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Period: Sep 25, 1400 to Sep 25, 1500
Texas History
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Period: Sep 25, 1400 to
Texas History
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Oct 25, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus sailed the Atlantic ocean for 33 days straight, they sighted land in 1492. He named it texas -
Sep 25, 1519
Hernan Cortes
Cortes invaded Aztec empire Mexico -
Sep 25, 1519
Alonso Alvarez de Pineda
Alvarez de Pineda explored the Texas coastline -
Sep 25, 1528
Cabeza de vaca
Cabeza de Vaca shipwrecked on what is beleived to have been Galvestin Bay -
Sep 25, 1541
Coronada
Coronado led an expidition across Northern Texas -
Sep 25, 1542
De Soto Moscoso
De Soto Moscoso expedition reached East Texas across Northern Texas -
Samuel De Chaplain
Samuel De Chaplain founded Quebec -
Corpus Christi de la Ysleta
Spain establishes the first European Settlement -
La Salle
La Salle established the first French settlement in Texas -
Period: to
Revolution
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American Independence
The American colonies won their independence from Great Britain. -
mexican Idependence
Mexico wins their idependence from Spain -
Santa Anna
The arrival of Santa Anna's army outside of San Antonio -
Texas Declaration of Independence
Texas gains their Independence from Mexico -
Santa Anna
Sant Anna's troops led a assault on San Antonio -
The Battle of San Jacinto
The Battle of San Jacinto was the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. -
Texas enters the union
Texas statehood is granted -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The war officially ended with the treaty of hidalgo -
Lincoln
Lincoln arrives in Washington -
Fort Sumter
Fort sumter is fired upon -
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation -
Lincoln's assasination
Lincoln was assasinated by John Wilkes Booth -
Battle of Palmito Ranch
The Battle of Palmito Ranch is generally reckoned as the final battle of the American Civil War, -
Transcontinental Railroad
First transcontinental railroad is completed -
Galveston hurricane
A hurricane made landfall on Galveston -
Spindletop oilfield
On January 10, 1901, a well at Spindletop struck oil -
America declares war on Germany
America declared war on Germany and entered Europe conflict -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy, thousands of american navy soildiers are killed by the pearl harbor attack -
Hiroshima
US drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima -
John F. Kennedy was assasinated
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Vietnam war
The first U.S. combat troops arrive in Vietnam -
Barbara jordan
Her persistence won her a seat in the Texas Senate in 1966 -
Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated
Martin Luther King Jr. is shot to death at a hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. -
President Nixon
Aug. 8, 1974 President Nixon Announces His Resignation
