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Period: Sep 29, 1400 to
Age of contact
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Period: Oct 12, 1400 to
Texas history 14-15
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Oct 12, 1492
Columbus reached America
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Feb 2, 1519
Cortez invaded the Aztec empire
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Sep 24, 1519
Alvarez de Pineda explored the texas coast
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Sep 24, 1519
Cabeza de Vaca shipwrecked on Galveston Bay
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Sep 24, 1539
Fray Marcos leads expedition to find Cibola
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Sep 24, 1541
Coronado led a expedition across northern Texas
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Sep 24, 1542
Moscoso expedition reached East Texas acrosws northern Texas
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Corpus Christi de la Ysleta establishes the first permenent European settlement in texas
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La Salle establish the first French settlement in Texas
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Revolution
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American gains Independence
American colonies win independence from britain -
The Mexicans gain Independence
Mexico wins its independence from Spain -
february 23, 1836
On February 23, 1836, the arrival of General Antonio López de Santa Anna's army outside San Antonio nearly caught us by surprise. -
March 2, 1836
Texas Declaration of Independence was produced -
March 6, 1836
On the morning of March 6, 1836, as columns of Mexican soldiers emerged from the predawn darkness and headed for the Alamo's walls. Cannon and small arms fire from inside the Alamo beat back several attacks. Regrouping, the Mexicans scaled the walls and rushed into the compound. -
April 21, 1836
the Texas militia under Sam Houston launches a surprise attack against the forces of Mexican General Santa Anna along the San Jacinto River. -
December 29, 1845
Texas enters the Union -
February 2,1848
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed -
February 23, 1861
Lincoln avoids assassination attempt -
April 12, 1861
Fort Sumter fired on -
Janurary 1, 1863
Lincoln signs Emancipation Proclamation -
April 14, 1865
Lincoln is shot -
May 13, 1865
The last significant fighting of the Civil War takes place at the Palmito Ranch along the Rio Grande -
May 10, 1869
Transcontinental railroad completed -
September 8, 1900
Category 4 hurricane ripped through Galveston, Texas, killing an estimated 6,000 to 8,000 people. -
January 10, 1901
an enormous geyser of oil exploded from a drilling site at Spindletop Hill -
April 6, 1917
the United States formally declared war against Germany and entered the conflict in Europe -
1929
Stock market crash -
December 7, 1941
Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory, killing more than 2,300 Americans. -
August 6, 1945
American bomber Enola Gay dropped a five-ton bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima -
November 22, 1963
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he rode in a motorcade through Dealey Plaza in downtown Dallas
