crosses the TX Panhandle. -
Nov 10, 1554
1554
a Spanish treasure fleet shipwreck off of president-day Padre Island. -
Nov 10, 1581
1581
Spanish Hernan Gallegos writes about the lives of the Jumano Indians in TX. -
1601
Juan de Onate crosses the TX Panhandle on his way to Quivira. -
1659
Spaniards first record seeing Apache Indians riding horses. -
1685
A group of colonists led by french explorer Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle lands in Matagorda Bay in TX. -
1690
The Spanish build a mission named San Francisco de los Tejas. -
1718
Martin de Alarcon establishes the San Antonio de Valero mission. -
1731
Settlers from the Canary Islands arrive in San Antonio. -
1755
Rancher Tomas Sanchez establishes the town of Laredo. -
1766
The Marques de Rubi expedition begins. -
1779
Antonio Gil Ybarbo founds the town of Nacogdoches in East TX. -
Toledo Bend Reservoir
Toledo Bend Reservoir on the Sabine River holds more than 5.5 billion cubic meters of water. -
1791
Philip Nolan, a u.s. citizen, received permission to capture wild horses in Texas. -
1819
U.s. citizen James long and a small Force invades Texas, only to be defeated by Spanish forces. -
1821
Mexico, which includes Texas, wins its independence from Spain. -
1821
The Spanish government grants Moses Austin permission to found a colony in Texas. -
1822
Settler Jared Groce plant a cotton crop, possibly the first in Steven F Austin colony. -
1824
Empresa Rio Martin de Leon settles families on the lower Guadalupe River. -
1824
Mexican officials adopt the constitution of 1824. Coahuila and Texas are merged to form one state. -
1826
The Fredonian Rebellion begins when Hayden Edwards declares independence from Mexico. -
1826
An American Indian attack on the green DeWitt Colony forces settlers to ffle Gonzales. -
1827
Stephen F Austin received a contract to settle an additional 100 families in Texas. -
1828
General Manuel de Mier y Teran begins a tour of Texas for the Mexican Government. -
1829
Taper begins publication in Austin's colony. -
1829
Isaac Sunday School and private boys school in San Felipe. -
1829
Presidents Guerrero issued a decree ending slavery in Mexico, but an exemption is made for Texas. -
1830
On April 6th Mexico issues a law that changes rules on immigration and trade in Texas. -
1831
The town of Gonzales receives a cannon from the Mexican Government to defend citizens against American Indian attacks. -
1833
Mary Austins Holley letters, describing life in Early Texas, are published. -
1834
Texas Farmers exports of 7,000 bales of cotton, worth about $315,000, to New Orleans. -
1834
Steven F. Austin is arrested in Saltillo. -
1835
Texas settlers hold about 3,500 Land grants. -
1835
Texans become concerned when the Mexican Government officially abolished the constitution of 1824. -
1835
An estimated 1,000 U.S. immigrants enter Texas each month. -
October 2, 1835
Texas settlers attack Mexican soldiers at Gonzales, forcing them to leave. -
December 9, 1835
Texas troops push Mexican troops out of San Antonio, capturing the city. -
February 23, 1836
The Siege of the Alamo begins. -
1836
Velasco citizens hold a horse race on the coast near the town. -
March 2, 1836
The Texas Declaration of Independence is adopted -
April 21, 1836
Texans win the Battle of San Jacinto, ending the Texas revolution. -
1836
Sam Houston becomes the first popularity elected president of the Republic of Texas. -
December 10, 1836
The first official Texas flag is adopted by the Texas Congress. -
1837
Texans elect Mirabeau B. Lamar president. -
1837
The U.S. Congress authorizes a diplomat to go to Texas. -
1838
William H. Wharton is elected to the Texas Senate. -
1839
Repeated attacks and discrimination for more than 100 Tejano families to flee Nacogdoches. -
1839
Texas passes a homestead law, protecting settlers' homes from being seized to pay debts. -
1839
France becomes the first European nation to recognize Texas as an independent country. -
1840
Austin, the new capital, has 850 residents. -
1840
The first college chartered by the Republic, Rutersville college, is founded. -
1840
Galveston University opens its doors to 5 students. -
1841
Texans again elect Sam Houston president of the Republic. -
1841
