Texas History

Prehistory-1528

Period: 111 to Jan 2, 1528

Alvarez de Pineda maps the Texas coast

Jan 1, 1519

Cabeza de Vaca lives with Native Americans in Texas

Jan 2, 1528

Age of Contact

Period: Jan 3, 1528 to Jan 4, 1690

Onate founds a settlement on the upper Rio Grande

Jan 3, 1598

La Salle founds Fort St.Louis, the first French settlement in Texas

Jan 4, 1685

Spanish Colonial era

Period: Jan 5, 1690 to Jan 6, 1821

Mexican National Era

Period: Jan 7, 1821 to Jan 8, 1836

Revolution and Republic

Period: Jan 9, 1835 to Jan 10, 1845

Early Statehood

Period: Jan 11, 1845 to Jan 12, 1861

Civil War and Reconstruction

Period: Jan 13, 1861 to Jan 14, 1874

Cotton, Cattle, and Railroads

Period: Jan 15, 1865 to Jan 16, 1900

Agee of Oil

Period: Jan 17, 1894 to Jan 18, 1935

Texas in the Great Depression and World War II

Period: Jan 19, 1929 to Jan 20, 1945

Civil Rights and Conservatism

Period: Jan 21, 1945 to Jan 22, 1980

Contemporary Texas

Period: Jan 23, 1980 to Jan 24, 2016