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Nov 4, 1492
Columbus
Began European exploration in the Americas -
Nov 4, 1519
Pineda
Pineda maps the coast line from present day Flordia to present day Texas -
Nov 4, 1528
Cabeza de vaca
cabeza de vaca and 3 men survive the narvaez expidition by being shipwrecked on galvestine island. Tey are captured by indians and held prisoner for many years -
Nov 12, 1540
Coronado
searched for the 7 cities of gold. found nothing, and reported the texas panhandle held nothing of value -
Nov 4, 1542
Moscoso
took over the de soto expidition and led men into east texas. he found protroleum, but did not know what its value was at the time. turned around and backtracked home. -
Onate
claimed the rio greande river valley for spain -
mission corpus christi de la ysleta
the mission was built among the tigua people -
La Salle
built fort st. loius on matagorda bay -
mission san francisco de los tejas
the first mission founded in east texas -
mission santisimo nombre de maria
the 2nd mission founded in east texas along the neches river. -
mission san juan capistrano
becoming the fourth in a chain of missions along the san antonio river -
mission nuestra senora de la concepcion de acuna
originally built in east texas to protect the spanish owned territory from the french -
nuestra senora de guadalupe de los nacogdoches
a few years later, when they established the town of nachogdoches, settlers used the empty buildings -
mission san antonio de valero
the first in a chain of 5 missions established. -
mission san jose y san miguel be aguayo
the second largest in a chain if five missions established along the san antonio -
mission nuestra senora del espiritu santo de zuniga
estabilshed along the matagorda bay of the guadalupe river. -
mission san francisco de la espada
becoming the fifth mission in the chain of missions along the san antonio river -
san xavier missions
conflict with the local garrison commander led to relocation of the missions to a site on the san marcos river -
santa cruz de san saba
it was attacked and destroyed in a revolt by indians less than a year later -
nuestra senora del refugio
was the last mission founded in texas. later irish immigrants to the area named thier settlement after the mission.