William Kennedy publishes Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas. -
1841
President Mirabeau B. Lamar sends the Texas Navy to Yucatan Coast. -
1842
General Adrian woll and about 1,400 Mexican soldiers capture San Antonio. -
1842
Snider de Pellegrini, director of a French colonization company, brings 14 settlers to Texas. -
1843
The Tehuacan Creek Councils lead to peace between Texans and several Texas Indian groups. -
1844
President Sam Houston sends troops into East Texas to end the Regulator Moderator War. -
1844
Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels comes to Texas followed by a group of German immigrants. -
1844
Texans elect Anson Jones president of the Republic. -
1845
At least 30,000 enslaved African Americans live in Texas. -
1845
The United States annexes Texas. -
1845
On December 29 the U.S. Congress officially admits Texas to the Union and approves its first state constitution. -
1846
Fighting breaks out between Mexican troops and U.S. forces at Palo Alto and Resaca De La Palma. -
1846
Thomas J. Rusk and Sam Houston become the first Texans to serve in the U.S. Senate. -
1846
Texas signs a peace treaty with the Penateka Comanches. -
1847
Samuel H. Walker dies in combat during a conflict in Mexico. -
1847
A state census reports the state's population at more than 124,000. -
1848
Texans cast of first votes as U.S. citizens in a presidential election. -
1850
In her book Texas in 1850, Melinda Rankin describes the state and urges people to move to Texas. -
1850
The Texas population reaches 200,000 people. -
1852
Work begins on the Port Isabel Lighthouse. When completed, it's lights could be seen from 16 miles away. -
1853
U.S. Army troops abandon Fort Worth after settlers moved farther west beyond the fort. -
1853
after many false starts, track is finally laid for the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos, and Colorado Railway. -
1854
the American, Know Nothing, party becomes active in Texas. -
1855
The Governor's mansion is built in Austin. -
1856
Slaves in Colorado County acquire weapons and planned a rebellion but the plot is discovered before it can begin. -
1858
The Butterfield Overland mail begins taking passengers and mail by Stagecoach from Missouri, through Texas, and on to California. -
1859
Sam Houston easily defeat incumbent Hardin Runnels in the election for Texas governor. -
1859
A series of clashes occur between Texas Rangers and Mexican Americans near Brownsville. -
1859
Texas produces a record crop of more than 400,000 of cotton. -
February 1861
Texans vote, by more than 3 to 1, to separate from the United States. -
October 1861
Troops leave San Antonio for New Mexico, to capture the Southwest for the Confederacy. -
1861
The Texas Frontier regiment is established. -
October 1862
Union forces capture Galveston. -
September 1863
A union attempt to invade Texas is turned back at Sabine Pass. -
November 1863
Union troops capture Brownsville. -
1863
The Texas Cattle population increases rapidly during the Civil War. -
April 1864
In a battle near Mansfield, Louisiana, Confederate forces stop a union invasion of Northeastern Texas. -
1864
Colnelo Christopher "Kit" Carson leads an attack against Plain Indians in the Panhandle. -
May 1865
The last Land Battle of the war is fought at Palmito Ranch, Texas. -
1865
The Emancipation Proclamation goes into effect in Texas, bring the state's slaves. -
1868
African-American George T. Ruby is elected as a delegate to the Republican National Convention. -
1868
Richardson is established near Jacksboro. -
1869
Republican Edmund J. Davis is elected governor. -
1869
Texas Cowboys move a herd of 15,000 cattle to Market. It is the largest single herd of the area. -
1869
Edmund J. Davis is elected governor, the last Republican to hold the office until Bill Clements was elected in 1978. -
1870
Texas has 583 miles of rail road lines. -
1871
A public school system is created in Texas. -
1783
Spanish priest Juan Agustin Morfi, author of the History of Texas, 1673-1779, dies. -
1873
Rangers begin to ship thousands of cattle from Denison after the Missouri-Kansas-Texas railroad extends a line there. -
1874
The Democratic party regains full control of state government. -
1874
Plain Indians attack a group of Buffalo hunters in the Battle of adobe walls. -
1875
Comanche leader Quanah Parker surrenders, ending the Red River War. -
1876
About 2,700 animals die during a cattle Stampede near the Brazos River. -
1876
Texas Legacy passes a law that allows the state to fund railroads with land grants. -
1876
Texas adopt a new constitution. -
1876
Texas A&M University opens and all male military Institution. -
1876
Texans adopt the constitution that governs the state today. -
1879
Apache leader Victoria launches raids among the Texas-Mexico border. -
1881
The Texas and Pacific Railway meet the Southern Pacific line near El Paso, forming the first transcontinental railroad route through Texas. -
1882
A ranch in the Panhandle produces enough barb wire to fence 250,000 Acres. -
1883
The University of Texas formally opens. -
1886
The Knights of Labor begin a major strike against Jake Gould's Railroad Company. -
1889
There are more than 8,000 miles of railroad track in Texas. -
1889
The Texas ligature passes the Antitrust Act of 1889. -
1890
Texas normal college and teachers' training institute, now call the University of North Texas, opens in Denton. -
1890
James Stephen Hogg the first native-born Texan to become governor is elected. -
1891
The Texas Railroad Commission is established to regulate railroads in Texas. -
1892
A leading Association of farmers endorses the populist party. -
1894
Drillers strike oil in Corsicana. -
1894
The first football game is played between the University of Texas and Texas A&M. -
1898
Teddy Roosevelt organizes and trains the Rough Riders in San Antonio. -
Coldest Spot
The lowest recorded temp in TX was was a chilly -23 Degrees F, occurring in 1899 at Tuila and in 1933 at Seminole. -
1900
Texas has more than 350,000 farms, and almost half of all farmers are tenant farmers. -
1900
A hurricane hits Galveston, killing some 6,000 to 8,000 people. -
1901
The Spindletop well strikes oil comma producing more than 17 million barrels of oil the next year. -
1901
The Spindletop oil strike spurred the growth of the Texas oil industry. -
1902
The Corsicana Oilers City basketball record by defeating the Texarkana team 51 to 3 -
1905
A large oil strike is made in the humble oil field in Harris County. -
1907
The first Neiman Marcus department store opens in Dallas. -
1908
Oil is discovered at Goose Creek along Galveston Bay. -
1911
Jovita Idar becomes the first president of the league of Mexican women. -
1914
The Houston Ship Channel is completed, leading to the growth of industry in the Houston area. -
1914
The Houston Ship Channel opens, and Houston soon becomes an important oil refining Center. -
1915
The Texas legislature passes the first state law requiring children to attend school. -
1918
Texas troops are sent to France to fight in World War 1. -
1918
Texas ratifies the 18th Amendment to the US Constitution, which bans the sale or manufacture of alcohol. -
1918
After delegates of fighting for the right to vote, women are allowed to vote in Texas primary elections. -
1919
An application is filled to drill for oil on state-owned land in West Texas. Several years later the Santa Rita number one strikes oil. -
1920
Governor William hobby breaks the dockworkers' strike in Galveston. -
1924
Texans elect Miriam "ma" Ferguson as the state's first female governor. -
1926
Automobile registrations reach 1 million. -
1928
For the first time in the state's history, the majority of Texans vote for Republican presidential candidate Herbert Hoover. -
1932
Some 300,000 Texans are unemployed. -
1934
James V Allred is elected governor of Texas. -
Hottest Spot
The Highest recorded temp in TX was a blistering 120 Degrees F, occurring in 1936 at Seymour and in 1994 at Montanans. -
1936
Texas celebrates the hundredth anniversary of the Texas Revolution. -
1938
Texans select W. Lee "Pappy" O'Daniel as governor. -
1939
The southern aircraft Corporation, the first airplane manufacturer in Texas, is formed. -
1941
Large numbers of Texans volunteer for military service in WWII. -
Wettest Place
In 1873 Clarksville received 109.4 inches of rain. -
1944
THE U.S. Supreme Court declares the Texas white primary unconstitutional. -
1944
A Texas law establishing White primariez is struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court with Smith V. Alwright. -
1945
Texass Audie Murphy receives the Medal of Honor for stopping a German tank attack in France. -
Longest River
The Rio Grande, which begins in Colorado and flows along the TX-Mexico border, runs 1,896 Miles. -
1974
Austin City Limits goes on the air with Willie Nelson as its first guest musician. -
1951
More than 3 million automobiles are registered in Texas. -
1954
Allan Shivers successfully runs for a third term as Governor. -
1955
Women are allowed to serve on Texas juries for the first time. -
Driest Place
Wink received just 1.76 Inches of rain in 1956 -
1957
Texas woman call for an equal rights amendment to the state constitution. -
1959
Texas musician Buddy Holly is killed in a plane crash. -
1960
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that Texas owns Gulf Coastal tide lines up to a 10.35- mile limit -
1961
Henry B. Gozalesz is elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and John Tower is elected to the U.S. Senate. -
1961
The manned space center, now the Johnson Space Center, is built in Houston. -
1963
Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president of the United States after President John F. Kennedy is assassinated. -
1967
Texas singer Janis Joplin's career takes off after a performance at the Money International Pop Festival. -
1967
Texas Instruments released the first handheld calculator. -
1969
The national Aeronautics and Space Administration says the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon. -
1970
members of the Chicano movement and the Mexican American Youth Organization form La Raza Unida party. -
1972
Barbara Jordan is elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. -
1972
Texan Barbara Jordan is elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. She is the first black woman from the south to serve in Congress. -
1974
A major attempt to adopt a new Texas constitution fails. -
Highest Point
Guadalupe Peak is the highest point in the state, at 8,749 feet above sea level. -
1980
the Texas population reaches 14 million. -
1986
Raul Gonzalez is elected to the Texas Supreme Court. He is the first Mexican American elected to Statewide office. -
1986
Texas writer Larry McMurtry receives the Pulitzer Prize for his novel Lonesome Dove. -
1990
Texas musician Stevie Ray Vaughan is killed in a helicopter crash. -
1994
the North American Free Trade Agreement has passed, using trade along the United States, Mexico, and Canada. -
1995
George W. Bush takes office as governor. -
2000
Rick Perry becomes the 47th governor of Texas. -
2000
Pick up the Texas state government employs more than 230,000 people in more than 200 agencies, with a two-year budget totaling more than 98 billion dollars. -
2002
Republicans gain control of the Texas House of Representatives. -
Ogallala Aquifer
The Ogallala Aquifer is the largest underground water source in T.X. -
Irrigation
More than 6 million acres of T.X. land are irrigated -
2006
Texans become the national leader in wind power generation. -
Livestock
Sales of TX; livestock totaled more than $10.8 billion on 2007. -
Acres of woodland
T.X, contains more than 60 million acres of forests and woodlands. -
2008
Rick Perry becomes the longest-serving governor in Texas history. He was elected governor again in 2010. -
Big Bend National Park
With 800,000 acres of land, is the largest national park in TX. -
2009
Cowboys Stadium, later renamed AT&T Stadium, opens in Arlington. -
Cotton Production
In 2011 the value of T.X, cotton production reached over $1.5 Billion. -
2011
Texas receives its lowest ever recorded rainfall. -
Farms
In 2012 there were more than 244,700 farms in T.X. -
Computer worth
TX; exports of computers and electronics were worth more than $45 billion in 2012. -
Agriculture
Agriculture added some $36 billion to the T.X, economy in 2012. -
Largest natural lake
Caddo Lake is the largest natural lake in T.X, covering more than 39 square miles. -
Coal Production
T.X. has an estimated 23 billion tons of lignite, a type of coal. -
Oil Production
In 2012 T.X. produced about 730 million barrels of crude oil worth about some $55 billion. -
2012
Texas exports more than 134 billion dollars worth of goods. -
2012
Based on the 2010 census, Texas games for new seats and Congress.